February 3, 2023
Forgiveness is a choice, according to Desmond and Mpho Tutu, and there is no wholeness in humanity’s future without forgiveness. Since we are all broken, “forgiveness is the journey we take toward healing the broken parts. It is how we become whole again” (p. 3). Forgiveness is how we heal the world, according to The […]
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Pastoral Care, Spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged: Forgiveness, Reonciliation, Resentment, Tutu |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 17, 2016
[Listen to the sermon here, from April 17, 2016] Shame. Guilt. Grief. I know those feelings. I’ve been overwhelmed by them at times. They have felt like a ton of bricks on my chest, and I couldn’t breathe. I’m feeling them now. Sitting with Jesus on the beach, eating the fish he grilled and the […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Denial, Forgiveness, Jesus, John 21:15-19, Love, Peter, Recommissioning, Reconciliation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 8, 2013
The book unChristian alerted Christendom that it had an image problem with millennials. Christians are perceived as insensitive, judgmental and hypocritical. Some responses to the book were skeptical and defensive. Others not only agreed that Christianity had an image problem but they went further. Christianity has a reality problem, that is, contemporary discipleship is often […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Anger, Compassion, Forgiveness, Grace, Hospitality, Luke 15, Prodigal Son, Table, unChristian |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 24, 2011
This story is the first of five where Jesus enconters conflict. Jesus becomes controversial in the eyes of some, particularly the religious leaders. Jesus forgives sin, eats with sinners, defies the traditions about fasting, and heals on the sabbath. Jesus does not conform to the traditons of the elders and he assumes a role in the […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Authority, Bible-Gospel of Makr, Forgiveness, Healing, Mark 2:1-12, Paralytic, Son of Man |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks