December 22, 2022
Texts: 1 Chronicles 29:29-30; Psalm 19:14 Days 20-22 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Every people-group has a history; they tell stories about their journey. And every people-group has a liturgy; they worship someone or something. Israel is no different. The Torah and subsequent histories (running from Judges through Kings and Chronicles to Ezra-Nehemiah) narrates […]
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Theodrama | Tagged: 80 Days Around the Bible, Genre, History, Israel, Law, Liturgy, Narrative, Poetry, Psalms, Torah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
December 14, 2022
Texts: Romans 9:4-5; Psalm 19:7-10; Romans 3:1-2 Days 20-22 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God chose Israel from among the nations as God’s own firstborn. As firstborn, Israel was tasked with blessing the nations through their obedience to God (as a light among the nations) and the promises made to Abraham. God equipped […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Adoption, Covenants, Glory, Liturgy, Messiah, Promise, Scripture, Temple, Torah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 31, 2015
Psalm 1, perhaps also Psalm 2, serves as a preface or introduction to the Psalter. It says something important about how we should read, sing, pray, and meditate on Psalms. There is some text-critical evidence (variant readings) that Acts 13:33 calls Psalm 2 the “first Psalm,” and some medieval manuscripts write the first psalm in […]
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Uncategorized | Tagged: Psalm 1, Psalms, Torah, Wisdom |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 20, 2009
The most heartfelt and gut-wrenching expression of Paul’s love for his own nation, his own people, for Israel is found in Romans 9:1-5. Israel, though gifted by God with wondrous privileges, had rejected God’s Messiah. Paul was heartbroken as he listed the gifts in an overflow of praise for God’s grace toward Israel. Gift one: […]
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Theology | Tagged: Adoption, Assembly, Bible-Romans, Christ, Covenants, Glory, Israel, Land, Law, Messiah, New Heaven and New Earth, Promises, Temple, Torah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks