April 17, 2016
[Listen to the sermon here, from April 17, 2016] Shame. Guilt. Grief. I know those feelings. I’ve been overwhelmed by them at times. They have felt like a ton of bricks on my chest, and I couldn’t breathe. I’m feeling them now. Sitting with Jesus on the beach, eating the fish he grilled and the […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Denial, Forgiveness, Jesus, John 21:15-19, Love, Peter, Recommissioning, Reconciliation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 4, 2015
Jonah got a second chance. Yahweh commissioned him a “second time” even though Jonah willfully, deliberately, absolutely, and defiantly told God “No!” and rejected the first commission. Yahweh said, “Go to Nineveh,” and Jonah got on a boat to Tarshish in the opposite direction. Yahweh said, “Be my messenger of grace to lost souls,” and […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Deliverance, Jonah, Jonah 3:1-3, Mercy, Peter, Prophets |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 30, 2008
One of the most vivid scenes in Luke is Peter’s 3x denial, particularly “the look.” “The Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter” (Luke 22:61, GNB). The verbs are intensive, descriptive, and full of significance. “Turned around,” which is actually a participle in the Greek text, involves twisting or reversing; it is turning the back 180% […]
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Theology | Tagged: Betrayal, Bible-Luke, Condemantion, Denial, Disappointment, Forgiveness, God, Grace, Jesus, Peter, Punishment, Sadness, The Shack, William P. Young |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks