by Mark Marshall | Jan 23, 2021 | False Teachers and Their Enablers, Freedom of Speech, Go to Church, Religious Freedom, Spirituality
I have oft noticed that the lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer can be profoundly providential. It is evidence of the Lord being Anglican. But in all seriousness, the Epistle for this past 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Romans 12:6-16, is markedly applicable to our...
by Matt Kennedy | Sep 4, 2020 | Podcast, Spirituality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
On this episode of the Stand Firm Podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the hesitance of the world (and some parts of the church) to make any claim of absolute truth. Intended to be welcoming, the idea that many opposing things can be true at once is really hollowing...
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...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 27, 2020 | Anglicans, Spirituality
We humans are a presumptuous bunch. That is part of us being a sinful bunch I would presume. And disasters of various sorts sure do bring out presumptions of various sorts. I may not be helpful at banishing the coronavirus, but I will venture to...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 18, 2020 | Go to Church, Religious Freedom, Spirituality, The Gospel
I have great faith in the government’s capacity to take a moderately bad situation and turn it into an epic job-killing, life-changing, debacle that requires decades of recovery. That being said, I have three kids down with a flu unlike any flu I have ever seen. We...
by Mark Marshall | Mar 11, 2020 | Anglicans, Jesus, Spirituality
I should say right off that I am not the best one to write about Lenten fasting and abstinence. I’m Texan. I can maybe go 40 hours without meat as I more or less do at the end of Holy Week, but 40 days? As for abstinence, I do cut back on my alcohol intake during...
