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 17, 2017
While some have perhaps read The Shack as an actual account, the title page identifies the piece as a “novel.” This is a fictional story. But…it is nevertheless true. The movie, too, is fictional…but true. Read The Shack, watch the movie, and walk with me into the world of spiritual recovery, a journey into my […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Addiction, God, Healing, Recovery, Suffering, The Shack, Trinity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 10, 2017
Though 1 John is anonymous, tradition associates it with the Apostle John or perhaps Elder John who are both connected to churches in Asia Minor in the late first century. Whatever the case (and I will call the author “John”), it is rather immaterial to the themes and meaning of the text. 1 John begins […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 1 John, Community, Confession, Creed, Ecclesiology, God, God is light, God is love, Incarnation, Light, Love, Revelation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 30, 2015
This is a presentation of the Five Anchors for the Soul in the Storms of Life at the Central Church of Christ in Athens, AL on July 8, 2015. Here God loves, God listens, God understands, God reigns, and God wins.
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Pastoral Care | Tagged: Christology, God, Grief, Lament, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 19, 2014
The College Hills Church of Christ in Lebanon, TN, invited me to teach a class on “Yet Will I Trust Him: Trusting God in the Storms of Life” throughout January and February 2014. It was a good experience for me, though whether it was for everyone else is something I cannot judge. I am grateful […]
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Pastoral Care, Theology | Tagged: Christology, Evil, God, Lament, Providence, Resurrection, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 17, 2014
Sometimes assembly is more important than a wedding night. That doesn’t sound right, does it? But it is the message of Joel 2:12-17. The impending disaster, the day of the Lord, created an urgency within Israel that prioritized the gathering of God’s people over wedding celebrations. A penitent people, according to Joel, should assemble to […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Fasting, God, Joel 2:12-17, Prayer, Renewal |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 7, 2013
Revelation 4-16 gives us eyes to see the conflict between the kingdom of God and world powers with the eyes of God. We see the conflict between the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this earth from a heavenly perspective; we see it from the throne room of God. John, “in the Spirit,” is […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Assembly, Chaos, God, Kingdom, Revelation 4, Sovereignty, Throne, Worship |
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June 11, 2013
Yesterday I received my copy of J. Caleb Clanton’s new book entitled The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013). I had previously read the manuscript in early 2012 and am pleased to see it in print. Caleb taught philosophy at Pepperdine for several years but now teaches at Lipscomb. I am […]
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Books, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Alexander Campbell, Free Will Defense, God, J. Caleb Clanton, Meticulous Providence, Philosophy of Religion, Providence, Stone-Campbell Movement, Theodicy |
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