1 John is organized around two central truths: “God is light” and “God is love.” Both are known through the manifestation of the “Word of Life,” which is the central message of the Christian Faith.
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Author: John Mark Hicks
John Mark Hicks has taught in institutions affiliated with Churches of Christ for thirty-three years. He currently lives in Nashville, TN and is Professor of Theology at Lipscomb University.
John Mark was born in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. His father (Mark N. Hicks) and mother (Edith Lois Hicks) were Texans who moved in the 1950s to Virginia to plant a church (though they were back in New Mexico in 1957 for a few years where John Mark was born).
John Mark grew up in Virginia, spending his teen years in the Washington, D.C. area. He received his A.A. in German and his B.A. in Bible from Freed-Hardeman University (1977), his M.A.R. in Theological Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (1979), his M.A. in Humanities (Philosophy) from Western Kentucky University (1980) and his Ph.D. in Reformation and Post-Reformation Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary (1985).
He has taught at Alabama Christian School of Religion (1982-1989), Magnolia Bible College (1989-1991), Harding University Graduate School of Religion (1991-2000 fulltime; 2000-present adjunct), and Lipscomb University (2000-present). He has also adjuncted at Northeastern Christian College, Christian Brothers University, Abilene Christian University, Rochester College, and Institute for Christian Theology and Ministry (St. Petersburg, Russia).
Books by John Mark Hicks:
-Yet Will I Trust Him: Understanding God in a Suffering World
-Anchors for the Soul: Trusting God in the Storms of Life
-Come to the Table: Revisioning the Lord’s Supper
-Down in the River to Pray: Revisioning Baptism as God’s Transforming Work