April 23, 2009
Given some recent comments, I thought I would share my review of a recent book that will soon appear in Restoration Quarterly. The author, Keith Stanglin, is a friend and former student (indeed, he was my Graduate Assistant for several years) at Harding University Graduate School of Religion. He now teaches at Harding University in […]
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Books | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Assurance, Calvinism, Despair, Faith, Gomarus, Keith Stanglin, Reformed, Secruity, Soteriology', Trust | 
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 21, 2009
I recently posted a brief statement on “Children at the Table” in which I suggested that the practice of sharing table communion with our children might be a good idea. One question this raises, among others, is the relationship of children to the kingdom of God. For our paedo-baptist friends, it is obvious. Children are […]
39 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Children, Church, David Lipscomb, Ecclesiology, Salvation, Soteriology' | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 17, 2009
If the life and ministry of Jesus is our pattern, then we all fall woefully short. Consequently, whether it is conforming our character to the image of Jesus or embodying the ministry of Jesus through the church, we all–individuals and congregations–need divine mercy since we all fall woefully short of the image of God in Jesus. […]
15 Comments | Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Antinomianism, Faith, Grace, Legalism, Libertinism, Patternism, Perfectionism, Salvation, Sanctification, Soteriology', Transformation | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 3, 2009
David Lipscomb, Queries and Answers, ed. by J. W. Shepherd (Cincinnati: Rowe Publishers, 1918), p. 53. Question: “May a person who believes his sins forgiven submit to a scriptural baptism while thus believing?” Answer: “There is something unscriptural in the case as presented; but what is it? Is it the baptism, or is it the […]
7 Comments | Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Baptism, David Lipscomb, Faith, Gospel Advocate, Obedience, Rebaptism, Salvation, Soteriology', Stone-Campbell | Permalink
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. […]
13 Comments | 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 | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 19, 2008
In 1996, 1998, and 2000 I conducted one day, Saturday, seminars for the Pennyrile Church of Christ in Madisonville, KY to which area ministers and members were invited to spend a day discussing “current” theological questions. My friend Norris DeBerry was the minister for the church at the time. Those were encouraging, helpful discussions, I […]
8 Comments | Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Baptism, Complementarian, Egalitarian, Gender, Hermeneutics, Leadership, Sacraments, Salvation, Soteriology', Women, Worship | Permalink
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