by ernie | Jan 30, 2020 | Standfast Cast
In this episode we begin with a ramble… about how and why George keeps the routine he does, and where he meets with the Lord. Here’s one thing you’ll learn: it’s easier than you think. That is, we often make it too complex. Here’s...
by ernie | Jan 16, 2020 | Standfast Cast
As we launch into the new year, we talk about one of the trends that always happens anytime we flip the number in the calendar… Namely, people begin showing up at the gym. What can we learn from them? Well, first, showing up is important. But, second, if you...
by ernie | Oct 17, 2019 | Standfast Cast
Every church, organization, and ministry is temporary. Our lives are, like James says, just a vapor. Then we’re gone. One of the greatest legacies we can leave is a wake of people who replace us, who can carry the baton we were handed. In this episode we discuss...
by ernie | Oct 10, 2019 | Standfast Cast
The One who can create mountains and stars and fish and birds and everything else with a word- or even heal the sick by saying so- can certainly “snap His fingers” and adjust reality… But He often doesn’t. Exodus 13:17-18… tells us that...
by ernie | Oct 3, 2019 | Standfast Cast
Ephesians 2:8-10 tells us that grace not only saves us but that it also orchestrates as series of incredible opportunities for us to walk towards, sacred spaces where the Lord promises to use us for our good and His glory. In this talk we talk through some of the...
by ernie | Sep 26, 2019 | Standfast Cast
As we began recording talk three about his story, George told us that sitting and recalling the events of his life was good. “It’s helped me see all of these Ebenezers in my life,” he said, “those markers where you can look back and see that...
by ernie | Sep 19, 2019 | Standfast Cast
George was determined he was going to be a swimming coach, and that he was definitely NOT called to be a pastor. In this talk we go back to his early swimming days (the day we recorded this podcast, he woke up at 4am in order to swim 6,000 yards). Then we discuss the...
by ernie | Aug 19, 2019 | Standfast Blog
Again and again the Scriptures underline the importance of each moment that passes. It is an ethical imperative to act and act quickly when lives are at stake, when justice is perverted, when truth is in jeopardy, when mercy is at risk, when souls are...
by ernie | Aug 5, 2019 | Standfast Blog
“O God, may I number my days so as to apply my heart to wisdom. Grant me the guidance of Thy Spirit and the joys of salvation.” “Time is short; and as the years revolve over me, may I learn to prize as the truest of all wisdom, the wisdom of the...
by ernie | Jul 15, 2019 | Standfast Blog
My Dear Twaddle-Tweeze: Good intentions! I’ll never cease to remind you that the road to Perdition lined with these. I realize that ambitious amateur tempters would rather conspire spectacular scandals. But particularly when it comes to...
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...
by ernie | Mar 4, 2019 | Standfast Blog
“We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God.” Isaac Watts One of the basic demands of Christian discipleship, of following Jesus Christ, is to change our way of thinking. We are to...
by ernie | Sep 10, 2018 | Standfast Blog
The years leading up to the Scottish Disruption and those immediately afterward produced some of the most remarkable servants of God in the history of the church. Andrew Alexander Bonar (1810-1892) was a member of that galaxy of brilliant, Reformed Scots...