John Mark Hicks

Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks walk through the meaning and significance of Psalm 114. This is a playful song with a serious and dramatic meaning. God liberated Israel from Egypt and chose to dwell with them, mocked the gods of the waters and mountains, and, in the end, invited the earth to dance in […]

A communion meditation based on Matthew 26:30. Jesus and his disciples sang the Egyptian Hallel (Psalm 113-118) or some portion of it.

The New Testament offers little liturgical help for conducting the Lord’s Supper. This is especially true regarding hymnology. No account of the Lord’s Supper, except the Last Supper itself, connects music and the Supper (Matthew 26:30). Other than the fact that the Jerusalem community praised God as they ate—and presumably this included songs as well […]