Preventing Grace Podcast – Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd

Matt and Anne discuss President Trump’s compromise on abortion and what that means for pro-life/abolitionist voters. They spend the bulk of the time discussing ACNAtoo, a group purporting to help abuse survivors, coming out as an organization dedicated to queer...

Matt and Anne discuss Matthew 18 and why it is so important for Christians to obey Jesus and not avoid conflict on the one hand or resort to gossip on the other. Matthew 18 is the best way to avoid...

Matt and Anne discuss the strange trend of single women posting videos about how wonderful life is without children and a husband. Singleness can, in the context of the Christian life be good and wonderful and holy, but these videos...

Matt and Anne try (with chainsaws and woodchippers in the background) to discuss the relationship between church and culture and why the church has to be at the center of any attempt to create a genuinely Christian culture. Download Audio...

Matt and Anne discuss Anthony Oliver’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” and the difficulty pundits on the right and left are having as they try to understand why the song resonates with millions of people. Download Audio https://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastrmnr.mp3  

Matt and Anne continue to discuss Amy Peeler’s book “The Gender of God,” focusing in particular on the question of the Incarnation. Does the fact that no man was involved in Jesus’ conception make Jesus a different sort of man,...

Matt and Anne discuss Amy Peeler’s book, “The Gender of God” in which Peeler argues that God is not a male in his essence, something she seems to assume many Christians believe, and in which she has some very odd...

Matt and Anne discuss the argument that the word “homosexual” was never in English Bible translations until the recent past and that, therefore, the New Testament does not even mention homosexuality as we know it. They discuss the Greek words...

Matt and Anne discuss Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and how to introduce children to Jesus in Sunday School. At the 16:50 mark, they shift to a discussion of the Kigali Commitment and the pledge not to “walk together” with...

Matt and Anne discuss and disagree with each other about The Chosen and Dallas Jenkins’ video explaining his business model and the presence of pro-lgbtq people on his cast and crew. Does this compromise the integrity of the show’s content?...

Matt and Anne discuss Memorial Day and Anne’s late grandfather who was a WW2 ace fighter pilot in the Pacific. Then they move on to Target grooming children and Satanists claiming that they are “not religious” while being compelled to...

Matt offers a friendly response to a critique by the Rev. George Conger regarding the Nashotah House controversy. George suggested on Anglican Unscripted that those who were disturbed and voicing public criticism were, among other things, “conservative woke people,” who...

Anne and Matt talk more about why those professing Christian leaders who promote the lgbtq movement are not Christians and should not be treated as if they were legitimate ministers of the Gospel. They also talk about the old phrase...

Anne and Matt discuss the Living Church article describing the blossoming ministry fellowship between ACNA seminarians and Episcopalian seminarians who are fully “affirming.” The article celebrates these fellowships as signs that younger seminarians see the sexuality disagreement adiaphora (non-essential). The...

Anne and Matt discuss the coronation of King Charles III in light of the fall of the Church of England and the apostasy of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Then they talk about Mary Harrington and the toll birth control technology...

Anne and Matt discuss their safari in the Amboseli Reserve in Kenya, modern feminism as a rebellion against biology, and how gender roles changed after the Industrial Revolution. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastafricafeminism.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss the colonizing influence of the LGBTQ religion and the drive of its devotees to destroy African and other cultures in service to their gods. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastcolonization.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss their upcoming trip to Africa for the Gafcon meeting in Rwanda, Al Mohler’s tenure at SBTS and his Q and A with angry feminist students 30 years ago, how women’s ‘personhood’ doesn’t require ordination, and, finally,...

Anne and Matt discuss Sheila Gregoire’s popular book, “The Great Sex Rescue.” She and her co-authors provide some very good and helpful material but the negatives of the book outweigh the positives. This is one of the longer episodes ever...

Anne and Matt discuss John Macarthur, expositional preaching, and how God uses sermons to build congregations. The banter about losing an hour of sleep ends at around the 7:30-minute mark and the main discussion begins. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastjohnmacarthurpreaching.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss Josh Butler’s Keller Center article on the Christ-Church typology of the marriage bed. Butler’s typology involved much more detail than scripture warrants but the removal of endorsements from his book, his removal from the Keller Center...

Anne and Matt recap last week’s discussion of Asbury and revivalism and talk about the Eucharist as an Anglican altar call. Then they listen to a clip from a preacher telling his congregation that they are all gods and discuss...

Anne and Matt discuss the dramatic news coming out of the Global South Primates meeting in which the primates of the most numerous Anglican provinces no longer recognize the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury and call for a Communion...

Anne and Matt discuss the upswing in satanic imagery everywhere, the Asbury Revival, and Anne’s experiences with Revivalism. Finally, they talk about the Church of England’s Synod, sharing their reminiscences of the early days of the Episcopal Church’s apostatizing, and...

Anne and Matt discuss Mari Kondo having children and kissing minimalism goodbye. Then they talk about Andy Stanley leaving the faith and why people who’ve followed Rob Bell, Brian Mclaren, Jen Hatmaker, and Du Mez only to have them apostatize...

