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Anne and Jane and Martha and Sarah

by Anne Kennedy | Jul 17, 2022 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

After reading so many brilliant reviews of the new horrible Persuasion—the best one suggested the writer and director be put in jail for a short time so they can think about what they’ve done—my girls and I decided to give it a try. Indulging in a terrible movie is...

#103: Dean’s List: Trinity School, Formation, and the ACNA

by Matt Kennedy | May 27, 2022 | Anglicans, Jesus, Podcast

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the calling of a new Dean to Trinity School for Ministry and talk about the future of leadership formation in the ACNA. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to join the...

What Is Beauty and What Survives?

by Anne Kennedy | May 22, 2022 | Church Year, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus

In the rushing busy chaos of this last week (in which I failed to blog for a couple of days, you might have noticed) I spent valuable minutes remarking to myself on the various fights going on within Christian circles. Are Christians motivated primarily by fear? Is...

#102: Err Apparent: God’s Truth, Biblical “Mistakes,” and What Inerrancy Really Means

by Matt Kennedy | May 20, 2022 | Bible Study, History, Jesus, Literature, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the doctrine of inerrancy. They consider so-called “literary devices,” ask whether or not it’s important the Bible be inerrant, and suggest that a little faith in God might go a...

Glorify Him At Once

by Anne Kennedy | May 15, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, U.S. Politics

I’m later than I want to be this morning because I’ve been scrolling around the news reading about the terrible shooting in Buffalo yesterday. I generally try to avoid being up to the minute on, what we might call, sensational news because usually everyone backtracks...

#98: No Substitute for Substitution: Jesus, the Cross, and the Wrath of God

by Matt Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022 | Bible Study, Go to Church, History, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss some common criticisms of Penal Substitutionary Atonement, interact with the ideas of some of its well-known detractors, and wonder if there can be Good News without Jesus taking the punishment...