The Cranmer Fellows Podcast

Mar 27 2025 71 ep. 45 mins 4
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Conversations about pastoral ministry from an Anglican perspective.

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70. Righteous Sinners

Mar 27 2025 38 mins  
In this episode Matt and Jonathan talk about the relationship between justification by faith and progressive sanctification. We also discuss all those times in the Bible that so-and-so is considered blameless before God because they keep the commandments. Is it possible to be righteous in God's sight by your works? How can sinners, even really obedient ones, be called blameless

69. Counterfeit Compassion

Mar 20 2025 41 mins  
In this episode Matt and Jonathan talk about what it means for a pastor to be compassionate. This is a bit touchy, because compassion, like empathy, is very loaded term. There is, like empathy, a wrong kind of "compassion." It's important for pastors especially to know the difference between biblical compassion and the counterfeit compassion the world is currently dem

68. Sermon: Ash Wednesday

Mar 13 2025 35 mins  
We're a week behind, but here's Matt's sermon from Ash Wednesday. We hope it serves as an encouragement to you as you go through Lent.

67. Leading Bible Studies

Feb 20 2025 48 mins  
In today's episode, Matt and Jonathan discuss teaching Bible studies. What's different about prepping a Bible study from prepping a sermon? How do we typically approach leading a Bible study at Good Shepherd and why? How do you deal with troublesome ideas (or people) that come up while you're teaching? And why are Bible studies a great time to exercise pastoral care for

66. Those Who Sincerely Repent

Jan 30 2025 39 mins  
In this episode Matt and Jonathan talk about what true repentance looks like. Can you be repentant and yet still have a besetting sin? What does it mean to "sincerely repent?" If you're sinning a lot, then should you come to the Lord's Table or skip that week? And how can a pastor counsel those in his parish who just can't kick some sinful habit?

65. Sermon: Fruits in Keeping with Repentance

Jan 23 2025 37 mins  
This week we're bringing you one of Matt's sermons from Advent 2024. The text is on Luke 3:7-20.

64. His Kids Must Be Believers

Jan 17 2025 43 mins  
In this episode, Matt and Jonathan discuss that little pastoral qualification that runs around your house, is way too loud, eats all your food, and can sometimes be hard to manage. You guessed it - this episode is for the children. What does God mean when He says a pastor's children need to be "submissive" and "believers"? What about pastors whose kids leav

63. Dissecting Scripture to Death

Jan 09 2025 39 mins  
In this episode, Matt and Jonathan talk about the danger of treating the Bible like it's only a textbook. While learning the ins and outs of good Bible study is important, it's possible to let Bible study tactics actually keep one from submitting to God's word. It's easy to dissect Scripture. It's a lot harder to allow the Scripture to dissect us. But that's what it's meant to do.

62. Reading Good Books

Dec 12 2024 55 mins  
We start this episode off with an exciting announcement about Matt. Then we talk about books. What are some of our go-to books for pastors to read? Whether it be history, theology, philosophy, fantasy, biography - you name it - reading good books is important to pastoral ministry. We talk about why... In Christ, The Cranmer Fellows

61. Scripture and Tradition

Nov 21 2024 45 mins  
In this episode Matt and Jonathan talk about the relationship between the Bible and the Church Fathers. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that tradition is as authoritative as the Scriptures. On the other side of the pendulum there are those who say Scripture is the only authority - there's no reason to read the Fathers. But what exactly did the Reformers mean by "sola Scriptura?"