Dr. Martin L Hawley is senior pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church (PCA) for the past 14 years and executive director of Reformation Hope, a nonprofit primarily working in Haiti. Martin earned MA (exegetical theology) with honors, MDiv with honors, and ThM degrees from Covenant Theological Seminary and is currently a PhD candidate in Old Testament through the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Martin previously worked in the retail business industry as a store manager for Belk, and prior to that, Dillard's Department Stores. He has taught at the Reformed Academy Bible college in La Plaine, Haiti and also at the Greek Bible College in Athens, Greece, in the areas of: Exodus, Covenant Theology, Hebrews, Revelation, Sacraments, and Mission. Martin has authored a number of books, including; The Gospel Feast: Proclaiming the Gospel Through the Lord's Supper, Gospel Feasting: 104 Lord's Supper Devotions from the Old and New Testaments, The God-centered Statesman: God's Sovereignty, Faith, and Civil Service from Daniel for Today, Hope for Haiti, and Discovering the Gospel Feast: A Workbook (in production). Martin is married to Shari, who operates her own graphic design business, Wild Olive Design. Dr. Hawley has also taught classes for TMI in Bulgaria and India (virtual).
“Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore and desire in our adversities, and whom we laud and praise for our benefits received. So that prayer contains the exposition of our sorrows, the desire of God's defense, and the praising of His magnificent name, as the Psalms of David clearly do teach.”