Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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Accountable
26 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers. 26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and…
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Snow
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” The Bible, Isaiah 1:18 Have you ever wondered why snow appears white? People much smarter than me explain why. When photons…
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Excuses
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. – Proverbs 22:13 “Get there before the other man. Work harder than the other man. Stay later than the other man.” My pastor repeatedly taught me these three maxims many years ago. He repeated them to the point that…
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New Domain Name
Today I am beginning a process to change my website from www.martinwickens.com to www.martinwickens.com. This reflects the change in our ministry from being a family supported in an ministry, to something more personal to just me. So, if you subscribe to posts please keep an eye out for this change. The new domain name is…
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“Of Zebulun”
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war,…
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Enemies
“Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. (9) And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch…
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“I Will”
As the humble herdsman of Tekoa drew his prophecy to a close, he shared a series of “I will” statements from God. Amos’ prophecy has much to teach us today. As Amos looked at his society he saw a facade of might and money that hid the sad truth that as a nation a rottenness ate…
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Clarity
(18) Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. (19) And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest…
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A Honeymoon Story
Fourteen years ago. Before the children. Before serving the Lord in Northern Ireland, Sunderland, and Brimpton. Before I taught classes in Emmanuel Baptist Bible School, Bethesda Bible School, the Theological College of North Staffordshire and the Brimpton Baptist Bible Institute. Before being on deputation and furlough 3 times. Before all that, Carrie and I went…
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Colossians – To the Growing (Colossians 1:9-11, Part 1)
Paul wrote to the saints at Colosse as faithful brethren, but also growing Christians. I want to look at Paul’s description of these growing believers in two ways: 1. Knowing God’s Will. 2. Doing God’s Will. Knowing God’s Will One of the men who visited our church in Brimpton a couple of times grew prize-winning…