August 8, 2025
In 2022, I was invited to speak at the Teacher’s Conference for the International Churches of Christ. It was joy to attend, and I shared some wonderful times with brothers and sisters from among those congregations. The essay that arose from that opportunity is entitled “Searching for the Pattern.” I am making it available here. […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 18, 2025
A PDF version is available here. Over a year ago Truth Magazine published an issue that reviewed several of my books, including Searching for the Pattern. In this blog I respond to some prominent concerns in these articles. Some of these are expressed in almost every article by different writers. I thank the reviewers for […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 21, 2020
Below I summarize the point of Searching for the Pattern: My Journey in Interpreting the Bible. Growing up in Churches of Christ, I embraced and practiced a hermeneutic that sought an implicit blueprint for the work and worship of the church in Acts and the Epistles. Through a filter of generic/specific distinctions, coordinate associations, the […]
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