by Matt Kennedy | Apr 7, 2022 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
I originally wrote this article almost ten years ago on April 30, 2012. Were I to re-write it today, there’s not much I would change except for the implication that word and sacrament are competitors rather than siblings. My guess is that that sentiment was an...
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 | Dec 19, 2021 | Abortion, Advent, Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
Because of the people I follow on Twitter, I came across this tweet about the same time I began scrolling through this morning’s lections: For Advent, I wish people don’t use the Visitation Story to justify anti-choice rhetoric and theology. Mary and...
by Anne Kennedy | Aug 29, 2021 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel
I was so grieved to hear of the tragic and unexpected death of Fr. McKenzie this last week, and of his child. The two were on the road and were killed in a car accident. Fr. McKenzie was in the first few days of a sabbatical, which somehow seems some extra divine...
by Matt Kennedy | Jul 9, 2021 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk to Andrew Pearson, former Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Advent (Episcopal) in Birmingham, AL. They discuss ministry, the revisionism of the Episcopal Church, and the future of the ACNA. Want to...
by Matt Kennedy | Jun 25, 2021 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the “radical vocation” of ordained ministry, whether or not the priestly calling has changed over the years, and the possibility of mutual ministry between ACNA and the Episcopal...