May 21, 2016
May 21, 2001 and May 21, 2008 have something in common, and I remember that today, May 21, 2016. Those are the days on which our children died–my son Joshua and John & Maggy Dobbs’ son John Robert. The memories are painful and today we will each remember, commemorate, and reflect. I pray for peace […]
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Pastoral Care | Tagged: Death, Grief, Suffering, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 4, 2015
Israel had recently experienced defeat. Though perhaps an exilic context, it probably reflects a military defeat in the pre-exilic period (e.g., the invasion of Zerah the Cushite during the reign of righteous Asa in 2 Chron 14:9-10, the invasion of the Moabites during the reign of righteous Jehoshaphat in 2 Chron 20:1, or some other […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Communal Lament, Disappointment, Lament, Psalm 44, Psalms, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 20, 2013
The Lamb, having taken the book of prophetic judgment from the hand of God, now begins to open it by breaking the seals. Systematically, the Lamb breaks one seal after another–six in Revelation 6. As each seal is opened John hears and sees a variety of images that evidence divine judgment or are related in […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Empire, Judgment, justice, Kingdom of God, Lament, Providence, Revelation 6, Seven Seals, Six Seals, Sovereignty, Theodicy, World Powers |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 11, 2013
Yesterday I received my copy of J. Caleb Clanton’s new book entitled The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013). I had previously read the manuscript in early 2012 and am pleased to see it in print. Caleb taught philosophy at Pepperdine for several years but now teaches at Lipscomb. I am […]
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Books, Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Alexander Campbell, Free Will Defense, God, J. Caleb Clanton, Meticulous Providence, Philosophy of Religion, Providence, Stone-Campbell Movement, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 17, 2013
Joshua, my son, you would have been 30 today. I miss you, and yearn to hold you again. One day….yes, one day. Till then, rest peacefully. [I have republished this in honor of the anniversary of his birth on Feb. 17.] Joshua died at the age of sixteen. I offer this chapter out of my […]
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Theology | Tagged: Evil, God, Joshua Mark Hicks, Problem of Evil, Theodicy |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 21, 2012
May 21 is a dark day in my own history. Joshua died eleven years ago today at the age of sixteen. I offer this chapter out of my ebook on The Shack and spiritual recovery in his honor. ******** Oh, the depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal, Theology | Tagged: Evil, Faith, God, Suffering, Theodicy, Trust |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks