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#93: Continuing the Conversation: Abuse, Truth, and the ACNA

by Matt Kennedy | Mar 18, 2022 | Anglicans, Podcast, The Gospel, Woke Church

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss several recent statements about the on-going abuse investigation in the Diocese of the Upper Midwest. What can a Christian make of what’s happened, and where can Good News be found? Need...

We Need the Bad News of Lent

by Mark Marshall | Mar 10, 2022 | Church Year, Spirituality, The Gospel

Two occasions this past Sunday brought home to me how much we need seasons of penitence, how much we need Lent. First, a friend shared with me how much he was grieving over his sin. He fought back tears as he did so. A short time later that afternoon, I came across an...

#90: Finger Painting? Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Playing at Sacerdotalism

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 25, 2022 | Anglicans, Church Year, Go to Church, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the observances of Ash Wednesday and Lent and discuss whether or not they can be celebrated in line with the Gospel, avoiding sacerdotalism. Need more Stand Firm? Subscribe to the pod on...

Ask a Different Question

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 23, 2022 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

My life is a little bit in chaos. Our washer is still on the fritz and we discovered late last night that the children’s loo (that’s what I call it) has “systemic issues,” as in, it was probably installed wrongly 20 years ago and so now there...

#89: ACNA Origins: The Rev. Dr. Jon Shuler (Part 2)

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 18, 2022 | Anglicans, History, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Nick continue tracing the beginnings of the ACNA with Dr. Jon Shuler. On this episode, he tells the story from the foundations of the AMIA in the late 1990s to the Jerusalem GAFCON meeting in 2008. Need more Stand...

That’s Not How Any Of This Works

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 16, 2022 | Biblical Illiteracy, Garden-Variety Malaise, The Gospel

This is super disappointing. Apparently, the Dunning-Kruger Effect is not a thing: Measuring someone’s perception of anything, including their own skills, is fraught with difficulties. How well I think I did on my test today could change if the whole thing was done...