The Top 5 (July 8)

News you can use? You bet! Here’s my five highest recommended reads for this weekend. * “5 recent Supreme Court rulings you should know about” (Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention) * “Affirmative Action Is Another Nonsense Leftist Position We’ve Been Conditioned To Take Serious” (Edie Scarry, Federalist) * “Joe Biden: The Biggest on Abortion” (S.A. McCarthy,…

The Latest 14er Adventure

It was the 5th of July and I had decided once again to keep up the recent tradition of climbing a Colorado 14er on my birthday. That tradition had begun in 2016 when, with the inspiration and encouragement of my youngest brother, Ric, I successfully climbed Mt. Bierstadt to celebrate my turning 65. Since then…

The Top 5 (July 1)

News you can use? Here’s my five highest recommended reads for this weekend. * “America Wakes Up to Woke” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal) * “Naked Men Freely Expose Themselves To Kids At Pride Because The Right Bought The Left’s ‘Tolerance’ Lie” (Jordan Boyd, Federalist) * “Chemical Abortion Drugs Aren’t Safe: Here’s Why” (Bradley Evans, Alliance Defending Freedom) * “When Do We…

The Panther Patrol’s Last Mission or Confessions of A Boy Scout Dropout

I wondered why Claire was smiling as she looked through our e-mail. She laughed and explained that a friend of ours, an academic official at a Christian university where I had once taught a couple of courses, was asking for individuals to describe any experiences they had with the Boy Scouts. She turned and asked…

The Top 5 (June 24)

* ‘Russian Collusion: It Was Hillary Clinton All Along’ (I & I Editorial Board) * Hunter Biden and the corruption of the liberal media (Brenda O’Neill, spiked!) * Grassley: Plea Deal Ignores ‘Significant Body Of Evidence’ Of Hunter Biden’s Other Criminal Schemes (Tristan Justice, Federalist) * In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal (Jarrett Stepman, Daily Signal) * France: Submission to Islamism Quickly…

Advocacy & Atta’ Boys: Recent Letter-Writing Samples

Our two letter-writing parties last Tuesday involved 9 Christians who produced 92 cards and letters as part of our commitment to be, as the Lord commanded, “salt and light” in the world.  As is the case with every quarterly letter-writing event sponsored by Vital Signs Ministries, the advocacy we emphasize includes sanctity of life, religious…

“In the Storms of Life – A Few Charles Spurgeon Quotes

Fresh from the handout given to our Sunday afternoon Aksarben Village church service audience last Sunday afternoon are a few ever-timely observations from the great British preacher of the 19th Century, Charles Spurgeon. * “The more the wind rages the more you feel that the anchor holds you.” * “Storms help to make the sailors…

The Top 5 (June 17)

* Nothing to See Here but a Credible Whistleblower Accusing the President of Bribery (David Harsanyi, Daily Signal) * The Left Has Captured Most of Government. Republicans Must Cut Off the Gravy Train (David Ditch, Daily Signal) * Bioethicists: Euthanasia Okay for ‘Unjust Social Conditions’ (Wesley J. Smith, National Right to Life News) * FDA Flouted Its Own Approval Process for Chemical…

Quickly, Name 8 Reasons to Oppose Planned Parenthood

1) Planned Parenthood kills preborn babies for profit. Hundreds of thousands of babies. And by payments to surgical abortionists and sales of chemical abortifacients, Planned Parenthood is raking in millions of dollars every year. They are the largest abortion providing, abortion promoting business in the world. 2) Planned Parenthood is the most aggressive promoter of…

Your Sins, Your Enemies, and Your Fears Will Be “Cleared Away”

“Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away his judgments against you. He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you will fear disaster no more.” (Zephaniah…

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