May 13, 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.] God partners with humanity as divine representatives […]
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Theology | Tagged: Anthropology, Bible-Genesis, Creation, Humanity, Identity, Image of God, Missio Dei, Mission, Missional, Original Sin, Sin, Sinful Nature, Vocation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 21, 2008
“The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God” (Genesis 17:7-8). “[Yahweh] brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 26:9). When the […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Genesis, Bible-Jeremiah, Christology, Curse, Earth, Eschatology, Fall, Grace, Israel, Jesus, Land, New Earth, New Heavens |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 19, 2008
“God saw all that he had made and it was very good” (Genesis 1:31a). “….Cursed are you above all the livestock….Cursed is the ground…” (Genesis 3:14a, 17b). God created order, life and light out of a chaotic, inanimate and dark earth. By divine act, life emerged from nothingness, light appeared in the darkness, and order […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Genesis, Chaos, Creation, Curse, Death, Eden, Fall, Life, Order, Shalom |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 11, 2008
In the first half of 2004, the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ (Family of God) in Nashville, TN, pursued a congregational-wide study entitled “Women Serving God.” There were some preliminaries in the Fall of 2003, but the main focus was the Spring of 2004. This involved many different venues–sermons, Bible classes (Sunday and Wednesday), small groups, […]
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Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Bible-1 Corinthians, Bible-1 Timothy, Bible-Galatians, Bible-Genesis, Bible-Romans, Christology, Chuch Polity, Church, Complementarian, Creation, Ecclesiology, Egalitarian, Fall, Gender, Hermeneutics, Israel, Jesus, Ministry of Jesus, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks