Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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Romance and the Perseids
Back in about 2003 Carrie and I had been casual friends for a couple of years. Through the summer of 2003 Carrie had been showing more and more interest in me… okay, during that summer I think we both had been realising a growing affection for each other but we were by no means letting…
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Strategic Stands
In September of 1955 a relatively small ship sailed north of Scotland, far north, to a small rock island called Rockall. One writer described it as “the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world”. Her Majesty’s Ship Vidal arrived and the next day sent a small contingent of men to raise the…
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What Will You Leave Behind?
Recently I met a man who originally came from Hawaii. In discussing Hawaii’s history and current affairs, and by extension world affairs, I have to come to the conclusion that history is messy. One area of the world where acts in history have left us with troubles today is in the Pakistan/Afghanistan region. The British…
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The Doomsday Book – Part 5
It seems a long time ago now that I began thinking about the Doomsday Book and then by extension the example from which it drew its name, the Day of Judgment and the Book of Life in the book of Revelation. Already we have looked at a few passages on the Book of Life from…
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The Doomsday Book – Part 4
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.Psalm 69:28 The Psalmist and the Book of Life Remember that in a previous post we noted that the Book of Life was understood in the Old Testament societies as being something like a roll call, it listed…
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Prayer Request – Tom Dotson
Please pray for my Pastor, Tom Dotson. This morning he will begin a series of surgeries intended to rebuild his jawbone using bone from his hip. After today’s surgery he will be on a liquid diet for a while, then I believe there is more surgery to follow. From what I understand the recovery time…
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Prospering in Everything?
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1:3 Most Christians will know this psalm and this verse especially. We could group it with the likes of John 3:16…
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A Hazard of Being a World Leader
Nothing profound in this post, some of you may say there seldom is, but have you ever noticed how quickly George Bush, Tony Blair and now Barack Obama age in office? Some say it is all down to DNA, but there also seems to be some evidence that stress will age an individual. If I…
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The Doomsday Book – Part 3
Continuing with the theme of the Book of Life, kicked off by a consideration of the Doomsday Book, consider with me the Book of Life in the Old Testament. The Old Testament and the Book of Life.Many major doctrines find mention in all portions of the Bible. You will find them in the Old Testament…
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The Doomsday Book – Part 2
There are several things that amaze me about the Doomsday Book. Here they are in no particular order: It’s Antiquity It’s Detail It’s Finality It’s Antiquity-It dates from 1086 and we still have it. Of course there are older castles, older trees and lots of other older records written in stone. However, for a record…