Anne and Matt discuss the sad apostasy of the Church of England, how embracing the heresy of the day inevitably produces bad writing (see the English bishops’ statement) and thinking, and how the “gospel” of unconditional affirmation dooms millions to...

Anne and Matt discuss whether or not it is wrong for Christians to watch and enjoy “The Chosen.” They also discuss Andy Stanley and his latest departure from an orthodox understanding of scripture. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastthechosen.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss friendships in the church and whether a married person should develop close personal friendships with people of the opposite sex without his or her spouse. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastfriends.mp3  

Anne and Matt talk about the good and bad of 2022 including Roe v. Wade being overturned, the cathedral in Cordoba, Kristin Du Mez’departure from the faith, etc. They also talk about Wendy Alsup’s critique of Anne’s Revoice 2021 article,...

Anne and Matt talk about an attempt by a Church of Nigeria bishop and 14 of his followers to forcibly seize an ACNA parish and the ensuing violence. They discuss the Nigerian bishop’s background in the Word of Faith and...

Anne and Matt talk about Christmas and Santa Claus and the difference between a myth and a lie. Is it a sin for Christian parents to tell their children about Santa? Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastsantamyth.mp3  

Anne and Matt talk about their large adult children eating lots of food and the cost of groceries. They spend the rest of the podcast discussing how *not* to deal with someone promoting false teaching, using a nasty cancellation that...

Anne and Matt talk about a beauty pageant in New Hampshire won by a very large man pretending to be a woman and how men identifying as women are erasing real women and extending a brutal form of patriarchy. They...

Anne and Matt talk about turning the clock back, the upcoming election and inflation, why Generals Patton and Macarthur were right about the Soviet Union and China, and how so much of the present divisions within evangelicalism stems from those...

Anne and Matt talk about Anne’s sleeping injury, Elon Musk, Revoice’s full embrace of Queer Theory categories, and the danger of ‘Spiritual Friendship.’ They also talk about why its fine and good to celebration Reformation Day and whether children should...

Anne and Matt talk about two men dressed up like women talking makeup and “girlhood” on an “Ulta Beauty” add as if they know. They also discuss the fabricated “threat” from something called “Christofascism” which leftists want people to believe...

Anne and Matt talk about the Marxist assertion that the family is a bourgeoisie construct from which women and children must be liberated and how that basic idea has been embraced even by people who we wouldn’t consider Marxists. They...

Anne and Matt talk about raising children and what they did and how amazed they are that none of their children are in jail (yet) and they believe in Jesus and are generally pleasant to be with. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastparentingdiscipline.mp3...

Anne and Matt talk about lots of things: older children, books, why Tolkien is better than Jane Austen, and end up talking about the re-emergence of paganism, post-liberalism, and the benefits of monarchy. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastpostliberal.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss teaching children to drive and various things that happened over the summer, and, mostly, the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Anne casually confesses that she has decided to be a monarchist and spends time describing why...

Anne and Matt discuss their trip to Portugal and Spain with all the children. This was last week’s podcast but I’m re-posting it since I accidentally deleted the entire thing when I posted this week’s podcast. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcasteurope.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade and the strange attempt on the part of some evangelicals to tamp down the ensuing feasting and celebration. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastroevwade.mp3  

Anne and Matt debrief their trip to the Iberian peninsula with children in tow, talk about life, bodegas, food, wine, architecture, and worship in Spain and Portugal, argue about various things. . Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcasteurope.mp3  

Anne and Matt start to do a regular “books they are reading” podcast, but end up talking almost exclusively about Nate Collins’ book, “All But Invisible,” in which Collins tries to make the case for same sex attracted men living...

Anne and Matt discuss discuss Christianity Today quoting this podcast, the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, how to misuse “winsomeness,” and we discuss Bishop Dobbs’ synod address and the synod in general. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastwinsomeroevwade.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss new “inclusivity” filters for Google Docs, Elon Musk, and free speech. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastgoogledocs.mp3  

Anne and Matt discuss Holy Week, an update to the Grove City controversy, and how CRT ruins everything it touches. Download Audio http://media.goodshepherdbinghamton.org/audio/preventinggracepodcastgccandcrt.mp3

Anne and Matt discuss Holy Week and liturgy, how ‘manifesting’ is really about demons, and why going to things like conferences and concerts is pointless when you can just buy the “tape.” Download Audio

Anne and Matt discuss Disney sexually grooming children, the assertion that celibate gay couples teach the church about true marriage and friendship, and Anne discusses the early 2000’s film ‘Love Actually.’ Download Audio

If you’ve never heard the story about how Good Shepherd lost its property to the Episcopal Church and how God provided for us and for the church, Anne relives the entire thing for a wonderful group of women who invited...

Matt and Anne clarify some of the details surrounding the “Believe Us Too” letter, talk about the male swimmer pretending to be a female swimmer who outswam actual female swimmers, discuss Julie Roys’ accusations against John Macarthur and why Roys...