Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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Guidelines and Questions for Dating
One of the most important decisions that we make in life has to do with who we date and marry. In fact, it’s a series of decisions. It’s possible to overcomplicate dating as well as oversimply it. While it’s not good to date around and constantly get a broken heart, neither is it good to…
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Principles Over Personalities: Venezuela and the Tribalism Trap
It is difficult to be consistently objective politically in a world that demands we always pick a team. We are often tempted to judge an action not by what was done, but by who did it Here are a few thoughts on President Trump and the current situation with Venezuela. Some are 100% against Trump…
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Book Review: The Bridge of History Over the Gulf of Time
A paperback version of this book is available here: https://amzn.to/4qEVln1 This book review will be a little different as I want to say more about the author than I normally would. The Author – Thomas Cooper (1805-1892) Cooper was a 19th-century English writer, lecturer, and Christian apologist. He was born in Leicester, England. Cooper had…
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Book Review: George Whitefield the Evangelist
Sometimes a great author writes on a subject that doesn’t interest me. But the author covers the uninteresting subject well. Sometimes a poor author writes of a great subject. On a rare occasion, a great author writes about an outstanding subject. This was one of those occasions. John Pollock is an outstanding author. I’ve read…
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New Book: Eric – His Life Story
ERIC: A Life Forged in Poverty, Built on Love He made a man of himself without a blueprint, and became the father he never had. In 1925 London, Eric Langridge was born into absolute poverty. This is the raw, unvarnished story of a life defined by sheer grit and the refusal to be broken. From…
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Ebenezer Scrooge – a Man Misremembered
In 1841, while walking through Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh, Charles Dickens noticed a weathered gravestone bearing a curious inscription. The man’s name was Ebenezer Scroggie, and Dickens believed the stone described him as “a mean man.” Dickens reportedly thought to himself, “How dreadful must a man be for such a verdict to be carved into…
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Book Review: “Just Friends”
Book Review: Just Friends by Mike Ray and Cary SchmidtJust Friends by Mike Ray and Cary Schmidt is a thoughtful, Scripture-saturated treatment of dating that I can almost wholeheartedly recommend. Though the book is becoming increasingly difficult to find, its core message remains helpful and needed. This is especially true considering how confused our culture…
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Ordinary Christians. Extraordinary God
Recently, I became aware that I had not shared a blessing with others. The blessing? It has been my privilege to know about Christians from church history, but many have not had that same opportunity. So, I am recording a few stories in a podcast format to get you started in finding out more about…
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They Fell Down, and Worshipped
“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” — Matthew 2:11 I’ve been preaching Christmas messages for over 20 years. Not every year.…