November 30, 2022
Texts: Exodus 40:34-38; Joshua 11:23; 1 Samuel 8:4-9 Days 17-19 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God led Israel out of Egypt into the wilderness to Sinai where God dwelt upon the earth. The purpose of the Exodus was not only liberation from slavery but encounter with God at Sinai whey they would become […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: 1 Samuel 8:4-9, Civil Government, Divine Dwelling, Divine Presence, Exodus 40:34-38, Government, Joshua 11:23, Kings, Land, Monarchy, Tabernacle |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 8, 2012
Yesterday I posted on Mark 12:13-17 where jesus encounters the “Caesar tax” question as part of my regular blogging on my Sunday morning Bible Class. It was not an agenda piece but rather part of working through the text of Mark as I understand it. My views, however, are generally similar to those of David […]
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Biblical Texts, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Bible-Mark, Caesar, Church, Church and State, Civil Government, David Lipscomb, Gospel of Mark, Mark 12:13-17, State, Taxes |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 12, 2012
In the second issue of the rebirthed Gospel Advocate in 1866, Lipscomb addresses the question of how God was or was not involved in the Civil War which ended eight months ago. He asks, “Does God Take Part in the Conflicts of the Kingdoms of this World?” His answer, “Yes!” God has a role in everything within […]
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Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Civil Government, Civil War, David Lipscomb, Kingdom of God, Providence, War |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 5, 2012
In 1878 Lipscomb was chastised by George W. Hanlin, a fellow-Tennesean, for his views on civil government. The writer doubted whether we would have the freedom to worship God if the “good, truly pious mean of 1776” had not framed our government. Christians should participate in politics because “laws were made to restrain bad people, […]
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Society, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Civil Government, Communism, David Lipscomb, Politics, Stone-Campbell, Voting |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 2, 2012
In 1875 David Lipscomb was asked a question about whether one should exclude those who voted from the local congregation as a test of fellowship, just as some advocated should be done with those who participate in dancing and drunkenness. Below is Lipscomb’s response in part (Gospel Advocate, 1875, 399-402). We suppose we […]
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Society, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Civil Government, David Lipscomb, Institutionalism, Kingdom of God, Stone-Campbell, Voting |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 16, 2009
Towards the end of 1909 David Lipscomb fell seriously ill and was unable to write for the Gospel Advocate. When he returned to writing in 1910 he had much to say as he approached his 80th year of life. What is Most Important To Him. In the first issue of 1910, Lipscomb summarized his primary interest […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Christology, Civil Government, David Lipscomb, God, Kingdom, Preaching, Rebaptism, Sectarianism, Texas Tradition, Theology |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 9, 2009
One of the more significant differences between the Tennessee and Texas Traditions is eschatology. I use “eschatology” in the broad sense of the term. It is not simply about millennialism (though the Tennessee Tradition was generally premillennial). Rather, it involves how one understands the kingdom of God, how the kingdom relates to “worldly kingdoms” (civil […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Civil Government, Eschatology, Holy Spirit, James A. Harding, Kingdom, New Creation, Pneumatology, Premillennialism, Renewed Earth, Stone-Campbell, Tennessee Tradition, Texas Tradition |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 4, 2008
During the last election seasons (Fall 2004 and Fall 2006), I was living in Vienna as I taught in Lipscomb’s study abroad program. I wish I were there now and blissfully ignorant of all the rancor, sniping, and despicable comments. And not so much from the candidates themselves (though they cross some lines) but from their supporters, bloggers, […]
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Society | Tagged: 2008, Civil Government, David Lipscomb, Kingdom, Obama, Palin, Politics, Presidential Election |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks