by ernie | Oct 26, 2020 | Standfast Blog
This week, back in 1517, German theologian Martin Luther carefully recopied the scroll of his soon to be revealed Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences—a document that would be popularly called the Ninety-Five Theses. The next day he would post the...
by ernie | Jun 17, 2019 | Standfast Blog
The great Victorian preacher, Charles Spurgeon, read it more than a hundred times. E.M. Bounds kept a copy by his bedside and read from it every night before retiring. Stonewall Jackson kept a copy in his knapsack throughout his Southern campaigns. ...
by ernie | Jun 10, 2019 | Standfast Blog
If Charles Haddon Spurgeon is justly known as the “Prince of Preachers,” then with equal justice Richard Baxter ought to be considered the “Prince of Pastors.” According to J.I. Packer, Baxter was “incomparable” in his zeal...
by ernie | Oct 8, 2018 | Standfast Blog
By the 16th century virtually no one disagreed on the fact that the West needed to be reformed. What they disagreed on was what that reform should entail and how it was to be effected. In frustrated tension, dozens of competing factions, sects, schisms,...
by ernie | Sep 24, 2018 | Standfast Blog
Jeremiad. Definition: “an elaborate and prolonged lamentation; a cry of woe; and expression of righteous indignation.” Nehemiad. Definition: “an elaborate and prolonged humiliation; a cry of grief; an expression of righteous repentance.” Well...