by Mark Marshall | Feb 13, 2021 | Apostasy, History, The Gospel
In the latest Stand Firm podcast, the usual three clerics, in discussing the new Facebook group Anglicans for the Gospel, wrestled with the task of being just not against Critical Theory and other false teachings, but of being for the Gospel. I wish to add some brief...
by Mark Marshall | Feb 4, 2021 | Church Year, Spirituality
Mortification – it even sounds scary. It’s not for nothing that an Australian Christian death metal band I liked about twenty years ago called themselves Mortification. It’s the perfect death metal name, don’t you think? And the word brings to mind such medieval...
by Mark Marshall | Jan 23, 2021 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Freedom of Speech, Go to Church, Religious Freedom, Spirituality
I have oft noticed that the lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer can be profoundly providential. It is evidence of the Lord being Anglican. But in all seriousness, the Epistle for this past 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Romans 12:6-16, is markedly applicable to our...
by Mark Marshall | Jan 12, 2021 | Freedom of Speech, History, Totalitarians
You may have noticed in history, or even in the news today, that totalitarians really dislike freedom of speech and make it a top priority to attack and ban it. Take the Nazis, for example – and we’re talking about the real literally literal Nazis that once ruled...
by Mark Marshall | Dec 15, 2020 | Christmas, Church Year, Coronavirus, History, U.S. Politics
As if 2020 is not bizarre and tyrannical enough, a number of state authorities, using COVID as a pretense, of course, are attempting to cancel Christmas. To be exact, they are attempting to outlaw gatherings, even family gatherings, that are a customary part of the...
