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
May 11, 2015
Everyone wants to be chosen, especially those who feel marginalized or undervalued. Many of us remember what it feels like to be the last one chosen in a pickup game of basketball or uninvited to the school party. Sometimes we feel like outsiders, and sometimes we are treated like outsiders. Sometimes we simply are outsiders. […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 1 Peter, Alien, Covenant, Culture, Election, Resident Aliens, Sanctification, Trinity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 16, 2012
In December 518 representatives from Bethel came to Judah and asked the leaders whether they should continue their lament fasts over the fall of Jerusalem (Zechariah 7:1-3). Zechariah responded with four distinct oracles (identified by the phrase the “word of the Lord came to me/Zechariah” in7:4, 8; 8:1, 18). He first questioned their motives for […]
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Theology | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Bible-Proverbs, Bible-Zechariah, Blessing, Covenant, Jerusalem, Love, Mission, Promise, Zechariah 8:1-17 |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 9, 2010
Text: Joshua 5:9-12 [This is part of a small group series for the Woodmont Hills Church in Nashville, TN, which is prepared in conjunction with Dean Barham’s homilies that are based on the Lectionary texts for Lent.] A new generation had emerged during the wilderness trek. Their parents had refused to enter to the promise […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Bible-Joshua, Circumcision, Covenant, Israel, Lent, Passover, Wilderness |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 23, 2010
Text: Genesis 15:1-18 [For an amplified narration of Genesis 15 read my previous post.] Abraham waited for a child. And then his descendants waited 400 years in slavery for the land. Waiting is part of every believer’s journey. The Psalms overflow with the language (e.g., Psalm 25). “Wait for Yahweh,” the Psalmist writes (Psalm 27:14). […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Abraham, Bible-Genesis 15, Covenant, Easter, Eucharist, Lent, Lord's Supper, Resurrection, Sacraments, Table |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 21, 2009
When God called Abraham, he promised blessings through which all the nations would be blessed (Genesis 12:2-3). Included in those blessings is the land promise (Genesis 12:6-7). The promised land is part of the Abrahamic promise. This land promise is both overplayed as some identify the contemporary state of Israel with this land promise and […]
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Theology | Tagged: Abraham, Bible-Romans, Cosmos, Covenant, Earth, Eschatology, Inheritance, Israel, Jesus, Kingdom, Land, Messiah, Promises |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks