by Matt Kennedy | Apr 2, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Episcopalians, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the supposed tension between dogmatism and mission, look at some of the church’s past attempts to be “relevant,” and wonder where the person and work of Jesus fits in. Want to...
by Mark Marshall | May 13, 2020 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Social Justice, U.S. Politics, Woke Church
The following may be difficult to read and may even anger a few. So I should say that it is prompted by a good conversation between Esau McCaulley and Matt Kennedy on Facebook. The exchange furthered understanding, and I write this in hopes of furthering understanding...
by Anne Kennedy | Apr 30, 2020 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Sexuality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
Matt has been going all over the internet reposting one of my first Stand Firm pieces about how I (at least) don’t think we can yet be friends with those who happily self-identify as Episcopalian or some other brand of Progressive Christian. The war isn’t over, I...
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...
by Tim Fountain | Jan 5, 2020 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Jesus, The Gospel
[Image from Astronomy in Color] Anybody remember the incels? Nah, not a crappy new wave band. They are/were/maybe never were the involuntary celibates. The term got going after some murderer (I won’t do the linking as these types should be consigned to...
by Matt Kennedy | Dec 10, 2019 | Baptists, Church Growth, Episcopalians, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
It’s no secret that the Episcopal Church is dying. No walls, no borders, no outcasts, she boasts, and if nothing is done she will be able to add, nobody. The steep numerical decline of the Episcopal Church is comparable to that of the other theologically liberal...
