August 21, 2014
[Michael Shank, Muscle and a Shovel: A raw, gritty, true story about finding the Truth in a world drowning in religious confusion (5th edition, 2013; Kindle version). I have cited the book with chapter number first, then the Kindle location. For example, Chapter 1, location 245 is cited as 1:245.] [My first blog in this […]
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Books, Hermeneutics, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Church, Churches of Christ, Heart, Hermeneutics, Mercy, Michael Shank |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 25, 2008
“God seeps through the cracks.” I heard that statement today. I thought it profound; wish that I had originated it (there is my pride); and wondered why I had never heard it before (I thought I knew everything!). It struck me as so true…at least in my life and I can only speak for myself. When […]
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Pastoral Care, Spirituality | Tagged: Forgiveness, Grief, Guilt, Healing, Heart, Pain, Pride, Sin, Spirituality, Suffering, Wounds |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 17, 2008
In stark contrast with the Uzzah story in 1 Chronicles 13, I do not remember any lessons on Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chronicles 30 in my younger years growing up in Churches of Christ. There may have been some but they did not make an impression on me that I can remember. The Uzzah example, […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Baptism, Bible-Chronicles, Grace, Heart, Hezekiah, Mercy, Obedience, Passover, Prayer, Ritual, Uzzah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 15, 2008
In my quest to eventually make available materials I have used in teaching over the years, I have upload another set of materials. 1 & 2 Chronicles does not usually seem like a place to go for theological and contemporay studies, but I do believe it is quite relevant. Indeed, I would credit my study […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Alien, Bible-Chronicles, Heart, justice, Poverty, social justice, Testing, Wealth |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks