John Mark Hicks

In 2022, I was invited to speak at the Teacher’s Conference for the International Churches of Christ. It was joy to attend, and I shared some wonderful times with brothers and sisters from among those congregations. The essay that arose from that opportunity is entitled “Searching for the Pattern.” I am making it available here. […]

A PDF version is available here. Over a year ago Truth Magazine published an issue that reviewed several of my books, including Searching for the Pattern. In this blog I respond to some prominent concerns in these articles. Some of these are expressed in almost every article by different writers. I thank the reviewers for […]

The first three are digital audio productions, but the last two are human readers. Searching for the Pattern is now available on audiobooks at Amazon. Click here. Women Serving God is also now available on audiobooks at Amazon. Click here. Muscle and a Shovel: A Review is also now available on audiobooks at Amazon. Click […]

The following videos are five lecture/sermon presentations and one Q&A from the Ray Evans Seminar held at the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 12-14, 2024. The presentations are based on the book Searching for the Pattern, published in 2019.

Kyle Spears introduces the interview with this description: Is there a New Testament blueprint that marks who the true church is? Is there a pattern of New Testament culture that we are to imitate or is there more to the story? Every congregation wants to align themselves with the New Testament examples seen in scripture, […]

In the December 2019 issue of the Gospel Advocate, Dan Owen offered a brief response, in part, to my recent book Searching for the Pattern. I thank Dan for reading the book, and I am grateful for his article as it calls attention to an important concern about how we read the Bible. I wish […]