May 2, 2023
John Mark Hicks (Pepperdine, Harbor Lectures, May 3, 2023) Audio is available here Four Broad Approaches: A Matter of Hermeneutics Theological Framework Context of “Husband of One Wife” Three Questions for Understanding the Framework of the List. Three Questions for Evaluating Translation and Understanding. The Meaning of “Husband of One Wife” (One-Woman Man, Man of […]
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April 26, 2023
Texts: Acts 6:7; 4:23-31; 12:24; Revelation 5:9-13 Days 65-67 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. When God created the cosmos, God invested in humanity a particular vocation: fill the earth, subdue the chaos, and shepherd (rule) the creation (Genesis 1:28). As participants in the new creation, the people of God extend this human vocation […]
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April 23, 2023
Texts: Acts 2:42-45; 3:1; Eph 4:7-8, 11-12 Days 62-64 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Previously, we have seen the formation of community through a shared initiation (baptism), shared faith in Jesus the Messiah (through the apostles’ teaching), and a shared table (breaking bread). These were communal moments in Acts 2. Together, 3000 were […]
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April 14, 2023
One book advocates a soft complementarian reading of Scripture and the other an egalitarian reading of Scripture. The general editor of the former is Renèe Webb Sproles. It is entitled Male & Female: A Biblical Look at Gender (published by Renew.org). The author of the other is Philip B. Payne. It is entitled The Bible […]
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April 12, 2023
Season 1, Episode 1. Available on Apple Podcasts here. Available on Vimeo here. Stan Wilson, Haley Villacorta, David Villacorta, and I have begun a series of podcasts/videos about “The Chosen” produced and directed by Dallas Jenkins. These conversations seek to explore one dimension of “The Chosen” per episode. This week we focus on Mary in […]
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April 11, 2023
Churches of Christ are, gratefully, a people who love the Bible, and I grew up in an era when the church knew the Bible so well. At the same time, we read the Bible in a particular way that is perhaps not as faithful to the Bible as we might have hoped. In this interview, […]
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