June 21, 2015
This section is soaked in quotations, allusions, and echoes of the Hebrew Scriptures. Peter depends heavily on Isaiah 28:16, Psalm 118:22, Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 43:20-21, Exodus 19:5-6, Isaiah 42:12, and Hosea 2:23. Out of the 126 Greek words that lie behind the English text, almost half of them are directly from the Hebrew Bible (quoted […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 1 Peter, 1 Peter 2:4-10, Church, Identity, Israel, Mission, Missional, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 25, 2012
In the April 24 1873 issue of the Gospel Advocate, Lipscomb reprinted a piece from the Apostolic Times under the title “Preaching to the Poor” (p. 390). Here is the article as reproduced by Lipscomb: In these days of mails, and printing, the newspapers, which go forth from the great cities with their well laden columns of local […]
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Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Christology, David Lipscomb, Inner-City, Kingdom of God, Missional, Poor, Urban Missions |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 26, 2012
The 1866 Gospel Advocate, the year its rebirth after the Civil War, is filled with notices about sharing resources with the poor and encouragement for churches both north and south to do so. Apparently, the Advocate was accused by some of controlling these resources as they came to Nashville for distribution as if the paper was a […]
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Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Ecclesiology, Fellowship, Mission of the Church, Missional, Orphan, Poor, Widow |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 17, 2012
Jesus resumed his kingdom ministry when he returned to the sea of Galilee from the regions of Tyre and Sidon. After some time (“in those days”) Jesus was followed by a large crowd (4,000 people) into a remote place where food was not easily accessible. Mark describes this area as a “wilderness” (8:4) and uses […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Mark, Eucharist, Feeding of the 4000, Fellowship, Gentile Mission, Lord's Supper, Mark 8:1-10, Meal, Missional, Table |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 11, 2011
Two new electronic journals, one named Kingdom and the other named Missio Dei, have published their inaugural issues. Kingdom is published by the Bible faculty of Freed-Hardeman University. Its masthead quotes Romans 14:17, “For the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Ralph Gilmore, Distinguished Professor of Bible and Philosophy at FHU, […]
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Books | Tagged: Churches of Christ, Kingdom of God, Mission, Missional |
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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