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Okay, we were all busy with Christmas. Indeed, Claire and I still are. Nevertheless, here are a few superb items of interest to culture wa...

We can never thank God enough for the honor, joy, enrichment, and sense of spiritual significance that we experience from Vital Signs Minist...

* “The War during Christmas” (Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review ) * “The Zealous Faith of Secularism: How the Sexual Revolutio...

Beginning this Thursday Claire and I start into our “When Swing Was King” Christmas shows. Because of the enthusiastic, warm-hearted respo...

"The Face of God: A Christmas Reflection" (by Denny Hartford) It was a story the old shepherd loved to tell, the story of that...

Banners in the Old Testament are military standards. They first appear in Numbers1:52 and 2:2 in the directions God gave to Moses for the ...

“History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is...

A couple of weeks ago I very much enjoyed watching the Trinity Forum’s presentation of Os Guinness speaking on the Reformation's ideals ...

Last month I gave my talk, “Piety on the Plains: A Religious History of Omaha,” to audiences at 5 different senior citizen facilities with n...

Here’s something I ran across while reading a copy of The Seahorse, the official newsletter of the U.S. Seagoing Marine Association that D...

“A professor at the University of Georgia has adopted a policy that puts a premium on stress reduction.  Hoping to avoid the ‘profound con...

Psalm 19 is one of the most well-known and well-loved psalms because of the poetic declaration which introduces it. “The heavens declare t...

Here's the latest in my offerings of the best in news and commentary: * “The 6 Big Ways Liberals Are Destroying America’s Culture”...

A few days ago I wrote a brief essay called “Nothing Good Does God Withhold” and posted it on Vital Signs Blog. ( You can read that here. ...

Here's more of the best reads on the web from recent days. * “The Left’s New Plan to Gut Religious-Liberty Protections” (Margot Cleve...

Being in Branson the past couple of weeks for a family reunion and then a week of our traditional autumn working vacation, not to mention th...

Among the Scriptures I’ve been studying, thinking about, and using in my prayers of intercession is this Psalm 84:11. “For the Lord God ...

With the momentous happenings of last week; particularly the straightforward long overdue speech of President Trump to the United Nations, f...

I wanted to share a portion of a letter I received today from a friend and pro-life colleague who lives in another state. It's a timel...

My, oh my; how the audiences are loving this month's “When Swing Was King” shows! But, then again, that’s pretty much par for the co...