by Anne Kennedy | Oct 18, 2020 | Anglicans, Eschatology, Go to Church, Jesus
Early Friday morning my parents packed up their meager breakfast, their computers, their small bag of clothes, and checked out of the Candlewood Suites where they had slept that night, and went out to the big horrible overflow parking lot to climb into their Uhaul...
by Anne Kennedy | Oct 14, 2020 | Abortion, Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, The Gospel
I had hoped to sleep off my general discouragement about losing a whole lot of writing, but instead, I gave myself one of those “sleeping” injuries—like, somehow during the night I pulled a muscle or something, and so I can’t move my neck. I’m not exactly sure why God...
by Anne Kennedy | Sep 27, 2020 | Anglicans, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
One of the essential features of being human is that we all—without exception—want to have it both ways. We want to have our cake and eat it too. We want to argue on the internet and be right. We want to accuse others of being literally Hitler without being Hitler...
by Matt Kennedy | Sep 25, 2020 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Pornography, Sexuality
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Anne, Liza, and Ralinda take the mic to discuss a transgender Icelandic Jesus, the downside of the Jesus Storybook Bible, and a few more thoughts on Netflix’s notorious film “Cuties.” Show notes: Transgender...
by Matt Kennedy | Sep 11, 2020 | Bible Study, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel
In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about Jesus’ plan for discipline in the church, the difference between public and private sin and rebuke, and the Good News that comes along with repentance, reconciliation, and restoration....
by Matt Kennedy | Aug 28, 2020 | History, Jesus, Podcast, Sexuality, The Gospel
In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss marriage and family, the biblical warrant for the “nuclear family,” whether it is an institution worth defending, and attacks on the idea from some evangelicals, more revolutionary...
