by David Fischler | Dec 23, 2019 | LGBTQIetc
For all too many people today, reality simply doesn’t cut it. That being the unfortunate case, they are forced to create their own. The bad news is that they are requiring the rest of us to treat their delusions as real. According to the Willamette Week, an...
by David Fischler | Dec 23, 2019 | Roman Catholics, The Gospel, Theological Liberalism
We all know the old saw, “Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words.” Whoever the original author was, he or she seemed not to know that the word “gospel” means “good news,” which means there’s a story to...
by David Fischler | Dec 6, 2019 | LGBTQIetc, Lutherans, Religious Freedom
That’s the title of a Sinclair Lewis novel about the coming of fascism to America. The Nobel Prize winning writer contended that, if it could happen in civilized Europe, it could happen in the United States as well. Here’s one form it will take: The...
by David Fischler | Dec 3, 2019 | Biblical Illiteracy, Jesus
Before reading the New Testament for the first time at the age of 18, I didn’t know Jesus was Jewish. Thing is, I grew up Jewish myself. I didn’t know anything about Christianity, except for Christmas carols. What’s this guy’s excuse? From the...
by David Fischler | Nov 30, 2019 | Abortion, Religious Freedom
I can’t tell you how happy I am that Stand Firm is back in business. Partly it’s because we have a great team of writers and thinkers here, and interacting with them is a joy. Partly, it’s because as Gandalf declared, “There are many powers in...
