John Mark Hicks

A PDF is available here. For a 2016 class, I prepared a statement of the gospel. I believe it is has a longer history but I am uncertain. Since I will soon begin reading Five Views on the Gospel (due out in June), I thought I would share my own thinking (at least as it […]

Hay muchos textos donde se podría iluminar el tema de esta serie en Pablo. He elegido Colosenses 1. El lenguaje del Reino no es tan frecuente en Pablo como en los Evangelios, pero sin embargo es parte de la sustancia de su perspectiva teológica. Para Pablo el reino es tanto presente como futuro; es una […]

“En mi libro anterior, Teófilo, escribí sobre todo lo que Jesús comenzó a hacer y enseñar…” (Hechos 1:1). “Ustedes conocen el mensaje que Dios envió al pueblo de Israel, anunciando las buenas nuevas de paz por medio de Jesucristo, que es Señor de todos… Dios ungió con el Espíritu Santo y poder a Jesús de […]

“El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, porque me ha ungido para dar buenas nuevas a los pobres. Me ha enviado a proclamar libertad a los cautivos y vista a los ciegos, a poner en libertad a los oprimidos, a proclamar el año de gracia del Señor” (Lucas 4:18-19). “Hoy mismo se ha cumplido la […]

“…Galilea de los gentiles: el pueblo que vivía en tinieblas vio una gran luz; a los que vivían en sombra de muerte, una luz les resplandeció” (Mateo 4:15d-16). “…Jesús comenzó a predicar: “Arrepiéntanse, porque el reino de los cielos está cerca” (Mateo 4:17). ¿“Galilea de los gentiles”? ¿No es eso parte de la tierra prometida? […]

Texts: Luke 4:16-21, 40-43; Matthew 6:9-13, 33 Days 36-39 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Did Jesus publicly preach the gospel during his ministry? That depends on what you mean by “gospel.” If you mean that he preached his death and resurrection publicly, then the answer is no. If you mean that he preached […]

Reading the Bible as a Five Act Drama for Embodying the Gospel in the 21st Century. I recorded this video for a student of mine at his request. Perhaps some might find it helpful. Grace and peace, my friends.

If the ministry of the new covenant mediates the glory of God in the face of Jesus the Messiah, why is Paul’s ministry so filled with suffering? The gospel, epitomized in the death and resurrection of Jesus, calls its ministers—all believers—to give themselves for the sake of others. When we follow Jesus into his ministry, […]

The ministry of the new covenant—the ministry of reconciliation—is worth the struggle, heartache, and conflict as long as we have renounced deceitful and manipulative practices and focused on the proclamation of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Therefore, “we do not lose heart” but rest in the work of God who […]

Paul makes ministry decisions according to the grace of God grounded in the faithfulness of God rather than according to fleshly or human wisdom rooted in self-interest and egoism. His goal is not to attain celebrity status within Greco-Roman culture but to embody God’s faithfulness for the sake of others. Given Paul’s relationship with the […]