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Aspirational Possibilities

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 12, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus

I, for reasons of my own, listened to Trueman’s entire Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self in two days this past week, by speeding it up to 1.6 and vigorously cleaning my house in, as it were, a sort of a frenzy. It’s been almost a year and a half since I first read...

Every Man’s Burden

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 10, 2023 | Jesus, Pornography, Sexuality, The Gospel

Because Anne and I do a great deal of marriage counseling, I try to read as many publications on marriage as I possibly can. I am presently in the process of reading one of the more popular books on marriage, “The Great Sex Rescue,” by Sheila...

#138: Let’s (Not) Talk About Sex: Bridal Mysticism and the Limits of Metaphor

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 10, 2023 | Bible Study, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, Justice, Podcast, Sexuality

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk about the recent uproar over Josh Butler’s book “Beautiful Union,” wonder why all the same people get upset about the same things all the time, and discuss the value of cancel-proof spaces...

What’s that Word?

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 5, 2023 | Anglicans, Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

First of all, I didn’t know there was a Twitter account for such a time as this—it’s called Lectionary Memes for Liturgical Dreams. I like this one best for this week: Genesis 12:1–9 pic.twitter.com/nUio5d9I9z — Lectionary Memes for Liturgical Dreams...

There Are More Than Two Chapters

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 26, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc

For some time I have been increasingly uncomfortable with the way well-meaning Christian people have bandied about the term “imago Dei.” We’re made in the image of God, they say. The reason that we continue to fracture as a society, to fall into difficulties and...

#137: On Location at Asbury: Revivals, the Holy Spirit, and the Gospel with David Brannen

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 24, 2023 | Anglicans, History, Jesus, Methodists, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk to David Brannen, a retired ACNA minister and the founder of My Inner Life spiritual direction ministry, about Asbury University and his experience at the revival that may (or may not) have been...