John Mark Hicks

Unity is not only a given but a process. Paul calls us to maintain the unity the Spirit has created (Ephesians 4:3), but then calls us to grow up into unity (Ephesians 4:13). In other words, God has created unity, and we are one! But this unity is not always visible or realized in our […]

This lesson is based on Ephesians 4:1-16, delivered at the Northwest Christian Convention in Turner, OR, on July 30, 2023.

Texts: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 13:13; 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 Days 68-70 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. For many the Holy Spirit is an impersonal, imperceptible, and indiscernible force.  Cloaked in mystery, many find it difficult to “get a handle” on the Spirit. The Spirit has no “face” like Jesus nor any personal metaphors, such as […]

For many the Holy Spirit is an impersonal, imperceptible, and indiscernible force.  Cloaked in mystery, many find it difficult to “get a handle” on the Spirit. The Spirit has no “face” like Jesus nor any personal metaphors, such as parent, mother, or husband, like Israel’s God. Our desire, of course, is not so much to […]