Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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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…
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The Doomsday Book
The introduction to this is a little long perhaps, but hopefully you’ll enjoy this anyway. Bear with me as I introduced the topic and come back soon to see the spiritual application. Recently I mentioned to some friends something in British history called the Doomsday Book or Domesday Book (It has it’s own site here,…
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A Man and His Praise
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. – Proverbs 27:21 This proverb holds a good principle for every individual to remember, but perhaps especially preachers. Few things can so quickly and so subtly destroy a man as praise. A superstar in the golfing world,…
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Trust and Truth
This is adapted from a post I put on the Faith Baptist Church blog when I was there. It is from August, 2007. I have long known about relativism, the teaching that all truth is relative to a fixed point. So, in essence, there can be many ideas about truth each as valid as another.…
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Deputation 2010 – July Update
The last few weeks we have been in South Carolina, Tennessee, back to South Carolina, then I traveled up to Pennsylvania for a week before returning back to South Carolina. On the way up to Pennsylvania and on the way back down I was able to stop and visit with churches in Virginia. We spent…
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Tuesday Nights at Bethesda: Genesis
A few years ago a friend of mine, Pastor Stephen Boreland, became pastor of Bethesda Free Church in Sunderland, England. Bethesda has a rich history which I would love to share more about another time. However, what Bethesda has long been famous for is a strong tradition of sound, doctrinal teaching. Some of the best…
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Worms
While I was in Bible School in Northern Ireland I attended Braehill Baptist Church in north Belfast. David Moore was the pastor at that time but has since moved to become the pastor of Milton Baptist Church in England. The other day while traveling I listened to a sermon he preached entitled “Worms” and I…
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God Save the Queen
Amidst all the patriotic fervour (note the ‘u’) in the USA this weekend I starting thinking of some of the verses of the British national anthem, God Save the Queen. Most know the first verse only, God save our gracious QueenLong live our noble QueenGod save the Queen!Send her victoriousHappy and gloriousLong to reign over…