Month: June 2020
The Seven Guiding Values Part 7: A Community Reflective of the Harvest Field’s Diversity
My Sermon from June 28th 2020 from Galatians 3:23-29
#Fortheunityoftheentirechurch: Because the Cross Demands It.
It no longer seems sufficient, given study of scripture, to advocate only for a segment of the Church, but of the entire Church, scripture demands I work for unity for the sake of the...
Sermon: The Seven Guiding Values Part 6: A Culture of Peacemaking and Reconciliation, Ephesians 2:11-22
My sermon from June 21st 2020 on Peacemaking and Reconciliation.
Beware Translator Bias
When Biblical Translators impose their own theology onto a text, the results are destructive to the Body. Church Members need to learn to recognize this. Rev. Jonathan Faulkner Text Criticism is the practice of...
Working Through Racism: What can we learn from Church History part 1
For those who are struggling to respond in the wake of George Floyd’s murder consider this example from Church History. For the next few weeks God’s Heart will explore responses to racism and dehumanization...
Not Posting, listening deeper, learning better ways.
It is easy to be a keyboard warrior at times like this, but a # and a post in a world of noise do extraordinarily little if my actions do not reflect what I...