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Judgmental Non-Judgment and Burning Man

by Nick Lannon | Sep 7, 2023 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, Pornography, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Gospel

I originally wrote this in 2013. But, you know, Burning Man hasn’t changed that much… Many words have been typed (I miss the expression “much ink has been spilled.” It’s a beautiful image lost to the sands of the twentieth century) about the hypocrisy of...

When The Preacher Sins

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 3, 2023 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel

Photo by Nycholas Benaia on Unsplash I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we have been trucking along through Matthew for the summer, because it’s year A in the lectionary. If you don’t catch a moment to read the Bible at any other moment, at least you will get to hear...

On Leaves And Rocks

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 27, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Woke Church

Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash I haven’t read Quillette much since Claire Lehmann converted into a scold in the era of Covid, but I saw this article tweet/posted early this morning, and, while a touch inflammatory in tone, it seems like a fairly comprehensive...

Old Souls in a New World

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 20, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, History, Jesus, The Gospel

Photo by Jacob Bentzinger on Unsplash This is turning out to be the unexpected blogging era of musical commentary. Even as I was trashing “Oceans” last Sunday (if you love it, I’m so sorry, I totally listened to it all week out of penance), Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men...

Yeah Yeah Yeah

by Anne Kennedy | Aug 13, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Growth, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

Photo by Nick Moore on Unsplash You may have come across a song in the last few days that has been downloaded an exceptionally high number of times. I was listening to it myself when I happened to click over to the lections for today, at which point I sighed heavily...

#163: Girls Rule Boys Drool? Barbies, Boys, and Future Men

by Matt Kennedy | Aug 11, 2023 | Go to Church, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Sexuality, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk about the Barbie movie, gay Boy Scouts, masculinity, trail life, and Matt and Anne’s workouts. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to join the conversation or suggest a topic...