December 14, 2022
Texts: Romans 9:4-5; Psalm 19:7-10; Romans 3:1-2 Days 20-22 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God chose Israel from among the nations as God’s own firstborn. As firstborn, Israel was tasked with blessing the nations through their obedience to God (as a light among the nations) and the promises made to Abraham. God equipped […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Adoption, Covenants, Glory, Liturgy, Messiah, Promise, Scripture, Temple, Torah |
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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
October 30, 2017
The Reformation in a nutshell: We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone to the glory of God alone as taught by Scripture alone. • Grace alone (sola gratia) means that God took initiative, supplies grace for every good work, and completes God’s work in us, and this includes a cooperative […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Christ, Eastern Orthodox, Faith, glory of God, Grace, Protestant, Reformation, Roman Catholic, Scripture |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 6, 2012
Zechariah, a priest who returned with other Babylonian exiles to Jerusalem in 537 BCE, appears before the people in 520 BCE as a prophet. “The word of the Lord” comes to Zechariah—he is given a message from God to the people. Zechariah sees himself in line with the former prophets with a similar message, a […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Bible-Zechariah, Divine Presence, Prophets, Scripture, Temple, Word of the Lord, Zechariah 1:1-6 |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks