November 18, 2010
Created materiality is good; indeed, it is very good. It is not simply good in an ethical sense but delightful and wondrous. God created the world as a temple in which to dwell, a place where God and humanity would enjoy each other, delight in the wonder of the world, and rest within it. Materiality, […]
5 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Baptism, Creation, Eschatology, Lord's Supper, New Creation, New Heaven and New Earth, Sacraments | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 8, 2009
[For those interested, a video of my 2007 sermon on the baptism of Jesus at Sycamore View Church of Christ in Memphis, TN, is available here (October 21, 2007) and my 9/6/09 sermon on the baptism of Jesus at Woodmont Hills Family of God will be available here soon.] Luke’s description of the baptism of […]
16 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Anointing, Baptism, Bible-Luke, Christology, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Sacraments | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 30, 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.] Sacramental theology, in some quarters of American […]
19 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Baptism, Christology, Church, Ecclesiology, Lord's Supper, Presence, Sacraments, Table | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 26, 2009
Just as Zurich (“Zwinglianism”) and Geneva (“Calvinianism”) found sacramental common ground in the Consensus Tigurinus, my paper at the 2009 Christian Scholar’s Conference explored whether such a rapprochement is possible between Southern Baptists and Churches of Christ who, in many ways, are the credobaptistic heirs of Zurich and Geneva. Since there is presently a renewed discussion among […]
55 Comments | Church History, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Calvin, Churches of Christ, Consensus Tigurinus, Sacramental Theology, Sacraments, Soteriology', Southern Baptists, Zwingli | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 21, 2009
I recently posted a brief statement on “Children at the Table” in which I suggested that the practice of sharing table communion with our children might be a good idea. One question this raises, among others, is the relationship of children to the kingdom of God. For our paedo-baptist friends, it is obvious. Children are […]
39 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Children, Church, David Lipscomb, Ecclesiology, Salvation, Soteriology' | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 13, 2009
This is quite daring, I must admit. Or, it might be rather idiotic. But in my quest to place my published writings on this webpage, I now turn to the 1970s. It is rather chilling and sometimes quite illuminating to actually read what I wrote thirty years ago (wow! I really am that old). It […]
6 Comments | Personal, Theology | Tagged: Apostleship, Authority, Baptism, Bible-2 Thessalonians, Bible-Corinthians, Bible-Galatians, Bible-Romans, Calvinism, Creation, Divorce, Faith, Gender, Homosexuality, Justification, Marriage, Original Guilt, Original Sin, Patternism, Paul, Sanctification, Scripture, Speaking in Tongues, Spiritual Gifts, Tongues, Total Depravity, Women | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 10, 2009
James A. Harding was nothing if not passionate. His rhetoric in print could rattle chains and in homilies evoke tears, especially in his own eyes. Below is a good example as Harding lowers a firm and severe judgment against the growing position of rebaptism among Churches of Christ. I have highlighted a few lines which stress […]
8 Comments | Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Baptism, Churches of Christ, Firm Foundation, James A. Harding, Rebaptism, Stone-Campbell, Tennessee Tradition, Texas Tradition, The Way | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks