April 23, 2016
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” Acts 2:42, NRSV. “Our greatest trouble now is, it seems to me, a vast unconverted membership. A very large percent of the church members among us seem to have very poor conception of what a Christian ought […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Acts 2:42, Communion, Eucharist, Fellowship, Lord's Supper, Prayer, Teaching |
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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
May 30, 2015
Below are summary statements that correspond to chapters or sections of chapters in my most recent book Enter the Water, Come to the Table (Leafwood, 2014). They summarize the theology present in the book, which is deeply rooted (I hope) in the story of God as given to us in Scripture. I am grateful for […]
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Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Eschaton, Eucharist, Israel, Lord's Supper, New Creation, Sacrament, Sacraments |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 13, 2015
“I suggest that within the Farewell Discourse this ‘oneness’ is expressed in a Eucharistic love feast even where diversity continues. When believers gather together around the table with self-giving love, they experience in a concrete and sacramental way the common bond that unites them; that is, the perichoretic love of the Triune God. Unity, then, […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Eucharist, Farewell Discourse, Gospel of John, Last Supper, Lord's Supper, Perichoresis, Trinity, Unity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 12, 2012
Some seventy years, more or less, after the rebuilding of the temple, Malachi directs his attention to the priests of the Second Temple. Twice, in Malachi 1:6-2:9, addresses them directly which the NRSV translates as a vocative, that is, “O Priests” (1:6; 2:1). This divides Malachi’s oracle for the priests into two obvious sections (1:6-14 […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Communion, Eucharist, Malachi 1:6-14, Prophets, Sacrifices, Table of the Lord |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 17, 2012
Jesus resumed his kingdom ministry when he returned to the sea of Galilee from the regions of Tyre and Sidon. After some time (“in those days”) Jesus was followed by a large crowd (4,000 people) into a remote place where food was not easily accessible. Mark describes this area as a “wilderness” (8:4) and uses […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Mark, Eucharist, Feeding of the 4000, Fellowship, Gentile Mission, Lord's Supper, Mark 8:1-10, Meal, Missional, Table |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks