#EndDehumanization
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Tenth Avenue North & Returning Relevancy to CCM
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 …
Jonathan Faulkner I have spent, almost, the last ten years of my life participating in theological education in some matter or another. Most of that time has been as a student, however, some of that has been teaching deep dive Sunday School classes on 1st Timothy and Isaiah or laboring as a pastor …
Continue reading Asking the Right Question: The Deficiency in Current Theological Education
HAMILTON MA. I have come to have a love/hate relationship with fall in New England. On the one hand it is cooler on the other hand there are some days that are pretty dreary and which make me want sleep all day. That is counter to getting everything done, the papers, the studying, the reading …
Jonathan David Faulkner Editor’s Note: This article is not discussing Theonomy, though God’s Heart rejects theonomy as a plausible governmental structure in a Post-Fall World. This article focuses on the roots of Dominion Theology in the Classical Sense and the evils perpetrated in its application. No attempt was made to engage the modern definition …
Continue reading Dominion Theology: An overview of a Great Evil of Church History.
Jonathan David Faulkner Editors Note: Due to length a section on examples from the Statement of Social Justice was removed from this article and will be published at a later date. There is a new statement going around, a follow up to the controversial “Nashville Statement” that made its rounds on the internet last year, …
Continue reading The Diminished Church of the Truncated Gospel.
Jonathan David Faulkner I love the yearly ice-breakers professors do, especially those that force you to get to know something about your classmates. One of my professors has you fill out an entire notecard full of information like what denomination you came from, what you hope to get out of this course, what is your …
Jonathan David Faulkner Note: This article will be considered the beginning of the seminary year advice piece. I want to start this off with a disclosure: The following article is in no way meant to politicize the tragic death of Pastor Andrew Stoecklien, I did not know him and have no connection to him …
Continue reading Why A Pastors Suicide Should Make Us Rethink Seminary.
