March 2, 2023
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 […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Cross, Gethsamene, Paradise, Prayer, Psalm 31, Sayings on the Cross, Suffering, Trust |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 14, 2022
Surrounded by people who falsely accused him, mocked him, beat him, divided his last possessions among themselves, and nailed him to a cross, Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” When one of the criminals crucified with Jesus confessed his guilt, recognized the innocence of Jesus, and asked […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama, Theology | Tagged: Cross, Hope, Love, Luke 23, Passion of Jesus, Psalm 31, Sayings of Jesus on the Cross, Trust |
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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
April 23, 2009
Given some recent comments, I thought I would share my review of a recent book that will soon appear in Restoration Quarterly. The author, Keith Stanglin, is a friend and former student (indeed, he was my Graduate Assistant for several years) at Harding University Graduate School of Religion. He now teaches at Harding University in […]
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Books | Tagged: Arminianism, Arminius, Assurance, Calvinism, Despair, Faith, Gomarus, Keith Stanglin, Reformed, Secruity, Soteriology', Trust |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
April 7, 2009
As part of the the Maximum Grandparenting seminar, Leon Sanderson challenged us to think of a ten-word summary that we would like to leave as a legacy for our grandchildren. It might be something we would constantly repeat in their ears or it may simply summarize what it is that we want to communicate to […]
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Theology | Tagged: Doctrine, Eschatology, Faith, Grandchildren, grandparents, Gratitude, Joy, Presence, Theology, Trust |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 3, 2008
[My book on the Shack is now available on Kindle.] The first time I encountered the phrase “The Great Sadness” in The Shack it immediately resonated with me. I knew exactly what my own “Great Sadness” was though I did not as yet know what Mack’s was or what Young’s own personal sadness was. Grief Renders […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal, Spirituality | Tagged: Faith, Fear, Grief, Providence, Shack, Suffering, The Shack, Theodicy, Trust, William P. Young |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
May 25, 2008
It almost never fails. Every time I raise the question of “Why me?” I hear the kind, mild and well-intentioned rebuke that perhaps I should ask the question “Why not me?” I understand the point–I think. Of course, why should it not be my child that dies? Why should it not be my wife that […]
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Pastoral Care, Personal, Theology | Tagged: Faith, Lament, Problem of Evil, Providence, Suffering, Theodicy, Trust, Why? |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks