Month: September 2020
The Failure of Our Revivalisms’
Bigger is not always better, Schaff predicted the Old School Advocates of Nurture would be right, and Church History has once again vindicated that belief. Rev. Jonathan David Faulkner Of the Internecine controversies which...
SermonCast: Identify Yourself: Colossians 1:1-8 Pastor Jeff Griffith
Our Sermon from Sunday, September 27th from FCCBC, this week we had special guest, CCCC Iowa area pastor Jeff Griffith. Who challenged us to live out the three things that still remain, Faith, Hope...
“Wait with Hope, Hope Now, Hope Always!”
When a People who have the greatest reason for hope, become the people of despair, something is wrong. Rev. Jonathan David Faulkner I wrote a few weeks ago that many in our congregations, and...
SermonCast: “How to Diffuse a Time Bomb” Psalm 131
Our Sermon from Sunday, September 20th, 2020 on Psalm 131. In a world that is constantly burning people out, how do Christians live? the Scripture demonstrate for us a work/life balance, but also...
Congregationalism and Good Works
“These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments are the fruit and evidence of a true and lively faith….” The Savoy Declaration of Faith. (Congregational Confession of Faith) Rev. Jonathan Faulkner As far...
SermonCast: Proven Faith James 2:14-26
Our sermon from Sunday, September 13th 2020, on James 2:14-26. Here we learned what it truly means to be justified by faith, that is, we are justified by a faith that works. You...
Memento Mori: In Loving Memory of Margret Mae Whitson
“A Marriage of 64 years has ended, and a new one is beginning.” Margret May Whitson, May 28th 2017. Jonathan David Faulkner The family Matriarch has passed, after 87 years on this planet, loving...
I Still Remember: Reflections on the 19th Anniversary of 9/11.
9/11 was the formative day in my generation’s history, we cling to the last vestiges of the era before, we also remember what happened directly afterward. Rev. Jonathan Faulkner Author’s Note: this piece was...
Well-Seasoned Words
How we respond to Dr. Sunquest’s words, is just as important as that we respond. Rev. Jonathan David Faulkner To all the Saints and the Children of God at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, grace and...
A Student’s Response to Dr. Sunquist.
We no longer have time for this, we never really did. Charles Fick Forward by Jonathan Faulkner You can read my piece from earlier today here: I want to take a moment and thank...