by Matt Kennedy | Apr 1, 2022 | Bible Study, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Sexuality
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Anne, Liza, and Ralinda answer the question of the moment: what is a woman? They discuss telling the truth, how kids are getting trapped by lies, and why it’s Good News that God is the only creator. Need more Stand...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 27, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church
Though wars and rumors of wars rage here and there, the church year goes on in its circling way. Each Sunday marks another step in the life of Jesus and the people he draws to himself, round and round as each person goes to his eternal home one by one, and mourners go...
by Matt Kennedy | Feb 25, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Go to Church, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the observances of Ash Wednesday and Lent and discuss whether or not they can be celebrated in line with the Gospel, avoiding sacerdotalism. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 20, 2022 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Go to Church, Jesus
Being a subscriber to the whole Patheos website, not just the Evangelical channel, I happened upon this intriguing, if a bit clickbaity headline last night: “Do Christians Make an Idol out of Jesus? The bait worked, and I read the whole thing. The author makes many...
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 | Jan 23, 2022 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus
I was furiously hiding undesirable Facebook ads in the wee hours, without consideration or thought, when providence intervened and I did not click “I don’t want to see this” or however Facebook puts it. Instead, I watched it twice with rapt attention and read all the...