by ernie | Jul 13, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister and activist. In 1954, King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Shortly thereafter, he became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from...
by ernie | Jul 6, 2020 | Standfast Blog
George Gipp, nicknamed “The Gipper”, was a college football player at the University of Notre Dame. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame’s first All-American, and played several positions,— particularly halfback, quarterback, and punter. The phrase...
by ernie | Jun 29, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. An outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and Communism, he helped to raise global awareness of the Gulag labor camp system. 1. “Bless you prison, bless you...
by ernie | Jun 22, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Jerry Bridges was an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. He was the author of more than a dozen books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than one million copies. I’ve been reading Jerry Bridges...
by ernie | Jun 15, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Martin Luther was a German professor of theology and Augustinian monk. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507 and launched the Protestant Reformation just 10 years later when he nailed his 95 Thesis to the Castle Church in Wittenburg. 1. “Hier stehe ich; Here I...