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...
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...
by Matt Kennedy | Oct 29, 2021 | Anglicans, Baptists, History, Lutherans, Podcast, Presbyterians
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss some of the terms associated with the Reformation. They talk about the term “Protestant,” hash out the meanings of words like “Calvinist,” and “reformed,” and...
by Anne Kennedy | Oct 24, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Growth, Church Year, Coronavirus, Go to Church, Jesus
In the last week I came across no less than four articles (which I can’t find again…sorry) about how people are not going to church at the rates they were before covid. One had some stats, I think, but the others were more anecdotal. It seems a bit like there was the...
by Matt Kennedy | Oct 22, 2021 | Anglicans, Podcast, Roman Catholics, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss Michael Nazir-Ali’s defection to Roman Catholicism, consider the Protestant distinctives, and talk about how crucial it is to stand up for the truth. Want to join the conversation or suggest...
by Anne Kennedy | Oct 17, 2021 | Anglicans, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus
Over the last decade of being both in the church in a real sense (like actually going there and worshiping God and stuff) and being online, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that is bothersome and upsetting, and which, strangely enough, the lections this morning answered for...