Martin Wickens
Speaking the Truth in Love
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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…
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Book Review: Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography by Gene Smith
This is a review of the dual biography of Lee and Grant by Gene Smith, you can purchase a copy here: https://amzn.to/4pEkNcR Smith’s book has 4.5 stars on Amazon and an average of 4.14 on Goodreads. So, it overwhelmingly gets good reviews. In his bibliography he has around 125 sources, many of them original documents.…
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Don’t Change Your Orbit
The independent Baptist world, and Christian circles more broadly, has been devastated by the revelation of the sin of former pastor, Kenny Baldwin. I heard Kenny preach, but did not know him personally. However, many people I know considered him a friend and mentor. I know some who made a profession of faith or committed…
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What Could Moses Have Learned from Failure?
These are my notes from my message last night. Moses’ first efforts to help his countrymen resulted in absolute failure. Whether he intended to or not, he killed an Egyptian. In Acts 7:25, in Stephen’s sermon, it reveals that Moses thought his countrymen would see this as their time to be delivered. What happened in…
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Book Review: “Unravelling Calvinism” by David Moore
From now on, this will be the first book I recommend to anyone curious about what Calvinism is and why I do not believe in it. There are other books that deal with specific areas of Calvinism or go into more detail, but I believe this book is the place to start. David begins by…