May 24, 2023
Texts: 1 Corinthians 15:21-28; 50-57; 2 Peter 2:11-13 Days 75-77 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. The voice from the throne announced, “Behold, I am making all things new” (Revelation 21:5). Ultimately and finally, God makes all things new through resurrection. Though Jesus was seemingly defeated by the powers in his death, God vindicated […]
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Theodrama | Tagged: Anthropology, Christology, Creation, Eschatology, New Creation, New Earth, New Heaven, New Heaven and New Earth, Resurrection |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 21, 2021
Anchors for the Soul is now available for free streaming! Several years ago HIM Publications, led by Chad Harrington, published a 10 lesson video series by John Mark Hicks on both DVD and through streaming service. It is entitled “Anchors for the Soul.” These lessons are 9-13 minutes long and enter the sacred space of […]
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Pastoral Care | Tagged: Comfort, Counseling, Death, Eschatology, Lament, Loss, Pastoral Care, Sovereignty, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 4, 2021
Ministry involves struggle, wounds, and hardships. Yet, Paul refuses to lose heart; he won’t give up. What drives this perseverance? It is because he keeps his eyes fixed on what is unseen rather than on what is seen. He keeps his eyes on eternal glory rather than temporary affliction. He keeps his focus on the […]
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Biblical Texts, Uncategorized | Tagged: 2 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Body, Eschatology, Eternal, Hope, Platonism, Resurrection |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 27, 2017
The Ray Evans Seminar, an annual event at the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, Oklahoma, was held March 31-April 2, 2017. The general topic was Embracing Creation, which is also the title of the book I co-authored with Bobby Valentine and Mark Wilson. The book is available here. I gave six presentations as well […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Anthropology, Assembly, Baptism, Christology, Creation, Ecology, Eschatology, God, Humanity, Inheritance, Lord's Supper, New Heaven and New Earth, Sacraments, Vocation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 22, 2017
Paul describes salvation in three tenses—past, present and future. We have been saved (Ephesians 2:8), we are in the process of being saved (2 Corinthians 2:15), and we will be saved (Romans 5:9-10). Theologians have generally summarized these “tenses” as “Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.” The Stone-Campbell Movement has recognized each of these, but different people […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Baptism, Eschatology, Faith, Glorification, Justification, Sanctification, Soteriology', Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 27, 2016
On Resurrection Day, almost two thousand years ago, two disciples were transformed by their experience of the risen Messiah at a table in Emmaus. While walking to Emmaus, they heard the story of a Messiah who must first suffer and then enter glory. The stranger who walked with them expounded Scripture, and their hearts burned […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: 1 Corinthians 10:16, Easter, Eschatology, Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Luke 24:35, Resurrection, Table |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 24, 2016
This past weekend, on February 20, I was honored to participate in the memorial service of a godly woman in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Rose Marie Paden–the beloved mother of the Paden boys and girls, and the second mother of the Hicks boys and girl–passed from this life on February 12, 2016. In 1953, Rose Marie […]
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Theology, Uncategorized | Tagged: Death, Eschatology, Hymns, Intermediate State |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 8, 2016
[Hear this sermon at here.] When Jesus saw Mary wailing in grief and saw the others with her—both men and women—visibly sobbing, a deep anger welled up within his spirit, and he roused himself and asked them, “Where have you laid him?” They responded, “Come and see.” Then Jesus burst into tears. As a result, […]
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Biblical Texts, Pastoral Care | Tagged: Christology, Death, Eschatology, Grief, John 11:35, Pastoral Care, Resurrection, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks