by Matt Kennedy | Feb 17, 2023 | Church Growth, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick consider the “He Gets Us” ads, talk about bait and switch evangelism, and discuss how the Good News requires both law and gospel. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to...
by Anne Kennedy | Jan 1, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church
I do not want to keep perseverating about the tweets of Dr. Kevin Young (not to be confused with those of Kevin DeYoung) because I am like to be blocked soon, but the way he puts things seems to be…I can’t quite find the word…maybe so 2011. They are the sorts of...
by Anne Kennedy | May 1, 2022 | Anglicans, Baptists, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church
At some point during the week, Matt got up this old T4G panel discussion (hat tip Denny Burk) between Carl Trueman and some—both then and now—very famous pastors. The session opens with some awkward joking about how Trueman has been very critical of the so-called...
by Matt Kennedy | Feb 11, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Episcopalians, History, Podcast
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk to Jon Shuler, founder of NAMS and current Interim Rector of Christ the King Grace in Pawley’s Island, SC. Dr. Shuler shares his story of ministry in the Episcopal Church, creeping revisionism, and...
by Anne Kennedy | Nov 7, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel
Well, the government appears to have given me back the hour it took away so long ago. Which didn’t really change anything because the cat still came at the usual time and sat on my head and batted my face until I woke up. Then she went away to fortify herself with...
by Anne Kennedy | Oct 24, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Growth, Church Year, Coronavirus, Go to Church, Jesus
In the last week I came across no less than four articles (which I can’t find again…sorry) about how people are not going to church at the rates they were before covid. One had some stats, I think, but the others were more anecdotal. It seems a bit like there was the...
