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#234: On Reading the Bible with Dr. Gerald McDermott

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss sola vs prima scriptura again, this time with Dr. Gerald McDermott. They talk about perspicuity, Anselm and Arias, the role of the interpreter, and more.

After the Celebration: Adversaries and Love

Love them, welcome them, and feed them well. (And maybe back away from political discussions and from “owning the libs” for a day.)

#233: Preach, Preacher! The Makings of an Excellent Sermon

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss homiletics. They talk about how long should a sermon be, what a sermon seeks to accomplish, whether or not there is a difference between preaching and teaching, and more.

After the Celebration: New Allies

The years since 2018 have been awful but have also opened eyes and brought together people who once seemed to have little in common.

#232: Some Kind of Scriptura: Sola, Prima, and Arguments About Authority

Matt, Jady, and Nick digest the recent Justin Welby resignation news before turning their attention to the continuing tension between “sola” scriptura and “prima” scriptura in light of a new article by Dr. Gerald McDermott.

Features

The World and Kevin

The World and Kevin

Hate, I would love to explain to Jesus whenever he has a moment, ought to have no home here in the world he made. How can it be that those who love him should find themselves at odds with anyone, let alone “the world.” There must be some mistake.

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If You Love Me

If You Love Me

How did a father end up with two such children? Did he do something wrong? Maybe he was too strict. Maybe he wasn’t strict enough. Perhaps he forced his two sons to attend a Christian school which later embarrassed them when they wanted to get a job with NPR. Whatever the case, any reasonable person in the year of our Lord 2024 would blame the father for having the sons, and then telling them to do anything.

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A Tale of Two Lost Sheep

A Tale of Two Lost Sheep

In a happy and sane world, we would be constantly having our work interrupted, and be killing ourselves in the evenings and on the weekends because of all the parties we’d have to throw as sinners clamored to get into the Kingdom of God.

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Quite Literally The Most Loving Thing

Quite Literally The Most Loving Thing

Discovering you are wrong and are committed to the wrong people and ideas is painful. So painful that each of us resist it to the outermost parts of the sea. But even there the Lord can go and snatch a creature out of the clutches of Satan. This is technically the most loving thing that can ever happen to anyone, even though it might be unpleasant in the moment. But how comfortable is it to get your cheeks pierced and your kneck tattooed? I feel like having to chat with a Christian in the beauty section of Marshalls wouldn’t even barely compete.

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But God…

But God…

“And you,” explains Paul, “were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience…” Isn’t it disappointing, though, that the sons of disobedience would have to be church clerics? Oh well.

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Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin

Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin

So the first thing we might say is that Jesus does love people. But he loves them in a different kind of way than we expect. He identifies with them. But how he identifies with them changes their identity entirely. His kind of love and his kind of identification, in the words of NPR, is deeply controversial, and that is because, at its very heart, it includes a peculiar kind of hate.

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#190: In Your Letter: Another Stand Firm Mailbag

#190: In Your Letter: Another Stand Firm Mailbag

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick dig into the mailbag and discuss how they came to their views on women's ordination, the new "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ad, and the online conversation about Elisabeth Elliot. Help send Stand Firm to...

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Podcast

#190: In Your Letter: Another Stand Firm Mailbag

#190: In Your Letter: Another Stand Firm Mailbag

On this episode of the Stand Firm podcast, Matt, Jady, and Nick dig into the mailbag and discuss how they came to their views on women's ordination, the new "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ad, and the online conversation about Elisabeth Elliot. Help send Stand Firm to...

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#187: Rent Asunder? Calvin Robinson at Mere Anglicanism

#187: Rent Asunder? Calvin Robinson at Mere Anglicanism

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the recent controversial Mere Anglicanism Conference. They discuss Calvin Robinson’s talk there, what the reaction to it reveals about ACNA, and the idea that a Christian can attend a same-sex “wedding” in good conscience.

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#182: Sermons of Christmas: Matt Kennedy

#182: Sermons of Christmas: Matt Kennedy

With the three hosts taking a break from podcasting for Christmas, Stand Firm is excited to repost a Christmas sermon this week from the Rev. Matt Kennedy. Preached in 2022, this sermon took Luke 2:1-14 as its text.

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