by Anne Kennedy | Feb 14, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Go to Church, Jesus
It is both Valentine’s Day, as everyone knows, and the Feast of the Transfiguration, because Ash Wednesday is just around the corner, and that is how the church calendar works. I was wandering around the readings last night, feeling especially bad for Elijah in all...
by Matt Kennedy | Feb 12, 2021 | Anglicans, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Podcast, The Gospel, Woke Church
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about starting a Facebook group; sheep, shepherds, and wolves in an online world, and how being “for” something necessarily means being “against” other things. Want to join...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 7, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Eschatology, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
In all the reading I did a while ago about Cancel Culture, and then after that Virtue Signaling, the thing that interested me most was the shift to what one might call a New Evangelism. I mean, no one has called it that. It is only occurring to me this moment as I...
by Anne Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel
In all my sojourning around YouTube looking for interesting stuff to alarm and delight me, I lost several hours listening to a person who I believe is very famous—she’s one of Oprah’s go-to people—sharing with the wide world an important discovery she made. In brief,...
by Matt Kennedy | Jan 29, 2021 | Anglicans, LGBTQIetc, Sexuality, Woke Church
A couple of days ago Ms. Bekah Mason who serves as the Executive Director of Revoice asked me to take a look at the Revoice movement’s Statement on Sexual Ethics and Christian Obedience (and some of the other faith position documents) and explain where I think...
by Matt Kennedy | Jan 29, 2021 | Anglicans, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Sexuality, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the recent statement from the ACNA Bishops about sex and identity, talk about the difference between temptation and sin, and explore the relationship between truth-telling and pastoral care. The...