March 30, 2023
J. M. R. Tillard, Flesh of the Church, Flesh of Christ: At the Source the Ecclesiology of Communion, trans. Madeleine Beaumount (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2001). I have now read the fourth of twelve books suggested by FB friends. This one was recommended by Reece LaBlanc. This is my summary; and this one is […]
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Books | Tagged: Christology, Church, Communion, Ecclesiology, Eucharist, Holy Spirit, Lord's Supper, Pneumatology, Unity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 8, 2022
In January, 2021, Bammel Road Church of Christ in Houston, TX, asked me to share my understanding of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 with them. This is the ZOOM video for January 17, 2021. The presentation affirms the use of both male and female gifts as long as the assembly is decently ordered and prioritizes the building […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, Assembly, Church, Gender, Headship, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 28, 2022
In response to a dear friend’s question about listening to the Spirit and discernment. I wish listening to the Spirit was a mechanical process that always had a clear outcome. Unfortunately, we human beings are the ones who still do the “listening,” and our listening is complicated by our own interests, biases, and fears. Just […]
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Pastoral Care, Spirituality, Theology | Tagged: Church, Community, Discernment, Holy Spirit, Sanctification |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 9, 2022
Texts: Genesis 12:1-3, 7a; Exodus 6:2-8; Exodus 19:3-6. Days 14-16 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Who is Israel, and what is her purpose? It is a new humanity in a new Eden to continue and further the mission of God in the world. Following the collapse of the world into violent imperialism and […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Church, Covenant, Creation, Exodus, Exodus 19:3-8, Exodus 6:3-8, Genesis 12:1-3, Israel, Promise, Sinai |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 18, 2022
Today is its 102nd anniversary. In 1919, Congress passed the nineteenth amendment. Tennessee ratified the amendment on August 18, 1920 by two votes. That vote made it constitutional law. Harry Burn was a 24-year old representative up for re-election that Fall. He wore a red rose into the chamber which symbolized his “No” vote. His […]
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Church History, Theology | Tagged: Church, Churches of Christ, Complementarianism, Gender, Society, Stone-Campbell, Suffrage, Traditional Gender, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 9, 2022
Finally, after preparing his readers for twenty-one verses, Paul begins his foolish boasting. Paul’s boasting matches, in some way, the “super-apostles” (hyperlian apostolōn; 2 Corinthians 11:8; 12:11). Whatever boasts they may have boldly announced, Paul can match them and more. Just as the “super-apostles” are apparently Hebrews, Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and ministers of Christ, […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 2 Corinthians 11, 2 Corinthians 11:21b-29, Boasting, Church, Humility, Ministry, Suffering, Weak |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 18, 2019
This is one meditation from the published book by John Mark Hicks, Around the Bible in 80 Days: The Story of God from Creation to New Creation (Abilene: Leafwood Press, 2022).
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Theodrama | Tagged: Acts, Christ, Church, Creation, Israel, Mission, New Creation, Story of God, Theodrama |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 5, 2018
This is a guest post by Jeff Wischkaemper, who holds a Ph.D. electrical engineering, and he lives in Knoxville, TN, where he attends a relatively new church plant that is affiliated with Christian Churches/Churches of Christ. ********** It’s been six years since my wife and I left the Churches of Christ. Shortly after we left, […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Church, Church Gowth, Church Plants, Demographics, Millennials |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks