#EndDehumanization
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.
Jonathan David Faulkner If you have been following me for awhile you know that I tend to take a hard line stand on the churches involvement in society. The Church is given the Gospel and is meant to live out that Gospel in every sphere. Now, how we do that I generally leave up to …
Continue reading MacArthur’s Comments on Social Justice: Why He’s Half-Right on Matthew 5:13-16
Jonathan Faulkner I have heard the phrase now so many times in conversation with liberal friends and centrist friends alike. I even came across it as the title of a major article on a historical figure. You may have heard it, if you are of my more left-wing readers you may have even said it. …
Continue reading A “Troubled History” Should Not Mean Total Rejection
Jonathan David Faulkner It seems like a harmless enough question, although I should know by now that there is no such thing when discussing reconciliation and American History. When Pastor Bryan Lorritts asked it I felt myself rouse for a fight. After all, I am a historian of that time period and though I …
Continue reading Why Didn’t the Awakenings Bring About an End to Slavery?
Jonathan David Faulkner Let me start by saying this idea did not originate with me, I have long advocated for it, especially here, but I have longed for good terminology for what I have come to believe scripture is teaching us concerning reconciliation and have struggled to find it until last week when …
Continue reading Horizontal & Vertical – The Ephesians 2 Paradigm
Jonathan David Faulkner I have read a myriad of articles recently on the need for civility in our public and private discourse, especially in relationship to politics. Some of the writers have advocated for civility, some have argued against it, some have advocated for a mixture of the two. The reasoning being that sometimes, in …
Continue reading When No One Is Human: No Civil Discourse without Humanity.
One can only take so much.... as in...we have been here before...and now we are just stuck here. You know what I mean, Rosanne, Bill Maher, the fight over who can say what about who, the question, if it is unacceptable for one person to call someone an ape, then why is it acceptable for …
The following is a poem written by my wife Rachel flowing from the pain of our recent loss. We hope it blesses and encourages and even helps your grieving process if you have suffered a Miscarriage. Without further delay, ladies and gentlemen, my wife! “More Time” “I just want more time” The first …
