“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…
* When We See Abortion with the Moral Clarity of History (Paul Stark, NRL News) * Remembering the Horrors of D-Day (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal) * Your Sins, Your Enemies, and Your Fears Will Be “Cleared Away” (Denny Hartford, Vital Signs Blog) * Here’s The Single Most Important Question 2024 GOP Presidential Candidates Must Answer (Ben Weingarten, Federalist) * 60 Companies That Are…
Dear Pastor, The latest session of the Nebraska Unicameral was certainly a tumultuous one as common-sense efforts to protect preborn children from abortion, to allow parents a bit more freedom in the education of their children, and to prevent “woke” extremists from furthering their campaign for gender bending at the expense of Nebraska minors…
Though it’s been a busy week with our Vital Signs Ministries responsibilities, prepping for three speaking engagements, trying to keep up with the lawn and the training for our July 5 mountain adventure, and enduring the regimens prior to a dentist appointment and a colonoscopy (yipes!), I still have a Top 5 for you. Check…
Two important Vital Signs Ministries events are on their way, representing opportunities for spiritual challenge, effective witness, and stimulating fellowship. They are… 1) On June 20 there will be 2 letter-writing parties held at the Hartford home. One meeting is a morning brunch from 10-11:30. And then our regular evening P.A.L. Night will be from…
When expressing your alarm at the dire deterioration of Western culture, have you ever heard another person (including fellow Christians) protest your pessimism with something like this, “Hey, don’t go overboard. We live in a fallen world and you can always find bad news if you’re going to go out looking for it. Believe me,…
Yes, the news from the culture wars gets more grim by the day. And yet, the Christian’s responsibility (better put, opportunity) remains the same; namely, to “shine as lights in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation.” Indeed, the final entry in this week’s Top 5 is a Vital Signs Blog post I wrote…
Rather than considering the Christian life an inevitable movement between highs and lows, the far healthier perspective (that is, the one that is more biblically-centered) is to consider the Christian life an ongoing pilgrimage in which our hand must always hold fast to the hand of our Lord as He lovingly, unerringly leads us to…
This very challenging week has included a quick trip to Wichita to see my little sister Sherry who is suffering from severe dementia, and then discovering a friend in such distress that we had to call the rescue squad and then spend the day with her in the hospital. Alas, the sadness and difficulty of…
Our “When Swing Was King” audiences are always enthusiastic in their praise of the program and, with the social graces that mark that generation so much more than those that are following them, they are very expressive of their appreciation. And we never tire of hearing their compliments and thanks nor the stories that the…
