by Anne Kennedy | May 15, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, U.S. Politics
I’m later than I want to be this morning because I’ve been scrolling around the news reading about the terrible shooting in Buffalo yesterday. I generally try to avoid being up to the minute on, what we might call, sensational news because usually everyone backtracks...
by Anne Kennedy | Apr 24, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Coronavirus, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, The Gospel
Well, I am caught, as usual, between two opinions. I really can’t make up my mind between this “fascinating” trend (if it is even that) and this depressing development. The first is grown-up people going to the American Girl Doll cafes—with their dolls—for the purpose...
by Anne Kennedy | Apr 3, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel, Woke Church
In some sort of fit yesterday, while cleaning my whole house and repotting all my seedlings, at the advice of clever and wonderful friends, I downloaded and listened to the whole of Carl Trueman’s Strange New World. It’s been several months since I finished The Rise...
by Anne Kennedy | Mar 27, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus
It must be that we are coming near to the End Times because Vox has noticed that there’s a big problem with the way things are. In a six-part series, they tackle the perplexing subject of forgiveness. The titles of the various pieces paint a bleak trajectory for their...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 25, 2022 | Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, Podcast
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the odd ways that modern Christians sometimes talk about the image of God. They then discuss what that phrase means, and how it relates to the Good News about Jesus. Need more Stand Firm?...
by Anne Kennedy | Mar 20, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Coronavirus, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus
I don’t know what you all might have wondered about during the era of covid, which I sure hope is over, in spite of the rustlings and gossipings on social media, but I spent a disproportionate amount of my limited time contemplating the Tower of Siloam. If you don’t...