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,...
by Matt Kennedy | Oct 23, 2020 | Bible Study, Podcast, Prosperity Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Jady and Nick discuss the intersection of the church and your money. The Bible asks us to give back to God…but how are we to think about it? Why does the church talk about money so much? Is there any Good News to be found in...
by David Fischler | Mar 31, 2020 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Prosperity Gospel
In times like these, politicians are not the only ones behaving badly. Plague times have a tendency to bring a variety of religious insects crawling out of the dark, slimy places they normally inhabit. The current pandemic is no different. Up first, we have the false...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 13, 2020 | Abortion, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Jesus, Prosperity Gospel, The Gospel, Woke Church
I have been mulling this article over for the last few days, finding it a curiosity that I can’t quite catch hold of, but can’t walk away from either. Indeed, it was actually the thing that made my word for 2020 take shape in my own mouth. The word is Decadent, in...
by Tim Fountain | Jan 12, 2020 | Bible Study, Eschatology, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, LGBTQIetc, Prosperity Gospel, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church
[Photo credit: ME. Rainbow over a church men’s retreat in the Black Hills of South Dakota. No, we were all straight.] OK, fair warning: coarse language in the upcoming movie quote. I’ve taken out some letters but that’s just cosmetic – your...
by Anne Kennedy | Dec 31, 2019 | Prosperity Gospel
On whatever day of Christmas it was yesterday, I indulged myself by lying back on my tinsel bedecked couch crumbling gingerbread cake all over my new shiny copy of What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify the Meanness. It is a very funny book and I plan to read it...