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#43: Stand Firm Book Club: Jesus and John Wayne (Part 2)

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 19, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, History, Podcast, Woke Church

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Anne, Jady, and Ralinda continue their discussion of Jesus and John Wayne. This time: Communism, the evangelical “influence” on the Vietnam War, and “hyper” masculinity. Find the original “Jesus...

#42: Stand Firm Book Club: Jesus and John Wayne (Part 1)

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 12, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, Podcast, Woke Church

In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Anne, Jady, and Ralinda begin a Stand Firm series discussing the popular book Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez. In this episode: What is an evangelical? and Is Du Mez’s entire premise flawed? Want to join...

Is “Christian Flourishing” the Real Gospel?

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 7, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Prosperity Gospel, Social Justice, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism

Over the past tumultuous year, I have become more and more skeptical of the idea that Christians are supposed to “flourish.” It seems a very basic assumption that many of us have, that we’re supposed to do well and be able to use our gifts in the church. When I first...

There but for the Grace of God Go I

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 21, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

There is an interesting opinion piece making its way around the interwebs this weekend castigating many Christian leaders for their responses to the Ravi Horror, as I feel it will eventually come to be known. Many Christian leaders, apparently (I haven’t gone to look...

True Love for Valentine’s Day

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...

Hath The Lord Even Spoken

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,...