by Anne Kennedy | May 1, 2022 | Anglicans, Baptists, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church
At some point during the week, Matt got up this old T4G panel discussion (hat tip Denny Burk) between Carl Trueman and some—both then and now—very famous pastors. The session opens with some awkward joking about how Trueman has been very critical of the so-called...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 13, 2022 | Anglicans, Baptists, False Teachers and Their Enablers
Amongst certain kinds of Christians over the last few years, I have been hearing the resurgence of a triggering term that sends a lot of people over the edge. The word is “slippery slope.” Not being a Baptist, I didn’t, in my youth, hear it as much as I might have,...
by Matt Kennedy | Dec 31, 2021 | Anglicans, Baptists, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Podcast, Roman Catholics, Social Justice
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss 2021 and hand out some awards: issue of the year, most surprising development, and more. They talk wokeness, Dear Gay Anglicans, evangelical elites, and the pathways into and out of Anglicanism....
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...
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 | Sep 23, 2021 | Baptists, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise
The First Thing I am so so close to being done with The Lord of the Rings. I swear, if I could clear my schedule I would be done with it by noon. It is so so tempting, but tragically, I can’t just blow up my morning, and so, like Sam, I am handing over the book...