by Anne Kennedy | Apr 18, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Coronavirus, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel, Woke Church
After attending yet another funeral in the morning yesterday, I came home and hunched over my kitchen counter, absorbed in leftover scalloped potatoes, to be transported by the soaring music, the elegant hats, and the heartbreaking social distancing of a very...
by Matt Kennedy | Apr 16, 2021 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Pornography, Sexuality
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the reasons behind the high-profile exits of some ex-evangelicals, the (mis)understanding of sex’s place in the created order, and how redemption in Christ is only possible as a result of...
by Anne Kennedy | Apr 4, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Coronavirus, Eschatology, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
[Basically what I said at the Vigil last night] “Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week”—records Matthew, in the gospel for the first service of Easter. I get stuck on the word “now,” or have all this year. Having, a month or two ago, to...
by Anne Kennedy | Mar 28, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, Christmas, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel
Rolling Stone plucked up its stunning and brave courage two days ago to publish a foolish, though illuminating, piece about the rapper, Lil Nas X, who released a music video in which he supplants Satan. Rolling Stone thought it would be clever to go ask a “real”...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 26, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, History, Jesus, Podcast, Woke Church
On this episode of the Stand Firm Podcast, Anne, Jady, and Ralinda finish their discussion of Du Mez’s book with a wide-ranging discussion including lies about evangelicalism, James Dobson vs Hillary Clinton, and life at the Air Force Academy. Want to join the...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 12, 2021 | Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, Podcast, Woke Church
In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Anne, Jady, and Ralinda begin a Stand Firm series discussing the popular book Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez. In this episode: What is an evangelical? and Is Du Mez’s entire premise flawed? Want to join...
#326: Streaming Towards Gomorrah? The Death Penalty, Justice, and Human Dignity
#325: Blinded by the (Gas)Light: Three Critiques of Stand Firm
#324: The Bishops’ Fall Meeting: A Rundown of What Happened
#323: You Again? Steve Lawson and How Discipline and Restoration Ought to Work
#322: True or False: TEC, Ecumenism, and What Counts as a Church