August 18, 2022
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 […]
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Church History, Theology | Tagged: Church, Churches of Christ, Complementarianism, Gender, Society, Stone-Campbell, Suffrage, Traditional Gender, Women |
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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 22, 2017
Paul describes salvation in three tenses—past, present and future. We have been saved (Ephesians 2:8), we are in the process of being saved (2 Corinthians 2:15), and we will be saved (Romans 5:9-10). Theologians have generally summarized these “tenses” as “Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.” The Stone-Campbell Movement has recognized each of these, but different people […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Baptism, Eschatology, Faith, Glorification, Justification, Sanctification, Soteriology', Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 8, 2015
Eschatology. Millennialism. Second Advent. Judgment. New Heaven and Earth. Nineteenth century Restorationists, from Alexander Campbell to David Lipscomb, spoke and wrote about these subjects. They often disagreed, however. Alexander Campbell was a postmillennialist. James A. Harding was a premillennialist. Walter Scott changed his mind several times. David Lipscomb was uncertain. However, these all agreed that […]
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Church History, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Creation, Eschatology, Nashville Bible School, Renewed Earth, Stone-Campbell |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks