by Mark Marshall | Mar 28, 2023 | Church Year, Daily Office, History, Jesus, The Gospel
I did it again. Thanks to my lectionary last week — yes, I blame it — I got to Genesis 45 when Joseph loses control of his emotions and reveals himself to his brothers. . . . And I lose control of my emotions and have a sobfest. It happens just about every time. It’s...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 17, 2023 | Anglicans, Apostasy, LGBTQIetc, Podcast, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk with the Rev. Calvin Robinson, UK TV presenter and Free Church of England deacon. They discuss the state of Anglicanism in England, how the faithful might deal with opposition, the power of the...
by Matt Kennedy | Mar 10, 2023 | Jesus, Pornography, Sexuality, The Gospel
Because Anne and I do a great deal of marriage counseling, I try to read as many publications on marriage as I possibly can. I am presently in the process of reading one of the more popular books on marriage, “The Great Sex Rescue,” by Sheila...
by Matt Kennedy | Feb 17, 2023 | Church Growth, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel
On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick consider the “He Gets Us” ads, talk about bait and switch evangelism, and discuss how the Good News requires both law and gospel. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on iTunes. Want to...
by Anne Kennedy | Feb 12, 2023 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Jesus, The Gospel
Sorry to be so very late this morning. Birthday celebrations took up the whole of Saturday and I didn’t have a moment to look at the lections until quite late. When I did, it was only after I’d already been sucked down into the interwebs watching short videos...
by Anne Kennedy | Jan 29, 2023 | Biblical Illiteracy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Justice, LGBTQIetc, Social Justice, The Gospel
A few years ago—because I did not remotely understand the sort of world we were entering—I started a file called The Collected Idiocies of Facebook and Twitter. For a month or so, whenever I came across a gem, I clipped the post and left behind the name, to protect...