August 10, 2015
Because Christ also suffered… If one suffers for “doing good” as an expression of the will of God, Peter writes, it better to suffer for that than suffering for doing evil (1 Peter 2:17). Why is that? Because Christ also suffered… The Christ Narrative—the story of God in which Christ suffers for sins—is the reason […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: 1 Peter 3:18-22, Ascension, Atonement, Baptism, Christology, Death of Jesus, Enthronement, Noah, Resurrection |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 21, 2009
[Note: I am attempting to keep these SBD installments under 2000 words each, but that is–of course–quite inadequate for the topics covered. Consequently, these contributions are more programmatic than they are explanatory or defenses of the positions stated. You may access the whole series at my Serial page.] Jesus accomplishes the divine mission to make […]
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Theology | Tagged: Atonement, Christology, Death, Gospel, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Resurrection, Soteriology' |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 22, 2008
Recently a researcher in Europe asked for a copy of my article The Righteousness of Saving Faith: Arminian Versus Remonstrant Grace (published in Evangelical Journal in 1991) to assist his investigation of Arminianism. It gave me the opportunity to dig it up and put it on my website. The article is based on my Ph.D. […]
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Church History, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Atonement, Calvinism, Churches of Christ, Faith, Guy N. Woods, Justification, K. C. Moser, Limborch, Merit, R. C. Bell, Remonstrant Brotherhood, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 16, 2008
The annual season we know as Christmas is a time when most people remember the stories of Jesus’ birth. The media is full of movies, articles and advertisements, which remind us of those stories. There are good stories — Joseph & Mary, Bethlehem, “no room at the inn” which is traditionally badly interpreted as inhospitality […]
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Theology | Tagged: Atonement, Christmas, Christology, Empathy, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Presence |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 9, 2008
There are many texts in Paul where one could illuminate the theme of this series. I have chosen Colossians 1, but others would include Ephesians 1 among others. Kingdom language is not as frequent in Paul as it is in the Gospels, but it is nevertheless part of the substance of his theological perspective. For […]
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Theology | Tagged: Atonement, Bible-Colossians, Christology, Cosmic, Cosmos, Kingdom, Ministry, New Creation, Reconciliation, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 18, 2008
This is my last post under the heading of “Created for Hermeneutics.” In the near future–after a little break this week–I will continue a discussion of hermeneutics. My plan is to summarize and critique some aspects of traditional Stone-Campbell hermeneutics in one series and then initiate another series which offers an alternative (though not disconnected) vision for contemporary theological hermeneutics. […]
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Church History, Hermeneutics, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Atonement, Hermeneutics, Postmodern, Postmodernism, Postmodernity, Stone-Campbell, Theology |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks