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Have Your Cake After All

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 27, 2020 | Anglicans, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, The Gospel

One of the essential features of being human is that we all—without exception—want to have it both ways. We want to have our cake and eat it too. We want to argue on the internet and be right. We want to accuse others of being literally Hitler without being Hitler...

#19: No Second Opinions: On the Sufficiency of Scripture

by Matt Kennedy | Sep 18, 2020 | Anglicans, Bible Study, Podcast, The Gospel

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the good news that the Bible is the only authority we need, the human urge to make new laws, and what it means that God’s Word once delivered is “enough.” Want to join the...

#18: The Sledgehammer of God? Discipline and Restoration in the Church

by Matt Kennedy | Sep 11, 2020 | Bible Study, Go to Church, Jesus, Podcast, The Gospel

In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about Jesus’ plan for discipline in the church, the difference between public and private sin and rebuke, and the Good News that comes along with repentance, reconciliation, and restoration....

Why Will You Die?

by Anne Kennedy | Sep 6, 2020 | Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Go to Church, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel

In the spirit of always being reminded that 2020 is the year that keeps on giving, I woke up in the wee hours to read this tragic news: Popular Christian author, speaker, and TV personality, Jen Hatmaker, has filed for divorce from her husband, Brandon. The...

#17: Truth Decay: The Sad Cynicism of Progressive Christianity

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...

#16: Nuclear War: A Defense of the Traditional Family

by Matt Kennedy | Aug 28, 2020 | History, Jesus, Podcast, Sexuality, The Gospel

In this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss marriage and family, the biblical warrant for the “nuclear family,” whether it is an institution worth defending, and attacks on the idea from some evangelicals, more revolutionary...