John Mark Hicks

JOB’S FAITHFUL ENDURANCE IN GOD’S STORY [This is chapter 6 from my Yet Will I Trust Him (College Press, 1999), pp. 153-181.]                           What is man that you make so much of him,                                       that you give him so much attention,                           that you examine him every morning                                       and test him every moment?                           Will you never […]

LA RESISTENCIA FIEL DE JOB EN LA HISTORIA DE DIOS                         ¿Qué es el hombre para que le des tanta importancia?                                    que le prestes tanta atención,                          que lo examines cada mañana                                      y ponerlo a prueba en cada momento?                         ¿Nunca apartarás la mirada de mí?                                  ¿O dejarme en paz aunque sea por […]

Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks discuss the meaning and significance of Psalm 13, which functions as a model lament. It begins with questions and disillusionment (13:1-2), petitions God in the middle (13:3-4), and expresses trust in God in the final verses (13:5-6).

Hebrews 12:1-17 Lesson 21: Run the Race with Perseverance Hebrews 12:1-17 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer […]

Psalm 73: “I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked . . . But when I thought to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God.” Dr. Michael Brown joins Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks for a discussion of the […]

Hebrews 10:26-39 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony […]

Returning to Bethlehem (Ruth 1:19-22) So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them; and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” She said to them,             “Call me no longer Naomi,                         call me Mara,                         for the Almighty […]

I have now read the fifth of twelve books suggested by FB friends. This one was recommended by Michael Asbell. This is my summary. David Moffitt, Rethinking the Atonement: New Perspectives on Jesus’s Death, Resurrection, and Ascension (Grand Rapids: BakerAcademic, 2022). While the term “atonement” is most often used to describe the cross of Jesus […]

Texts: Romans 5:1-5; 8:18-27; Hebrews 5:8-10 Days 71-74 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Divine grace empowers hopeful waiting even as we groan for wholeness, for shalom. We live in-between-the-times. The creation is a very good place to inhabit. Yet, it is presently filled with chaos, both natural and moral. In many ways, God’s […]

Texts: Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:52-53; Luke 23:32-47 Days 47-49 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Video available here If we had not been sufficiently convinced of the humanity of Jesus, perhaps because he also God in the flesh, the movement from the Garden to the Cross might just seal the deal. Jesus suffers. Jesus […]