The Top 5 (April 26)

1) “Trump’s Smithsonian Counter-Revolution” (John Fonte, American Mind) From the article — The current Secretary of the Smithsonian is Lonnie G. Bunch III, who is adept at dealing with donors, stakeholders, and Republican congressional appropriators. His language is mostly measured and reasonable. He talks in terms of truth, nuance, complexity, and non-partisanship. But in reality, Bunch is…

3 Requests of President Trump

Dear President Trump, I want to again express my ongoing appreciation for your principled efforts to “make America great again.” You have shown the United States — and the world — just how absolutely inept and corrupt has been the Deep State.  More important, you have boldly, patriotically taken the first steps to bring us…

“The Earth Is the Lord’s” — Arbor Day vs Earth Day

In 1872, right here in the state of Nebraska, a journalist turned politician began a campaign that he hoped would help stabilize and beautify the rather sparse landscape of his state.  The man was a Nebraska City resident who believed that such a campaign would be a good idea in other places too.  And it…

The Top 5 (April 19)

1) Why Progressives Increasingly Support Violence: A new survey finds more than half of left-wing respondents believe assassinating Donald Trump could be justified. (Zack Dulberg & Max Horder, City Journal) From the article — We found that nearly one-third of Americans surveyed—and around half of those identifying as left-of-center—believe that the murder of certain public figures is…

Oswald Chambers on “The Collision of God and Sin”

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” (1 Peter 2:24) The Cross of Jesus is the revelation of God’s judgment on sin. Never tolerate the idea of martyrdom about the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Cross was a superb triumph in which the foundations of hell were shaken….

A Weekend of Import

It was a good weekend highlighted by a stimulating Vital Signs Book Brunch on Saturday morning and an inspiring Palm Sunday church service at Aksarben Village Senior Living on Sunday afternoon. The brunch event saw Diane, Mary and Christopher, Ruth, Karla, and Claire and I discussing Randy Alcorn’s terrific Lord Foulgrins’s Letters over coffee and tea —…

Is One’s Salvation A “Done Deal?”

“In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation —having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, Who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.”…

The Top 5 (April 12)

1) “With Loss of Power in Congress, the Left Turns to Theatrics” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal) From the article — I’ve mentioned in other videos that there’s been a poverty among the Democratic Party of constructive criticism, alternate agendas to President Donald Trump. In other words, without power in the Congress or the White House or…

“Don’t Be Neutral on Abortion”

In this month’s edition of the Vital Signs Ministries newsletter, Denny talks about the March of Dimes’ “neutrality on abortion” and the extreme moral danger of Christians adopting the same attitude.  Check it out at this link.

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