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#2: Silence of the Lamb: Atonement Theories and the Justice of God

by Matt Kennedy | May 25, 2020 | Anglicans, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

On this second episode of the Stand Firm Podcast, Silence of the Lamb: Atonement Theories and the Justice of God, Matt Kennedy, Jady Koch, and Nick Lannon discuss the various theories explaining the atoning sacrifice of Christ, and especially commend the centrality of...

You’re Not God. How Does that Make You Feel?

by Nick Lannon | May 19, 2020 | Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel

The closing of my kids’ school system has done the seemingly impossible: it has made me identify with the angry mob that stoned Stephen! I know that the stereotype is a parent trying to tell a child something only to have the kid stick their fingers in their ears and...

How To Talk To “The Old Guy”

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 30, 2020 | Anglicans, Church Growth, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Sexuality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism

Matt has been going all over the internet reposting one of my first Stand Firm pieces about how I (at least) don’t think we can yet be friends with those who happily self-identify as Episcopalian or some other brand of Progressive Christian. The war isn’t over, I...

Is the Law Legalistic?

by Nick Lannon | Apr 29, 2020 | Jesus, Sexuality, The Gospel

The Reverend Nick Lannon is Rector of Grace Anglican Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Christians are forever being called hypocrites online. Back when there were sports, a prime example was people who were made uncomfortable by the Super Bowl halftime show, which was,...

The New Normal

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 19, 2020 | Anglicans, Jesus, The Gospel

Every single morning now, when I fire up the interwebs, there are at least three articles about the “new normal.” Some of them ponderously explain that there will be a new normal. Others disparage the very idea of there being a new normal. The more interesting ones...

Why Bad Things Happen To Bad People

by Anne Kennedy | Apr 8, 2020 | Abortion, Eschatology, Jesus, The Gospel, U.S. Politics

As I was briefly scrolling around the internet yesterday (I am trying to stay away, I really am) watching people being angry and stressed about the very idea that some Christians (like me) would say that you can know to one degree or another why God lets bad things...