John Mark Hicks

An English version is available here. La teología sacramental, en algunos sectores del cristianismo norteamericano, necesita una reorientación desde una comprensión antropocéntrica, centrada en el ser humano, donde los sacramentos son concebidos como meros actos de obediencia humana, hacia una comprensión más teocéntrica donde los sacramentos son concebidos como actos divinos de gracia a través […]

James Thompson of Christianity Today asked for a statement about the Lord’s Supper. This is what I gave him (and it was published in the paper today). “Table is the dominant metaphor among Churches of Christ. We practice it weekly. Given our Presbyterian roots, both Zwinglian (memorialist) and Calvinian (spiritual presence) perspectives are present. At […]

Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks describe the significance of Psalm 50. it is a prophetic song, the voice of the “preacher” (priest/prophet) in the assembly of Israel. God speaks through the Psalmist to address two groups of people assembled: (1) those who misunderstand the significance of worship, and (2) hypocrites who confess the covenant […]

This is a communion meditation based on 1 Corinthians 11:27. What does it mean to eat and drink unworthily? To participate in an unworthy manner is to be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. That is a serious concern, and it is worth our meditation and reflection. For more, see this blog. […]

This communion mediation is based on 1 Corinthians 10:16. It discusses the meaning of “This is my body” through the lens of 1 Corinthians 10:16. What is the meaning of “is”? What is its meaning for the table of the Lord?

A communion meditation based on Matthew 26:30. Jesus and his disciples sang the Egyptian Hallel (Psalm 113-118) or some portion of it.

This is a communion meditation based on Psalm 116. The Psalmist was once entangled in the cords of death, but God delivered the supplicant. How will the Psalmist repay God? The Psalmist lifts up a voice of praise, a cup of thanksgiving, and promises to keep covenantal vows.

This book, accessible here, was published in September, 2023. In May, 2024, I was asked to summarize it for a combined adult Bible class at the Homewood Church of Christ. That lesson is available below.

We pray for daily bread, and we eat daily meals. Yet, some restrict the Lord’s Supper—the meal where we eat at the table of the Lord—to only and exclusively the first day of the week, Sunday. This restriction is a rather unique dimension of Churches of Christ. Is eating with Jesus (Matthew 26:29) restricted to […]