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Crystal Balls

by Greg Griffith | Aug 17, 2022 | Anglicans, Episcopalians, Garden-Variety Malaise

This article by Stand Firm’s founder, Greg Griffith was first published in 2005, just two years after the consecration of Gene Robinson. In it, Greg describes how those often branded “extremists” or “fundamentalists” today have simply...

Anne and Jane and Martha and Sarah

by Anne Kennedy | Jul 17, 2022 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

After reading so many brilliant reviews of the new horrible Persuasion—the best one suggested the writer and director be put in jail for a short time so they can think about what they’ve done—my girls and I decided to give it a try. Indulging in a terrible movie is...

What Is Beauty and What Survives?

by Anne Kennedy | May 22, 2022 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

In the rushing busy chaos of this last week (in which I failed to blog for a couple of days, you might have noticed) I spent valuable minutes remarking to myself on the various fights going on within Christian circles. Are Christians motivated primarily by fear? Is...

Glorify Him At Once

by Anne Kennedy | May 15, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, U.S. Politics

I’m later than I want to be this morning because I’ve been scrolling around the news reading about the terrible shooting in Buffalo yesterday. I generally try to avoid being up to the minute on, what we might call, sensational news because usually everyone backtracks...

How Many Did You Expect?

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...

If You Don’t Know What To Do With Yourself

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 24, 2022 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Coronavirus, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, The Gospel

Well, I am caught, as usual, between two opinions. I really can’t make up my mind between this “fascinating” trend (if it is even that) and this depressing development. The first is grown-up people going to the American Girl Doll cafes—with their dolls—for the purpose...