John Mark Hicks

An English version of “Women, Assemblies, and the Churches of Christ” is available here. A Spanish PDF is available here. Porque todos podéis profetizar uno por uno, para que todos aprendan y todos sean exhortados. 1 Corintios 14:31 [Este ensayo ofrece una sucinta defensa de la plena participación de las mujeres en las asambleas que […]

Below is a Spanish version of the English journal article “Searching for the Pattern” that was first published in Tέλειός/Teleios: A Journal to Promote Holistic Christian Spirituality 3, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 73-90. Translated by Wilson Silva Garcia.

The Common Grounds Unity Podcast hosted Bobby Valentine and myself to discuss our book Kingdom Come: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of David Lipscomb and James Harding. We discuss the theocentric dynamic nature of Lipscomb (d. 1917) and Harding’s (d. 1922) spirituality. The link for the podcast and the book are in the first comments. Listen […]

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.

Wes McAdams leads the ministry at Radically Christian. He interviewed John Mark Hicks about hermeneutics, reading the Bible, and the prospects of unity within the Restoration Movement. You can find the interview here.

Churches of Christ are, gratefully, a people who love the Bible, and I grew up in an era when the church knew the Bible so well. At the same time, we read the Bible in a particular way that is perhaps not as faithful to the Bible as we might have hoped. In this interview, […]

This rudimentary online presentation for a course at Lipscomb University identifies the common ground between Anabaptists, Baptists, and Restorationists (Stone-Campbell). It also identifies some significant differences as well. The Powerpoints are available here.

Today is its 102nd anniversary. In 1919, Congress passed the nineteenth amendment. Tennessee ratified the amendment on August 18, 1920 by two votes. That vote made it constitutional law. Harry Burn was a 24-year old representative up for re-election that Fall. He wore a red rose into the chamber which symbolized his “No” vote. His […]