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John Williamson Nevin & What I Learned Spending A Year With Him
John Williamson Nevin, 1803-1886 Jonathan David Faulkner As a Historian, there are times I want to go inside the head of one of the people I have been studying. Like Churchill during the bombing of London, Luther at the Diet of Worms or Nelson Mandela after he had just been released from prison To …
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What Star Trek Taught Me About Diversity
& What it Can Teach the Church Jonathan Faulkner “I took the role because of one thought, that in 300 years I would be both Black and Human” – Avery Brooks, Captain Benjamin Sisko, Deep Space Nine I have an unpopular confession, I do not like the new Star Wars. Not because the …
My Social Media Disillusionment
& Why Its Time to Back Off. Jonathan Faulkner When I first launched 10:31 in 2009, I wanted to use the platform of Facebook for outreach and to engage in conversations and exchange ideas. I wanted my writers to think about the global audience we had built in the short 2 years before we reorganized …
The End of Political, Colonial Christendom:
Jonathan Faulkner In the broad field of church history one of the many debates that will likely never be settled is the legitimacy of the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine who made Christianity the religion of the empire and ushered in the western “Church Age” that gave rise to the Christendom model that …
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Shifting Focus: The Vital Importance of Small-Town Ministry And the Pastors Who Lead There.
Jonathan Faulkner It has sort of become a “Where were you when” moment for me, that is, I remember that I was taking a break from working on a research paper on the influence of Philip Schaff on Dr. Vanhoozer’s Reforming Catholic Confession (catholic referring to the universal church) and a critique of his idea …
Keeping Christmas All Year Long
Jonathan Faulkner Those of you who know me or if you have heard me preach around Christmas time, you may be aware that one of my favorite Christmas Stories (sans Jesus Birth) is Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. Not only do I read the book, but over the next 24 days I will watch two …
November Update:
Hamilton MA. We were sort of joking when we said to our friends and family at our home church here in Hamilton on the first Sunday of November that we would see them in December, however, the first Sunday in December is next Sunday and other than a Thanksgiving Eve service we have barely …
Tenth Avenue North & Returning Relevancy to CCM
Jonathan David Faulkner There was a time in Christian Music when the writers of the songs addressed real matters, wrote deep songs about everything from raising teenagers to the struggle of those living in poverty. A multitude and plethora of topics with the occasional praise chorus mixed in. That was a great day when the …
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A Plea to Seminarians
Jonathan David Faulkner Seminarians, hear me, this is a plea to each of you. While November brings many good and wonderful things to our plates it is true that for the seminarian that it can be the month of greatest trial as we adjust to the shorter days, pressing deadlines and the coming New …
