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
October 28, 2015
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” Genesis 1:28 The Lord God took the adam and rested […]
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Theology | Tagged: Creation, Earth, Ecology, Environment, Genesis 1, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:15, Humanity, Image of God, Mission, Subdue, Vocation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 25, 2011
This week I am participating in a wonderful conference on preaching the paradigmatic texts of Scripture. The focus of this particular conference is creation. Walter Brueggemann is the featured speaker and his presentation last night on Psalm 104 was excellent. Other speakers include Ken Durham, John York, David Fleer and Rhonda Lowry. Everyone has done […]
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Theology | Tagged: Chaos, Creation, Eschatology, Humanity, Image of God, Kingdom of God, Materiality, Ministry of Jesus, New Creation, Sacraments, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 23, 2011
It is not a complete cycle. Eliphaz’s speech is shorter than his previous two (Job 22), Bildad’s speech is the shortest in the whole dialogue (Job 25), and Zophar does not even speak. The friends are clearly exasperated and Job, too, is done with them. One might say they are no longer “friends.” The Friends […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Job, Humanity, Job, Job 22-27, Judgment, Lament, Transcendence, Wicked |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 19, 2009
[Note: I am attempting to keep these SBD installments under 2000 words each, but that is–of course–quite inadequate for the topics covered. Consequently, these contributions are more programmatic than they are explanatory or defenses of the positions stated. You may access the whole series at my Serial page.] The Word, the Son, became flesh and lived […]
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Theology | Tagged: Christology, God, Humanity, Image of God, Incarnation, Kenosis, Trinity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 13, 2009
[Note: I am attempting to keep these SBD installments under 2000 words each, but that is–of course–quite inadequate for the topics covered. Consequently, these contributions are more programmatic than they are explanatory or defenses of the positions stated. You may access the whole series at my Serial page.] God partners with humanity as divine representatives […]
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Theology | Tagged: Anthropology, Bible-Genesis, Creation, Humanity, Identity, Image of God, Missio Dei, Mission, Missional, Original Sin, Sin, Sinful Nature, Vocation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks