May 24, 2023
Texts: 1 Corinthians 15:21-28; 50-57; 2 Peter 2:11-13 Days 75-77 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. The voice from the throne announced, “Behold, I am making all things new” (Revelation 21:5). Ultimately and finally, God makes all things new through resurrection. Though Jesus was seemingly defeated by the powers in his death, God vindicated […]
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Theodrama | Tagged: Anthropology, Christology, Creation, Eschatology, New Creation, New Earth, New Heaven, New Heaven and New Earth, Resurrection |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 26, 2023
Texts: Acts 6:7; 4:23-31; 12:24; Revelation 5:9-13 Days 65-67 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. When God created the cosmos, God invested in humanity a particular vocation: fill the earth, subdue the chaos, and shepherd (rule) the creation (Genesis 1:28). As participants in the new creation, the people of God extend this human vocation […]
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Theodrama | Tagged: Creation, Discipleship, Discipling, Ecology, Great Commission, Growth, Mission, New Creation, Powers, Subduing the Powers |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 11, 2022
A Keynote Address for Harbor, Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, on May 6, 2022 Influenced by both their Greco-Roman culture and egged on by the intruders Paul called the “super-apostles,” the Corinthians apparently thought the ministry of a celebrity pastor like Paul should be characterized by thrilling and brilliant rhetoric about his visionary experiences, triumphant […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: 2 Corinthians 4:18-16, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Lament, Ministry, New Creation, Resurrection, Suffering |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 18, 2019
This is one meditation from the published book by John Mark Hicks, Around the Bible in 80 Days: The Story of God from Creation to New Creation (Abilene: Leafwood Press, 2022).
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Theodrama | Tagged: Acts, Christ, Church, Creation, Israel, Mission, New Creation, Story of God, Theodrama |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
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