March 9, 2010
Text: Joshua 5:9-12 [This is part of a small group series for the Woodmont Hills Church in Nashville, TN, which is prepared in conjunction with Dean Barham’s homilies that are based on the Lectionary texts for Lent.] A new generation had emerged during the wilderness trek. Their parents had refused to enter to the promise […]
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Biblical Texts, Theology | Tagged: Bible-Joshua, Circumcision, Covenant, Israel, Lent, Passover, Wilderness | 
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 17, 2010
Text: Luke 4:1-13 Lent is forty days of letting go of some of our normal habits in order to pursue God with a special focus. The pursuit of God during these forty days comes in various forms: repentance, meditation, Scripture reading, prayer, immersion in sacred music, communal worship, almsgiving, etc. Lent was originally named “Forty […]
12 Comments | Theology | Tagged: Ash Wednesday, Christian Calendar, Forty Days, Jesus, Lent, Temptation, Testing, Wilderness | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
February 3, 2009
Shaped in Solitude Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from [being baptized in] the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Luke 4:1-2a Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went to an isolated place to pray. Mark […]
8 Comments | Spirituality | Tagged: Busy-ness, Christology, Desert, Discipleship, Jesus, Meditation, Prayer, Solitude, Spirituality, Wilderness | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks