November 17, 2022
James Gorman, an historian of the Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell Movement) and Professor at Johnson University near Knoxville, Tennessee, is conducting a series of oral histories about the churches of Christ in the 21st century. These oral histories are available on the ACU website. Jamey asked me a series of questions about my biography and life […]
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Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Evangelicalism, Restoration Movement, Sacraments, Sectarianism, Stone-Campbell Movement |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 28, 2021
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Hermeneutics, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Bible, CENI, Christology, Churches of Christ, Hermeneutics, Jesus, Restoration Movement, Scripture, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 19, 2017
The following is three paragraphs from a paper which I have just placed on my Academic page. The paper is entitled “The Unfinished Business of the Protestant Reformation: Alexander Campbell’s Relationship to Protestantism.” It was delivered on April 8, 2017 at the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference held at Johnson University. You may read the full paper […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Alexander Campbell, Ancient Gospel, Ancient Order, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Mission, Protestantism, Restoration Movement, Restorationism, Stone-Campbell, Unity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 23, 2009
Alexander Campbell’s relationship with the Baptists is rather complicated. His Brush Run congregation petitioned for membership Redstone Baptist Association in 1815 and then was admitted in 1816. In 1823 Alexander Campbell, along with thirty members from the Brush Run church, planted a new congregation in Wellsburg, Virginia. That congregation joined the Mahoning Baptist Association in 1824. […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Alexander Campbell, Andrew Broaddus, Baptism, Baptists, Experience, Faith, Holy Spirit, Justification, Pneumatology, Restoration Movement, Robert B. Semple, Salvation, Soteriology', Southern Baptists, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 18, 2009
In my previous post, I repoduced two responses to a question asked by J. Wesley Smith of Lynchburg, TN, in 1905. He asked: “Is it right to make a knowledge of baptism for remission of sins a test of fellowship?” David Lipscomb, editor of the Gospel Advocate, answered in the negative and George W. Savage, […]
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Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Christology, Churches of Christ, David Lipscomb, Fellowship, George W. Savage, Grace, Hermeneutics, Obedience, Rebaptism, Remission of Sins, Restoration Movement, Salvation, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 4, 2008
Given K. Rex Butts’ comment on a previous post, I offer this slightly edited section from my book, co-authored with Bobby Valentine, entitled Kingdom Come: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of David Lipscomb and James Harding (pp. 75-77). The concern Rex expressed early in the 21st century is the same concern James A. Harding had about congregations at […]
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Spirituality, Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Assembly, Bible Reading, Bible-Acts, David Lipscomb, Fellowship, James A. Harding, Kingdom, Lord's Supper, Means of Grace, Poor, Poverty, Prayer, Restoration Movement, Spirituality, Stone-Campbell, Table |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 13, 2008
Do we need “authority” for what we believe and practice in the kingdom of God? I think so. It seems that Jesus was concerned about that very question when he raised it with his inquisitors regarding the baptism of John. “By what authority” seems to be a legitimate question (Matthew 23:23-27). [Perhaps someone might quibble […]
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Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Authority, Baptism, CEI, Christ, Christ Event, Christology, Churches of Christ, Command, Example, Hermeneutics, Inference, Interpretation, Lord's Supper, Postive Law, Restoration Movement, Sacraments, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks