The Acts of The … ?https://txtandcontxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nik-MAgPyHRO0AA-unsplash-1024x686.jpg1024686Andrew HicksAndrew Hickshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1dce37b65c489ae103b480592b2250a5cffae5d08fc5bfc4dfb0615dcca23c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g
What is the title of that fifth book of the New Testament? Yeah! Acts! Have you ever asked yourself, “the acts of whom?” Some Bibles title this book in full…
I am a semi-regular reader of Richard Beck’s blog Experimental Theology. As you could probably surmise from the title of the blog Beck has gained popularity and following for his…
Speaking in Tongues: An Introductionhttps://txtandcontxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mateus-campos-felipe-yZu0dWSplXM-unsplash-1024x576.jpg1024576Andrew HicksAndrew Hickshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1dce37b65c489ae103b480592b2250a5cffae5d08fc5bfc4dfb0615dcca23c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g
There are few things as controversial and misunderstood in Christian circles as speaking in tongues. I by no means have all the answers and I do not claim to, but…
The Torah of Torahs: A Proposed Biblical Theological Typologyhttps://txtandcontxt.com/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150Andrew HicksAndrew Hickshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1dce37b65c489ae103b480592b2250a5cffae5d08fc5bfc4dfb0615dcca23c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g
The importance of 5 has long been appreciated in Biblical studies as a potentially significant typological number. The source of the 5 from which any typological reflection is, of course,…
Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 3: “The Church is … Holy…”https://txtandcontxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/skull-kat-yhEgkxZqkkk-unsplash-1024x683.jpg1024683Andrew HicksAndrew Hickshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1dce37b65c489ae103b480592b2250a5cffae5d08fc5bfc4dfb0615dcca23c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g
The Ascension: An Introductionhttps://txtandcontxt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/sky-414199_1920-1024x683.jpg1024683Andrew HicksAndrew Hickshttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1dce37b65c489ae103b480592b2250a5cffae5d08fc5bfc4dfb0615dcca23c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g
The ascension is at best forgettable for most people in the church today. It seems for most people the ascension is merely a brief introduction to the more familiar stories…