Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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Foundation Prayer Meetings
For several years a good friend of mine, Pastor Stephen Boreland, has held prayer meetings for the first week of the year in the churches he has served in. For the last few years it is something I have tried to do. Tonight five of us met to have a time of prayer, bringing before…
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Looking Back, Around and Ahead
Well, 2012 has arrived! For me it arrived with more of a whisper than with a bang. It has become something of a tradition for me to lose my voice the fist Sunday of every year. It has happened for about 6 of the last 8 years and is a source of great frustration. I’m…
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Take Heed #5 A Warning About Fellowship
“Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.” Deuteronomy 12:13 When I started this study on the “take heed” statements in Deuteronomy I must admit I felt a little stumped as to what the application for the church could be regarding this one. We no…
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Take Heed #4 A Warning About Compromise
Following commands to protect themselves from forgetting God and His Word, going after false idols and being deceived Moses now instructs them to take heed and not compromise. 4. Protect Yourself from Compromise Deuteronomy 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 14 But in…
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Take Heed! #3 A Warning About Deception
Our two studies on the “Take Heed” statements of Moses to Israel have so far given warnings about Forgetting and Idolatry. Our next warning is in regard to being deceived. 3. Protect Yourself from Deceptions Deuteronomy 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods,…
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Take Heed! #2 A Warning About Idolatry
Last week I posted the first of seven articles based on Moses’ seven commands to Israel in Deuteronomy to “take heed”. The first dealt with forgetting God and His Word. This next command has to do with idolatry. 2. Protect Yourself from Idolatry Deu 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of…
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Not What These Hands Have Done – Horatius Bonar
Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul; Not what this toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. Not what I feel or do Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers and sighs, and tears Can bear my heavy load. Thy work alone, O Christ,…
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Take Heed #1! A Warning About Forgetting
As Moses prepared to relinquish his position as leader of the twelve tribes of Israel, twelve tribes only recently formed into a nation, he had many vital lessons for them. In Deuteronomy we find many of them, and I think some of the most vital lessons he precedes with “take heed”! Seven times we find…
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The Strutt’s Arrival at Brimpton Baptist
Brimpton Baptist Church has never had an official biography, it’s model of ministry has never been analysed and copied as a demonstration of church growth, it cannot boast any famous men. Yet, it has a richer reward than these things that many count as marks of success. Brimpton Baptist Church, just like tens of thousands…
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What Men by Nature Are
Yesterday afternoon I read of Henry Martyn’s first experiences of India. When Martyn arrived in India, in 1806, the English, Dutch and many European countries were fervantly busy in empire building and war was common. Martyn’s responsibilities with the East India Company included serving as a Military Captain. As he watched men suffer and die…