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True Love for Valentine’s Day

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 14, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, Go to Church, Jesus

It is both Valentine’s Day, as everyone knows, and the Feast of the Transfiguration, because Ash Wednesday is just around the corner, and that is how the church calendar works. I was wandering around the readings last night, feeling especially bad for Elijah in all...

Say It Again

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 7, 2021 | Anglicans, Church Year, Eschatology, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

In all the reading I did a while ago about Cancel Culture, and then after that Virtue Signaling, the thing that interested me most was the shift to what one might call a New Evangelism. I mean, no one has called it that. It is only occurring to me this moment as I...

#37: For God So Loved the World: The Why of Monogamous Sex

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 5, 2021 | Bible Study, Jesus, Podcast, Sexuality, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick have a conversation about why God would create a beautiful gift like sex and then decree that it exist only in the context of a lifelong marriage between a man and woman. Want to join the conversation or...

Hath The Lord Even Spoken

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 31, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel

In all my sojourning around YouTube looking for interesting stuff to alarm and delight me, I lost several hours listening to a person who I believe is very famous—she’s one of Oprah’s go-to people—sharing with the wide world an important discovery she made. In brief,...

#35: Onward Christian Soldiers? Nationalism, Patriotism, and Faith

by Matt Kennedy | Jan 22, 2021 | Anglicans, Jesus, Podcast, U.S. Politics

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about “Christian nationalism” and “white evangelicalism,” discuss the ways faith in Jesus Christ impacts our involvement in politics, and find (more) fault with progressive...

#33: Amen and…Well, Amen: Salvation in Jesus’ Name

by Matt Kennedy | Jan 8, 2021 | Anglicans, Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus, Podcast, U.S. Politics

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the strange ending to the recent Congressional prayer, look at Article 18 of The 39 Articles, and talk about why God can only be Good News as revealed in Jesus Christ. Want to join the...