May 30, 2015
Below are summary statements that correspond to chapters or sections of chapters in my most recent book Enter the Water, Come to the Table (Leafwood, 2014). They summarize the theology present in the book, which is deeply rooted (I hope) in the story of God as given to us in Scripture. I am grateful for […]
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Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Eschaton, Eucharist, Israel, Lord's Supper, New Creation, Sacrament, Sacraments |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 2, 2014
Inheritance (or, possession) occurs fifty times in the book of Joshua, and everyone of them, except for five (11:23; 23:4; 24:28,30,32), occur in chapters 12-21. Further, the verb “to possess or inherit” occurs nine times in Joshua, eight times in Joshua 13-21. So, fifty-three of the fifty-nine occurrences of this word group occur in Joshua […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Creation, Eschatology, Inheritance, Joshua, Joshua 13-21, New Creation, New Heaven and New Earth, Peace, Rest |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 7, 2014
Joel’s lament liturgy in the first half of the book envisioned the devastation of Israel by a locust plague (or perhaps an invading army). That impending disaster also represented a future apocalyptic disaster. Joel is working at two levels–the immediate moment but also a future cataclysm. Israel’s response to such news, as with all other […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Acts 2:17-21, Ecclesiology, Galatians 3:28, Gender, Holy Spirit, Israel, Joel 2:28-32, New Creation, Pentecost, Restoration, Resurrection, Spirit, Women |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 23, 2014
Joel’s propehtic liturgy previously announced the coming of the great “day of the Lord,” which functions at multiple levels. On the one hand, it envisions any impending disaster that is coming upon Israel–whether it is a locust plague, an invading army, or some other communal crisis. On the other hand, it describes an apocalyptic event […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Creation, Ecology, Environment, Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:21-27, New Creation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 17, 2013
While the Jerusalem Micah knew was built by blood, destined for destruction, and soaked with injustice (Micah 3:9-12), the future Jerusalem is exalted above the mountains, committed to God’s agenda for the world, and enacts peace within the world. Rather than present injustice and war, the future Jerusalem secures justice and peace. The contrasts are […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Micah 4, New Creation, Peace, Poverty, War |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 24, 2013
“There is the earnest preaching of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; the development of the guilt of man, the grace of God, the love of Christ, the mystery of the Cross, sin pardoning mercy, adoption into the family of God, with the unction of the hope of the resurrection to everlasting life, of the […]
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Theology | Tagged: Christology, Creation, Eschatology, New Creation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks