John Mark Hicks

An Outline of Micah Introduction to Micah What does a prophet say to a people immersed in the geopolitics of war, imperial invasions, and constant fear of Assyrian retribution? Indeed, 200,000 people will be taken from Judah to Assyria in 701 BCE (according to Sennacherib records in Nineveh). The political leaders are unjust, self-absorbed, and […]

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, […]

Once again forgive the length of this post, but this is material adapted here from my commentary on 1 & 2 Chronicles. Tomorrow I will reflect on the text in connection with an application I recently made in a 2004 publication and will respond to some criticisms that application has engendered.  But today it is the hard–sometimes boring–work […]