Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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The Joy and the Hurt of Ministry: A Call to Balance
This is a word to my brothers in Christ who share the privilege of serving as a pastor. It is a reaction to some extreme positions I see taken, which, I believe, are themselves reactionary. Some portray the ministry as nothing but woe. The reaction is to dismiss any trouble in ministry and paint an…
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A Coloring Book with a Bigger Purpose: Helping Children Understand God’s Plan
Introducing God’s Big Plan: A Bible Coloring Book That Teaches Children How to Understand God’s Word! (Click the image to the left or at the bottom of the article to see the Amazon product page). For a long time, I have wanted to write something to help children learn how to read and understand the…
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Why Another Commentary?
Why do I feel qualified to write a commentary? Why do we need another commentary? I think the answers to these two questions overlap and so I’ll deal with them together. I enjoy many different commentaries from a wide a variety of authors who have represent several theological backgrounds. But of those, most do not…
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The Pulpit and Pew Commentary Series
Soon, I hope to launch the first installment of what I am calling “The Pulpit and Pew Commentary Series.” The first book is a commentary on Genesis. Next will most likely be a commentary on Philemon, followed by one on Luke. God willing, others will follow. My commentary on Genesis aims to cover every chapter…
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Book Review: Kissinger: A Biography
Paperback Version: https://link.amazon/B0g10pw8n A couple of weeks ago I was working outside and had run out of audiobooks to listen to. I checked the Cloud Library app and found an audiobook on Henry Kissinger. I was familiar with his name, but really knew nothing about him. I selected it and discovered it was 35 hours…
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Props and Sermons
The Use of Props in Sermons For years I have seen examples of the excessive use of props in sermons. The worst examples usually go hand in hand with services that look more like a Hollywood production than the gathering of God’s people to worship, serve, and for mutual edification. For certain reasons, the subject…
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9/11 – 25 Years Later
25 years ago I was sat in my dining room in Northern Ireland. I was renting a small terraced house on Oakley Street in North Belfast. I could afford a house on my own. Terrorism had a way of keeping house prices down. I had been in Bible college for a short time, working at…
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Book Review: “James Madison: A Life Reconsidered” by Lynne Cheney
You can purchase a copy of this book here: https://amzn.to/4hgNw3V Cheney’s book has this as part of the description on Amazon: “James Madison was a true genius of the early republic, the leader who did more than any other to create the nation we know today. This majestic new biography tells his story.” What that…
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Book Review: Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
You can purchase a copy of this book here: https://amzn.to/4pOgwDK At the end of his book, Meacham explains that he never intended to write a full biography, rather he aimed to give a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson would possibly have lived an exceptional life whenever or wherever he was born, but without a doubt…