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Our longtime friend and pro-life colleague, Dr. Ralph Kramper, recently penned some observations for a letter to the editor. Because he make...

* "These 18 Senate Republicans Voted For Democrats’ Sleazy $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill" (Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist) * "The...

What a wonderful Christmassy weekend!  Decorating cookies while listening to Christmas music on Friday night and then braving the Saturday m...

* What Will the FBI Not Do? (Who watches the watchers?) (Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness) * " Revelations about Twitter-intel ...

Denny talks about the revolutionary nature of Jesus' genealogy.  

And just like that…Christmas is well underway.  All the anticipation, all the planning, all the cleaning and decorating and inviting led to ...

* "Louisiana elementary teacher posts on social media that confusing students about gender identity is enjoyable" (Joshua Q. Nels...

Denny Hartford briefly "unpacks" the well known passage of Luke 18 about Jesus' desire that the little children be allowed ful...

My, oh my; last night's Christmas party was not only a wonderful time of encouragement and stimulation for us, but the messages that wer...

Here is the first in a new series of Bible studies we will be uploading on our YouTube channel and cross-posting on Vital Signs Blog and e...

Want a few Thanksgiving reflections to ponder? Or maybe to share in a social media post or around the Thanksgiving table? Well, you're s...

Christmas time is, as I fondly remember Andy Williams singing, “the most wonderful time of the year.”  And, among the many ways that Claire ...

Our church service yesterday afternoon was an especially moving time and we are once again moved to thank God for the immense honor and bles...

After the latest in what is always a sober, encouraging, and stimulating Thursday morning conversation with John, Patrick, and me (sober bec...

In the wake of yesterday's disappointing election results. the November LifeSharer letter from Vital Signs Ministries makes for very rel...

A simple definition of the corporate spiritual disciplines are “those shared by or including the members of the body.” In fact, one could us...

The following is the latest review of the adult Sunday School class I've been teaching on Spiritual Disciplines.  Session #6 -- Self-Den...

Remember these lines from the Barry Gordy song  Money,  popularized by the 1963 Beatles version ?   The best things in life are free but you...

The spiritual discipline which is prayer should be a given to anyone with even a cursory understanding of the Bible. After all, the heroes o...

In one of the many political ads paid for by the Nebraska Democratic Party, the claim is made about Congressman Don Bacon that his "ext...