Stand Firm Podcast

Matt, Jady, and Nick have a wide-ranging discussion about election reactions, compassion (both real and fake), and having conversations with people who disagree with you.

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about bishops and bishop-led churches. They discuss advantages and disadvantages of having bishops, whether or not they're biblical, and consider the recent resignation of a bishop in the ACNA.

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the Vatican's recent statement about indulgences and purgatory, why the idea is such bad news, and how the attempt to buy one's way into grace is widespread, both inside and outside the church.

Jady and Nick discuss the intersection of the church and your money. The Bible asks us to give back to God...but how are we to think about it? Why does the church talk about money so much? Is there any Good News to be found in stewardship?

Matt, Jady, and Nick answer some listener questions, including what love has to do with honesty about sex, a potential referendum on abortion, and what it might mean to be called to celibacy.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the recent finding by The Episcopal Church against Bishop William Love. When justice and love are defined outside the Word of God, defenders of God's Word find themselves labeled as unjust and unloving.

Jady, Nick, and special guest Michael Neal discuss public reaction to Amy Coney Barrett and especially to her adopted children. In the course of their conversation, they talk about Ibram X. Kendi and his book, "How to Be An Antiracist."

Anne, Liza, and Ralinda take the mic this week to discuss a transgender Icelandic Jesus, the downside of the Jesus Storybook Bible, and a few more thoughts on Netflix's notorious film "Cuties."

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."

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.

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 churches out from the inside.

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 organizations, and everything in between.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss why abortion is such an important issue for Christians, the biblical warrant for a pro-life stance, and what a broad view of "pro-life" really means.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's hit new single, the virtue of purity in light of the Gospel, and the role of sex in a world which refuses to hear the word of God.

Jady and Nick discuss the role a Christian plays in his or her spiritual growth. They talk about whether sanctification is monergistic or synergistic and decide that there is Good News for sinners wondering about their Christian development.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the source of Christians' desire to gather together. God commands it in the Bible, and it edifies the body, shaping it into Christ's image in ways that online worship cannot.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the "kingdom mandate." They ask what Christians should be doing to make the world look like God's kingdom, and whether or not the local church needs to reflect the heavenly worshiping community.

Matt, Jady, and Nick continue their conversation about free will, discussing the differences between Reformed views, Pelagianism, Arminianism, and even Molinism. The more in charge God is, they decide, the better the Good News about Jesus.

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk free will on the occasion of Independence Day. But...are we free? Do we have agency? Is the biblical assertion that we are slaves bad news...or is it ultimately Good News?

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss theological errors. What's the difference, they ask, between a Christian who is wrong about something and someone who has put themselves outside the scope of the faith?

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the removal of statues and the renaming of buildings, talk about the complicated nature of history, and rejoice in the Good News of the Gospel for people with sins in their past.

Matt, Jady, and Nick discuss the Supreme Court's recent Bostock decision, continue their exploration of the world's anti-Gospel, and consider what the Christian life will look like in a world that, more and more, rejects Christ.

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about one of Christianity's core doctrines, original sin. How does misunderstanding sin lead to other errors? How does a proper understanding of sin make the Gospel news sound all the sweeter?

Matt, Jady, and Nick react to the national conversation around race and justice. What is the Good News for this divided time?

Matt, Jady, and Nick talk about the Holy Spirit, some common misunderstandings, and how the Spirit connects to the Good News about Jesus.

Matt Kennedy, Jady Koch, and Nick Lannon discuss the various theories explaining the atoning sacrifice of Christ, and especially commend the centrality of penal substitution to the proclamation of the Gospel.

Matt Kennedy, Jady Koch, and Nick Lannon chat about woke culture in the ACNA.