The Top 5 Plus (May 30)

 1) “Under The New Global Religion of Tolerance, The Truth Must Never Trump ‘Unity’” (David Bowen, Harbinger’s Daily) From the article — We are living in an age where tolerance has become the supreme virtue of modern society. Governments promote it. Corporations market it. Schools teach it. Media platforms enforce it. Religious leaders increasingly preach it. At…

The Top 5 Plus (May 23)

1)“America at 250: Museum or Nation?” (James Thorne, Real Clear Politics) From the article — As Oswald Spengler warned, civilizations decay when faith gives way to technique, politics becomes administration, and ruling classes lose the will to defend what made their civilization worth inheriting. The European Union offers the modern template: technocracy without vigor, regulation without…

What’s A.I. Saying About Vital Signs Ministries?

After a conversation with a friend lately about the increasing presence and influence of A.I. on all aspects of our lives, we decided to try a couple of experiments. We thought you might find the results of interest also. Here’s the deal — we asked an A.I. program to “tell us about” 1) Vital Signs Ministries, 2) “When Swing…

The Top 5 Plus (May 9)

1) “5 Insights from Ben Sasse as He Faces His Last Days on Earth” (Kathy Athearn, Washington Stand) From the article — Fifty-four-year-old former Nebraska senator, husband, and father of three, Ben Sasse, was tragically diagnosed only six months ago with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and told he had three to four months to live. While the…

The Top 5 Plus (May 2)

1) “Political Violence Is Cool Now: Why do so many elites support violent extremism?” (James B. Meigs, Free Expression WSJ) From the article — All the cool kids think killing people is OK now. Or at least understandable, as long as the killer has, like, a really good reason. Few of the people who talk this way…

The Top 5 Plus (April 18)

1) “The Larger Agenda Behind The Promotion Of Lawlessness In America” (Brandon Holthaus, Harbinger’s Daily) From the article — Author and investigative journalist Peter Schweizer has recently released a book titled Invisible Coup, which lays out a sobering thesis: immigration is being deliberately weaponized by foreign adversaries and ideological movements to destabilize the United States from within….

Flying Over the Rainbow?

Among the songs in our “When Swing Was King” performances that most strongly connects with our audiences is Judy Garland’s gorgeous rendition from 1939 of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”  It is, as you well know, a hauntingly beautiful song, one that underscores the human yearning for home, beauty, innocence and wonder…for escape from a world…

Sigh…

As Mail Order Abortions Flow Into Pro-Life States, The Promise Of Roe’s Reversal Remains Unfulfilled –

The Top 5 Plus (April 11)

1) “Democrat Quits Politics, Says Party’s Agenda Is Incompatible With Scripture: ‘I Have Compromised For Too Long’” (Joseph Backholm, Harbinger’s Daily) From the article — Michigan State Rep. Karen Whitsett, a lifelong Democrat from Detroit, now says that’s not true. On March 2, she announced she will not seek re-election and will never run for public office…

“The Monstrous Crime of Abortion: An Old Testament Perspective.”

A careful look at Exodus 21:22-25 results in a profoundly important understanding of the Creator God’s value of preborn human life. And though the passage has been repeatedly misused by those who seek to “soften” the crime of abortion, even explain it as excusable violence, Exodus 21:22-25 is actually a strikingly clear passage — when…

But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only.