by ernie | Jun 3, 2019 | Standfast Blog
Do you remember when going out to dinner meant spreading a red and white checked tablecloth over a picnic table in the backyard? Remember when playing some music meant gathering the whole family on the front porch with mismatched instruments, everyone singing...
by ernie | Apr 18, 2019 | Standfast Cast
In the ancient world, authors often wrote themselves into stories. They didn’t necessarily tell you they were making a cameo, but they were there. “Insiders” who knew the author well would see the tell-tale signs and realize what was happening. Turns...
by ernie | Apr 15, 2019 | Standfast Blog
The race really does go to the tortoise and not the hare. It is perseverance that ultimately will win the prize, not knowledge, not talent, and not connections. It is that undying tenacity that sets itself on the end, that finishes the race, that completes...
by ernie | Apr 1, 2019 | Standfast Blog
According to James Longstreet, “Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal.” The truth will prevail. Right will endure. Integrity will triumph in the end. Justice and virtue are able to withstand every charge. Such things...
by ernie | Mar 18, 2019 | Standfast Blog
In his Confessions, Augustine (354-430) describes mankind’s universal sinful bent as “concupiscence.” The Greek word epithumia (ἐπιθυμία) occurs 38 times in the New Testament. It describes the utter enfeebling of...