October 11, 2022
Days 5-8 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days Text: Genesis 1:26-28 Who are we as human beings? What is our identity, and what is our responsibility and function on this earth? The long history of spirituality, which is evident in today’s Western culture, has included a search for the authentic self. It seems we […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama, Theology | Tagged: Creation, Ecology, Fill the Earth, Genesis 1:26-28, Identity, Image of God, Rule the Earth, Subdue the Earth, 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
January 29, 2010
During the Fall semester at Lipscomb University, I teach a class entitled “Nursing as Kingdom Vocation.” There I intend to cast a vision for those pursuing nursing as a career that their chosen path is a ministry in the kingdom of God. As nurses, they will participate in the mission of God (missio Dei) as […]
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Theology | Tagged: Calling, Creation, Image of God, Imago Dei, Kingdom of God, Missio Dei, Mission, Missional, Sacred, Secular, Vocation |
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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
May 3, 2009
Note: This is the first of six small group studies that are coordinated with a sermon series by Dean Barham who is the preaching minister at the Woodmont Family of God. Eventually, his sermons will be available here. “His Righteousness Endures Forever”: Two Hymns Psalms 111 & 112 Vers Psalm 111 Psalm 112 […]
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Biblical Texts, Spirituality | Tagged: Bible-Psalms, Creation, Economics, Generosity, God, Image of God, Money, Poor, Wealth |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 1, 2008
After a “deserved” break (for you as well as me), I now return to my series on “theological hermeneutics.” (For the previous articles, see the heading “Hermeneutics” on my Serial Index page.) My last few posts in this series emphasized the redemptive-historical character of Scripture as a function of the narrative plot of God’s story. In […]
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Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Christology, Church, Eccelsiology, Eschatology, Eschaton, Hermeneutics, Image of God, Ministry of Jesus, Patternism, Restorationism, Theology |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks