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By the Strength of His own Arm

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 19, 2021 | Abortion, Advent, Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

Because of the people I follow on Twitter, I came across this tweet about the same time I began scrolling through this morning’s lections: For Advent, I wish people don’t use the Visitation Story to justify anti-choice rhetoric and theology. Mary and...

In Person And Online

by Anne Kennedy | Dec 12, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

I didn’t blog this past week thinking that I would do some other writing. If I just finish this one thing, I so foolishly thought to myself, I’ll be able to do all the other things that are waiting for my attention—Christmas shopping, mucking out the laundry room,...

#78: Into the Kiddie Pool: Why We Baptize Babies

by Matt Kennedy | Nov 26, 2021 | Anglicans, Baptists, Podcast, Presbyterians

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady and Nick discuss infant baptism, talk about the biblical, historical, and theological reasoning behind the practice, and then tackle (and kind of disagree on) what actually happens in the sacrament. Want to join...

The Sunday Times on Christ the King Sunday

by Anne Kennedy | Nov 21, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Eschatology

“For the first time in her 69-year reign, the Queen did not deliver the opening address to the Church of England’s annual General Synod last week.” So begins an article in The Sunday Times that I can’t read because I’ve already used up my free trial and I’m not going...

#77: Revisionist History? Slavery, Race, and Reckoning with America’s Past

by Matt Kennedy | Nov 19, 2021 | Anglicans, History, Justice, Podcast, Social Justice

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Anne, Jady and Liza react to a recent New York Times piece, share their own memories of learning about America’s racial history, discuss the true meaning of repentance, and talk about the complications of writing for a...

Join All Saints, “Both Small and Great”

by Mark Marshall | Oct 30, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Eschatology, Go to Church

On an All Saints Day, John Keble delivered the sermon “Praise to God from All Saints”, which can be found (with difficulty thanks to the uselessness of search engines) in Plain Sermons, vol. 6, sermon CLXXXIX. He expounded upon the stirring verse, Revelation 19:5. In...