Biblical Illiteracy Archives

Do The Work

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 27, 2021 | Anglicans, Baptists, Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

The readings this morning are all about the rich and the poor, about those who have a lot and those who have nothing at all. Depending on what sort of church you go to, you may hear the long, admonishing passages about how to care for those who don’t have anything,...

#52: God Did Really Say: That’s It…That’s the Title

by Nick Lannon | May 21, 2021 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, the Chicago Statement on the same, how old Noah was when he died, and whether or not the Word of God can be trusted. Want to join the conversation or suggest a...

Called to Flourish?

by Anne Kennedy | May 16, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, The Gospel

I have never really loved the word “flourish.” I keep thinking that it will go out of fashion among Christians, but so far it hasn’t. It appears in all kinds of places online. In fact, certain assumptions about what it means to flourish seem to me to be a sort of...

He is Awesome in His Deeds

by Anne Kennedy | May 2, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church

I had three different posts started for this morning—the lections are so wonderful, one could go in so many different directions—but then I woke up to another tempest on Twitter. The Twittersphere moves so frustratingly fast that having started to write about Rachel...

#49: Stand Firm Book Club: The Making of Biblical Womanhood

by Matt Kennedy | Apr 30, 2021 | Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Podcast, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Anne, and Jady discuss Beth Allison Barr’s new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women . They look at Barr’s understanding of complementarianism, chat about the source of...

When Hate Has A Home

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 25, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, Jesus, Social Justice, The Gospel, Woke Church

On our quick trip there and back again, Matt and I took a whole day in the car to listen to a book released just this last week—The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr. Then, even though we were in the car, we watched the launch zoom with Kristin Kobes...