Church Year Archives

Easter Points to Advent

by Mark Marshall | Apr 10, 2026 | Advent, Bible Study, Church Year, Jesus, The Gospel

I oft say that one reason to keep on studying the Scriptures is that sometimes the upteenth time one reads a passage, one notices something missed all those times before. That has just happened to me yet again this Easter Week. I may be slow, but I am persistent. In...

I am Judas.

by Mark Marshall | Apr 15, 2025 | Anglicans, Church Year, Jesus, The Gospel

This past Palm Sunday, I got to worship with one of my favorite parishes, St. Joseph Anglican in New Braunfels, Texas. They knew I, a frequent visitor, was coming and wanted me to take part in the congregational reading of the Passion during Mass. I was told there...

#249: Once More into the Mailbag: A Maternal God and a GAFCON Statement

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 21, 2025 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Church Year, Go to Church, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss two mailbag letters: they answer a question about Jesus describing himself as like a mother hen and then react to the new “Plano Statement” from G25 and discuss the current state of...

About Herod

by Mark Marshall | Dec 28, 2024 | Apostasy, Bible Study, Christmas, Church Year, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, Sexuality, Woke Church

Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents in the season of Christmas. Yes, it’s the twelve day Christmas season until Epiphany on January 6th, and don’t you forget it!Anyway, most of you know the story of how Herod received the news of Christ’s birth. It was not like...

#238: The Dawn of Redeeming Grace: A Sermon by Jady Koch

by Matt Kennedy | Dec 27, 2024 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Christmas, Church Year, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

Matt, Jady, and Nick are on Christmas Break. For three weeks, in lieu of new episodes, we’ll post an Advent sermon, a Christmas sermon, and an Epiphany sermon. This week, here’s a Christmas sermon from Jady on John 1:1-18. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe...

Hope and Glory

by Anne Kennedy | Jun 9, 2024 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Theological Liberalism

Have missed my usual Sunday blog over the last few weeks, but almost every weekend has had me dashing in so many directions that something had to give. And honestly, I think I’ve blogged steadily through the lectionary to its full measure–is that like nine...