February 8, 2023
Texts: Luke 9:18-22, 28-36; 10:17-20; Mark 10:41-45 Days 40-43 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. At some point near the end of his ministry in Galilee and other northern regions, Jesus “set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). This comes immediately after his announcement to his disciples that he is the Messiah […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: 80 Days Around the Bible, Confession, Fall of Satan, Luke 10:17-20, Luke 9:18-22, Luke 9:28-36, Messiah, Transfiguration |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 26, 2023
Texts: Luke 3:21-22; Luke 4:1-2a, Luke 4:16-21; Matthew 4:13-17 Days 33-36 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Israel needed a do-over. Humanity needed a do-over. The Messiah comes to recapitulate the story of humanity through the story of Israel. This lesson is the beginning of the Messiah’s participation in the story of Israel in […]
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Theodrama | Tagged: Baptism, Isaiah 61, Israel, Messiah, Ministry, Nazareth Manifesto, Red Sea, Reed Sea, Temptations, Trials, Wilderness |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 14, 2022
Texts: Romans 9:4-5; Psalm 19:7-10; Romans 3:1-2 Days 20-22 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God chose Israel from among the nations as God’s own firstborn. As firstborn, Israel was tasked with blessing the nations through their obedience to God (as a light among the nations) and the promises made to Abraham. God equipped […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Adoption, Covenants, Glory, Liturgy, Messiah, Promise, Scripture, Temple, Torah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 7, 2017
Philemon is a brief letter with only 335 words in the Greek text, and it appears in the New Testament without any specific context. Philemon and Onesimus, the main characters in the letter’s story, are unknown elsewhere in the New Testament. Many, if not most of the details, are lost to us as readers to […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Christ, Christology, Gospel, Messiah, Narrative, Philemon |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 19, 2015
Mount Sinai must have been an impressive, even startling, sight. Enveloped in darkness with flashes of lightning, Israel heard the thunder and even, on one occasion, the voice of God. They felt the rumblings of God’s presence in tremors that rippled through the earth’s crust. This was Yahweh’s holy mountain. Yahweh descended upon it, and […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Advent, Exodus 40, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Messiah, Pentecost, Tabernacle, Temple, Wilderness |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 14, 2013
Psalm 1 counseled wisdom. Worshippers, as they pray, mediate and sing the Psalms, align themselves with the way of righteousness. Psalm 2 assures these worshippers that Yahweh reigns and even the nations must ultimately submit to the God of Israel. Psalm 2, then, as a further introduction to the Psalter, grounds the worship of and […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Assembly, Christology, Kingdom of God, Messiah, Psalm 2, Psalms, Psalter, Worship |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 15, 2012
The “behold” of Zechariah 14:1 (untranslated by the NIV) begins the second section of Zechariah’s second “oracle” (Zechariah 12-14). The first Section (Zechariah 12-13) was structured around the “day of the Lord” when God will renew covenant with Israel, defend Jerusalem, pour out the divine Spirit of grace, and cleanse the house of David from […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Bible-Zechariah, Eschatology, Jerusalem, Judah, Kingdom of God, Messiah, Zechariah 14:1-15 |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks