John Mark Hicks

An English version of “Women, Assemblies, and the Churches of Christ” is available here. A Spanish PDF is available here. Porque todos podéis profetizar uno por uno, para que todos aprendan y todos sean exhortados. 1 Corintios 14:31 [Este ensayo ofrece una sucinta defensa de la plena participación de las mujeres en las asambleas que […]

For a blog on this text, click this link. The church in Philadelphia may be small and without any cultural power, but the Messiah has unlocked a door into the kingdom of God where they become pillars in the temple of God in the New Jerusalem wearing the name of God. Though small and culturally […]

An English version is available here. “Iglesia” no es necesariamente una palabra popular a principios del siglo XXI. Ya sea el individualismo moderno, el personalismo/pragmatismo posmoderno, el revivalismo/teología evangélica que enfatiza las relaciones personales (privadas), o la fragilidad de gran parte de lo que se considera “iglesia” en Occidente, la eclesiología a menudo se considera […]

Unity is not only a given but a process. Paul calls us to maintain the unity the Spirit has created (Ephesians 4:3), but then calls us to grow up into unity (Ephesians 4:13). In other words, God has created unity, and we are one! But this unity is not always visible or realized in our […]

The focus of Paul’s prayer is not that the Ephesians would be filled with information (though Paul does want them to understand the mystery of Christ and live with wisdom) but that they might be filled with the fullness of God. He prays that through the Spirit strengthening their inner persons and Christ dwelling in […]

God gifted Paul with the ministry to proclaim the good news of the mystery of Christ to the gentiles, and Paul is a prisoner for their sake. Paul is a servant of the gospel to declare the multi-faceted wisdom of God in the Messiah to the powers, and this mission is carried out through the […]

Ephesians is Paul’s most comprehensive letter. It was intended for circulation among various congregations for public reading in their assemblies. The first three chapters unfold the mystery of God in Christ by the power of the Spirit as the plan of salvation, and the final three chapters invite believers to participate in that mystery by […]

In the Fall of 1978, I was attending Westminster Theological Seminary (seeking a sixty-six hour degree in theology) and preaching for the Northeast Philadelphia Church of Christ. I was twenty-one years old. The church asked me to give a series of radio lessons on a station that covered the Philadelphia market. They hoped it would […]

Hebrews 13:1-25 Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Let marriage be held […]

This link downloads a paper I wrote in 2018 for the Stone-Campbell Conference at Johnson University in April, 2018. The title of the paper is: “God has not kept [the Jews] these many years for nothing”:[1] Alexander Campbell on Israel, the Church, and Eschatology The quote that heads the paper is: “The unbelieving Jews were […]