Theological Liberalism Archives

#54: Proud Out Loud: Deadly Sins, Exvangelicals, and the Retreat from Truth

by Matt Kennedy | Jun 4, 2021 | LGBTQIetc, Podcast, Sexuality, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt and Jady talk about “Pride Month,” discuss its widespread appropriation and cultural weight, and connect it to famous evangelicals who leave their former faith behind. Want to join the conversation or suggest...

#49: Stand Firm Book Club: The Making of Biblical Womanhood

by Matt Kennedy | Apr 30, 2021 | Bible Study, Biblical Illiteracy, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Podcast, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Anne, and Jady discuss Beth Allison Barr’s new book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women . They look at Barr’s understanding of complementarianism, chat about the source of...

Another One Bites The Dust

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 14, 2021 | Academia, Anglicans, Apostasy, Church Year, False Teachers and Their Enablers, LGBTQIetc, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church

It seems to be the “new normal” that every other week another person in the high echelons of Evangelical Intelligentsia decides to throw over orthodoxy and trip lightly into the broad, wide road that leads to destruction. As usual, I only find out about famous people...

Is “Christian Flourishing” the Real Gospel?

by Anne Kennedy | Mar 7, 2021 | Anglicans, Apostasy, Biblical Illiteracy, Episcopalians, False Teachers and Their Enablers, Garden-Variety Malaise, Prosperity Gospel, Social Justice, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism

Over the past tumultuous year, I have become more and more skeptical of the idea that Christians are supposed to “flourish.” It seems a very basic assumption that many of us have, that we’re supposed to do well and be able to use our gifts in the church. When I first...

The Choice To Die

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 28, 2021 | Sexuality, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism, Woke Church

The Anglican world is well into its second (or is it third?) week of controversy over the question of sexuality. Under discussion yet again are the boundaries of sexual behavior for the Christian, how to think and talk sin, concupiscence and orientation, and the “real...

#37: For God So Loved the World: The Why of Monogamous Sex

by Matt Kennedy | Feb 5, 2021 | Bible Study, Jesus, Podcast, Sexuality, Theological Liberalism

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick have a conversation about why God would create a beautiful gift like sex and then decree that it exist only in the context of a lifelong marriage between a man and woman. Want to join the conversation or...