The Abiding Presence by Hugh Martin
Introduction by Sinclair B. Ferguson. No ordinary book of memoirs concludes with the promise, ‘I am with you always, even to the end of the world.’ But the biography of Jesus is no mere commemoration of the departed; his promise makes the Evangelists’ account a living history. “Take the Gospel record in your hands”, says Hugh Martin, “and you have the means of causing you to realize Christ’s presence.” Whether you are burdened, anxious, failing, sorrowful, or hardened, Jesus’ promise means that his perfect words come with power to people in every condition and that he is present with his people in every situation."Hugh Martin takes us to vantage points other authors miss or never thought of ascendingHe leads us to a fuller and richer understanding of the person, ministry and sacrifice of Jesus - and with that a deeper faith and a more fervent love for him. This, then, is a work to treasure, one that repays reading and re-reading."
-- Sinclair B. Ferguson (Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi)
Hugh Martin is a graduate of Muskingum University and completed his MFA at Arizona State in May, 2012. He served six years in the Army National Guard as an M1A1 Tanker and spent 11 months in Iraq. His poetry centers on the narratives that crossed his path as a soldier, with a goal to make each section vivid and strong enough to give the reader a clear idea of what each soldier is like as a human being. Martin's work has appeared in CONSEQUENCE Magazine, Mid-American Review, Nashville Review, and is forthcoming in Gargoyle, Third Coast, and the American Poetry Review. His chapbook, So, How Was the War? (Kent State UP, 2010) was published by the Wick Poetry Center, and was selected as part of the 7th Avenue Streetscape Series in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. In the summer of 2011 he taught introductory creative writing classes at the National University of Singapore. He will be a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University in the fall of 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845504694 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845504690 |
| Title | The Abiding Presence |
| Author | Hugh Martin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Christian Focus Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-07-20 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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