by Anne Kennedy | Nov 20, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Corrupt Media, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Freedom of Speech, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Religious Freedom, Woke Church
The Church Year is drawing to a swift close and the final Sunday, Christ the King, is upon us. Besides being a moment to sing some glorious hymns, it is also a fitting hour to make a most essential declaration–that Christ is the ruler over the world, over time,...
by Anne Kennedy | Nov 2, 2022 | Corrupt Media, Freedom of Speech, Garden-Variety Malaise
This is a most interesting article. What with that Atlantic piece that I haven’t had a chance to read yet [I’ve only been periodically checking in for the awesome ratio], it seems some people are wondering if maybe they’re the Baddies: That the Times was...
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 4, 2022 | Corrupt Media, Jesus, Podcast, U.S. Politics
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the lack of trust in institutions: the media, the government, and the church. They discuss what might be done to restore that trust, the importance of telling the truth, and the need to...
by Anne Kennedy | Jan 30, 2022 | Church Year, Corrupt Media, Go to Church, Jesus
This is so good. It’s a long piece about Stephen Glass, one of the most notable and interesting of the many instances of journalistic liars of recent memory. He started out his career writing for The New Republic sometime in the 90s, and after a time it was discovered...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 23, 2021 | Baptists, Corrupt Media, Garden-Variety Malaise
The First Thing I am so so close to being done with The Lord of the Rings. I swear, if I could clear my schedule I would be done with it by noon. It is so so tempting, but tragically, I can’t just blow up my morning, and so, like Sam, I am handing over the book...