The Cranmer Fellows Podcast

This week is a sermon from the Rev. Matt Kennedy on James 5:13-20. We pray that it will encourage you in your faith!

This week Matt walks us through Articles 11 (Justification by Faith) and 12 (Good Works) in the 39 Articles of Religion.

Are you currently wrestling through how justification and good works fit together? Do you need help in how to explain to your church the distinction between justification and sanctification?

We pray that this episode is both enlightening and encouraging for you!

This week is a sermon by Matt Kennedy on Genesis 11:1-9.

In this week’s podcast we look at Articles 9 and 10 of the 39 Articles of Religion. Matt spends most of his time working through Article 9 - Of Original or Birth-Sin, and then ends on a discussion regarding the next article - Of Free Will.

These are no small topics, and they tend to invite much debate in the church. These articles succinctly and confidently define the historical Anglican belief.

We hope this episode is edifying and insightful for you.

In this episode we continue our walk through the 39 Articles by looking at Article 8: Of the Three Creeds.

Do Christians today need creeds? Don't we just need our Bible? Isn't it too ritualistic to recite creeds in church?

You can probably guess what we think...

This is a recording of Good Shepherd's Christian Education hour. This particular study was led by Bishop Julian Dobbs of the Diocese of the Living Word.

[Be advised: the sound of the recording at first is a bit loud, but it levels out as it continues]

This week, Jonathan is joined by The Rev. John Onstott who serves as the Rector of St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in Kerrville, Texas.

As pastors (or aspiring pastors) we can easily fall into the trap of thinking that the success of our ministry is connected to our Average Sunday Attendance. While numerical growth is a blessing from God, numbers cannot substitute for faithfulness on the part of us ministers. Success is determined by God, and He calls us to be faithful to our ministry - wherever we are placed.

Sometimes that placement is a small town with a small church.

The Rev. John describes what pastoring in a small, country church is like and offers some wonderful encouragement for anyone serving in a similar setting. Whether you are pastoring in a small or rural church, or you think you never could, John explains the importance of this task.

In today’s podcast, Jonathan sits down with a friend and fellow minister in the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word, The Rev. Clayton Hutchins.

Clayton serves as a vicar at Holy Cross Anglican Church and hosts a podcast with The Rev. Steven Wedgeworth, called the BCP Propers Podcast. Clayton and Steven discuss the Sunday proper readings appointed in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and you can find them on all major platforms.

In this episode, we discuss Clayton’s denominational journey from Baptist, to Presbyterian, to Anglican. This discussion then forms our larger conversation on the foundational elements of Anglicanism: the formularies. We discuss the importance of the formularies (the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, The 39 Articles of Religion, The Ordinal, and The Homilies) and their use for the Anglican minister today.

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We'll be off in June.

We will return with new episodes in July!

In Christ,

The Cranmer Fellows

This week's episode is a sermon by Matt given a couple weeks ago. The text is John 15:1-5. We pray that you are comforted and built up by the gospel!

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This week we are continuing our walk through of the 39 Articles. Today Matt works through:

Article 6: Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation

Article 7: Of the Old Testament

Have you ever wondered what place the Apocrypha has and why, for Protestants, it is not considered Scripture? Or what about the Old Testament - specifically the Law... Should Christians still consider the Old Testament as God's word to them today?

Matt covers all of these questions and many more.

In today's episode we continue our walk through the 39 Articles of Religion. In this recording, Matt looks at the following Articles:

Article 3: Of the Going Down of Christ into Hell

Article 4: Of the Resurrection of Christ

Article 5: Of the Holy Spirit

There is a lot to take in here, but we pray that this episode helps you think through these very important theological topics.

In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Father Ife Ojetayo - Church of the Holy Trinity (Syracuse, NY).

Ife shares his journey to pastoral ministry, his experience at Westminster Theological Seminary, and some of his joys and struggles in ministry. He and Jonathan also discuss the importance of preaching God's word as the method in which we make disciples. "What you win people with is what you win them to," as someone somewhere said at sometime. And it is true. We want to win people to Christ - so we preach Christ and only Christ... all the time.

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In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Jerry Shriver - pastor of St. Andrews in Endicott, NY.

Jerry shares his journey in following God's call to pastoral ministry and the struggles along the way. A call to ministry is not often cut and dry, and it's rarely a "mountaintop experience." Rather, through the ordinary events of life, God takes men by the hand and leads them step by step to where He wants them.

Jerry and Jonathan touch on the uncertainty and anxiety that is often felt in obeying God's call, and they open up about some of their own insecurities in ministry. Serving Christ and his Church is no walk in the park, but with God's help it can be done.

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We are back, and we have a long episode for you!

Matt is on his way to the Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON), so Jonathan is joined today by the Rev. Tyler VanFossen.

Tyler is a deacon in the ACNA and teaches Humanities and Bible at a Classical Christian school in South Carolina. He and Jonathan catch up on the work he is doing down in SC and discuss the importance of liturgical worship.

In this episode we explore:

- how liturgical church refashioned both of our perspectives of worship

- the Book of Common Prayer and its approach to worship

- how a good many people today are looking for a structure to life and worship that is deeper than the average Non-denom fair (though we do not beat up on our non-denom friends)

- and much more!

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How is it that Jesus was both God and Man? Why did God have to take on flesh anyway? Was Jesus really forsaken by the Father on the cross? How does the Lord's Supper fit into all of this?

Well, if you've asked these questions before, you're in luck - because that's exactly what we are talking about today.

In this episode we are going back to Matt's teaching series on the 39 Articles, where he will be leading us through Article 2: Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man.

This is a recording from a class Matt taught in 2021. In this class Matt introduces the 39 Articles of Religion - the doctrinal statement of the Anglican Church. In this episode Matt will walk us through the historical backdrop of the 39 Articles and dive into Article 1: On the Trinity.  

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In this episode, Matt and Jonathan discuss the foundations of the English Reformation. 

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This is a sermon that Matt preached on Ash Wednesday in 2020. Whether you observe Ash Wednesday or not, and whether or not you believe the church should impose ashes on this day, the gospel is still preached here for weary sinners. We pray that this Ash Wednesday and Lent you will keep your eyes focused on Jesus Christ who bled and died for you. 

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This week Matt and Jonathan discuss what it means to be a pastor. In this episode they navigate topics such as:

- What kind of man is the pastor supposed to be?

- What does a pastor do all week?

- What do some of the odd Anglican terms like "vicar," "rector," and "priest" mean?

- Why, in Anglicanism, can only priests and bishops administer the Lord's Supper?

- First steps to take for anyone thinking about entering into pastoral ministry, and much more!

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This is a long lost episode, dug up now for (we hope) your benefit. This is the first part of a discussion that Jonathan, Matt, and Tyler had a couple years back. In this episode we discuss how Church of the Good Shepherd began making pastoral training a priority, and we dive into some history of the Anglican church. 

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In this episode, Jonathan and Matt discuss the pastorate, sermon writing, and how making the Sunday service welcoming is not the same as fashioning the entire service around the desires of the outsider. 

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