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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...

A Mountain Top Experience

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 19, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

I have been deeply committed all week to not saying anything about the Asbury Revival, as it is best known on Twitter. It’s still going on, and last night I saw a picture of a long stream of cars inching through what appears to be a very small town. Multitudes are...

#136: Pitching Christ: The Real Jesus and the He Gets Us Campaign

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 17, 2023 | Church Growth, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick consider the “He Gets Us” ads, talk about bait and switch evangelism, and discuss how the Good News requires both law and gospel. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to...

He Does Get Us

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 14, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, On the Radar

Ok ok. So I broke down and watched some of those “He Gets Us” videos even though I promised myself for an entire day that I could not possibly find time for the latest thing, I’m just not that sort of person. Turns out I can, no matter how busy I am,...

Sheep Without A Shepherd

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 12, 2023 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, The Gospel

Sorry to be so very late this morning. Birthday celebrations took up the whole of Saturday and I didn’t have a moment to look at the lections until quite late. When I did, it was only after I’d already been sucked down into the interwebs watching short videos...