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#9: Robots Bound for Glory: A Reflection on Free Will

by Matt Kennedy | Jul 10, 2020 | Bible Study, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk free will on the occasion of Independence Day. But…are we free? Do we have agency? Is the biblical assertion that we are slaves bad news…or is it ultimately Good News? Subsribe to the podcast on...

#5: Bad to the Bone: Good News and Original Sin

by Matt Kennedy | Jun 12, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about one of Christianity’s core doctrines, original sin. How does misunderstanding sin lead to other errors? How does a proper understanding of sin make the Gospel news sound all the sweeter? Join the guys as they chat about the bad...

#4: Race, Justice, and the Gospel: Beginning the Conversation

by Matt Kennedy | Jun 5, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Jesus, Podcast, Social Justice, The Gospel

Matt, Jady, and Nick react to the national conversation around race and justice. What is the Good News for this divided time? Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

How ’bout This Election?

by Tim Fountain | Feb 23, 2020 | Academia, Bible Study, Church Growth, Go to Church, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel

No, not Election as the multigazillion dollar board game to gain control of the imperial city on the Potomac, or Election the deep, prayerful and absolutely always fruitful effort to snap up a Bishop from those dancing ’round the mitre tree. Election, as in the...

What’s In Your Locker?

by Tim Fountain | Jan 19, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel

I keep a Bible and Book of Common Prayer in my locker at the hospital where I work. I read Morning Prayer at home with my English Standard Version Bible; I have my Africa Study Bible (New Living Translation) at work for Evening Prayer. (No big commentary in sharing...

Follow Your Heart?

by Matt Kennedy | Jan 14, 2020 | Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, Spirituality

About a year ago I posted the following on Facebook after reading an article by Joyce Meyer that advises Christian readers to read the bible, pray, and then, “follow your heart.” I wrote (with perhaps a bit of hyperbole): “Yes, check the bible. Yes. Pray. But no, do...