The Top 5 (December 2)

* “Republicans can win on abortion if pro-lifers tell their stories” (Christopher Bedford, Fox News) * “Can Europe Become Western Again?” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Caller) * “China’s growing espionage and propaganda threat in the U.S” (Morgan Phillips, Daily Mail) * “Exposed: Meta’s $36 Billion Plot to Reengineer Society and Mark Zuckerberg’s Dangerous Future Plans for Tech Addiction” (Seamus Bruner, Breitbart) * “Pope Francis…

94 Christmas Letters…and Counting

Yesterday our home was the setting for Vital Signs Ministries’ 2 Christmas card parties (the December “edition” of our quarterly letter-writing parties) with 6 of us involved in the morning brunch event and 7 of us getting busy in the evening. The total of cards and letters from those events?  94. Wow. Nice job, guys!…

The Top 5 (November 25)

* “Abortion, Miscarriage, and the Reality of an Unborn Child” (Mary Szoch and Katherine Beck Johnson, Washington Stand) * “What Makes Hamas Worse Than the Nazis” (Andrew Roberts, Washington Free Beacon) * “The infernal choice behind the hostage deal” (Melanie Phillips, Jewish News Service) * “The Biden Administration Finances Iran’s Terrorism” (Hugh Iwanicki, American Thinker) * “Government Deceit” (John Stossel, Daily Signal)

Work and Rest…At the Same Time?

All over town — all over America — people are busy because Thanksgiving looms before us. Some are in the ever increasing hassles of travel; some are beginning the preparations for Thursday’s feast; others are doing the last of the lawn chores, putting up the outside Christmas lights, draining the lawn hoses, and trying to…

A Weekend for Giving Thanks

It was another engaging weekend and we are so grateful to God for his marvelous gifts of purpose, empowerment, His Word, and good friends with which to travel the pilgrim way. Our weekend started with a delicious dinner of smoked salmon at Tom and Lila Sharman’s. Afterward, we were treated to a photo retrospective of…

The Top 5 (November 18)

Here’s a really remarkable set of “Wow” articles for you this Saturday.  * “Why I am now a Christian: Atheism can’t equip us for civilizational war.” (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, UnHerd) * “A Christian Perspective on The State of Israel” (Stephen Davey, Shepherds Theological Seminary) * “Putting the Killing of Innocents Out of Mind” (Denny Hartford, Vital Signs Blog) * “Mexico’s Abortion Cartel” (Carlos…

Top Ten Lessons from Noah and the Ark

After reading and then thinking a bit about Chapters 6-9 of Genesis this morning, I was prompted to once again post a pretty popular article from times gone by. The first list appeared on Vital Signs Blog way back in 2005. The accompanying painting, by the way, “The Entry of the Animals into Noah’s Ark,”…

The Top 5 (November 12)

* “Is Biblical Prophecy Coming True?” (One for Israel) * “Europe Is Burning” (Joel Kotkin, The American Mind) * “Who Determines American Culture?” (Christy Stutzman, Washington Stand) * “‘The Elephant in the Room’: The Real Source of Jew-Hatred in the Middle East” (Lawrence A. Franklin, Gatestone Institute) * “The Rise and Fall of the Evangelical Elite” (Stephen Wolfe, Chronicles)

The Top 5 (November 5)

* “The Muslim ‘Vatican’ Declares Open Season on All Israelis, of Any Age” (Raymond Ibrahim, Middle East Forum) * “The Israel Op” (Lee Smith, Tablet) * “The Crisis of the West Revisited: Self-Flagellation and the Great Liberal Death Wish” (Daniel J. Mahoney, American Mind) * “Genocide: The true roots of Islamic Jew-hatred.” (David Horowitz, Front Page Magazine) * “How Wokeness Puts Its Defenders In…

The Top 5 (October 28)

* “However Much You Hate The Media, These 7 Moments In Israel Coverage Prove It’s Not Enough” (Ellie Purcell, Federalist) * “Joe Biden: The Ayatollahs’ Best Friend Forever” (Deroy Murdock, Daily Signal) * “After Secretary-General’s Comments, Experts Point to History of UN’s Anti-Semitism” (Sarah Holliday, Washington Stand) * “Europe Facing Civil War?” (Drieu Godefridi, Gatestone Institute) * “Green Dreams Going Up in Smoke” (John…

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