It has been a much blessed start to the week, the highlights beginning with an excellent church service at Aksarben Village Senior Living on Sunday afternoon. There were exquisite song presentations on the screen (“Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us” by Hymns of Grace, “I’m Gonna’ Make It” by Sisters, and “Blessed Assurance” by First…
1) “An Entire Generation Has Turned Feral: The teenagers of yesteryear are not like the feral kids of today.” (James Fritz, American Spectator) From the article — Naysayers will argue that teenagers have always acted like teenagers. Besides, this country has a long history of unrest and rebellion. The anti-war protests, Woodstock, the civil rights movement, the…
In addition to a Christian’s prayers of worship and gratitude, prayers for spiritual guidance and empowerment, prayers for gospel breakthroughs and victories in one’s daily spiritual battles, and intercessory prayers on behalf of loved ones, should we even consider prayers touching politics and culture? Are such pedestrian, secular matters “spiritual enough” for our prayers? Well,…
1) “New EPPC Study Confirms Previous Findings of Abortion Drug Dangers” (Chuck Donovan, Washington Stand) From the article — The study is significant in many ways in addition to the size of the study population. First, it covers a sample of women who have taken the drug in recent years, whereas prior safety and efficacy studies date…
Looking for a a little help in your Bible reading or devotionals? Interested in a few questions that could be used for either personal meditation or springboards for conversation about the passage? If so, here is a list of 10 questions I’ve compiled that might be of value to you. 1) Did you take time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
