January 24, 2024
A Weightier Word than the Word through Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you”? [quoting Psalm 2:7] Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”? [2 Samuel 7:14] And again, when he brings […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 18, 2009
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer (Acts 2:42, NASV) Borrowing from Brother Lawrence, I have been using the language of “practicing the kingdom of God” in recent years. I don’t mean that as an alternative to or a substitute for Brother […]
17 Comments | Biblical Texts, Spirituality, Theology | Tagged: Acts 2:42, Bible-Acts, Breaking Bread, Community, Ecclesiology, Fellowship, Kingdom, Lord's Supper, Ministry of Jesus, Prayer, Spiritual Formation, Spirituality, Table, Teaching, Word | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 15, 2009
Yes, it is true. I wrote articles for Contending for the Faith, edited by Ira Y. Rice, Jr., in the late 1970s. Ira Y. Rice, Jr. was a good friend of my father Mark N. Hicks. Ira would stay in our home, it seemed, at least once a year. He would either hold a meeting […]
19 Comments | Personal, Theology | Tagged: Authority, Church Organization, Church Polity, Elders, Holy Spirit, Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, Ira Y. Rice, Jr., Leadership, Pneumatology, Polity, Sanctification, Scripture, Shepherds, Word | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks