By Dr. Mark Creech The votes for advancing alcohol sales across the Tar Heel state were alarming this year. A total of 27 alcohol referendums were held in Alexander, Bertie, Burke, Camden, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Gaston, Haywood, Johnston, and Stanly counties. Every referendum succeeded with votes in favor of greater access to alcohol besting limited […]
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Craft Beer Industry Planning Attack on State’s Three-Tier System of Alcohol Control
URGENT: Help Defeat this initiative by joining CAL’s Grassroots Advocacy List By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League September 9, 2016 “The craft beer industry is planning an attack on the Three-Tier system of alcohol control in North Carolina,” warned Dr. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League. Referencing an article, Pop the Cap […]
‘Talk It Out NC’ Underage Drinking Campaign Focuses on Negative Impact of Alcohol on the Adolescent Brain
By Pam Blume Christian Action League August 12, 2016 In 2014, the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Commission began a series of hard-hitting TV spots on underage drinking through the initiative “Talk It Out NC.” The theme of the ads was “It’s never too early to talk to you kids about the dangers of […]
Pastor Perry Noble Checks into Alcohol Rehab, while Pastor Mark Driscoll Advocates for Social Drinking
By Dr. Mark Creech Last week, the well-known former pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina announced via a Facebook video that he was checking into a treatment center. Perry was fired from the mega-church with an attendance of 30,000 earlier this month for an alcohol addiction. According to the Christian Post, NewSpring Church Executive […]
Bill that Circumvented Will of Alexander County Voters on Alcohol Dies in the N.C. House
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 7, 2016 RALEIGH – A bill that would have circumvented the will of Alexander County voters, created an end-run around current alcohol law and violated the North Carolina Constitution was stopped in its tracks earlier this month when the House refused to concur with the Senate’s version of […]
Alcohol Worse than Guns?
By Dr. Mark Creech Instruction, advice, given seasonably, is a beautiful thing. That’s what the writer of Proverbs was saying when he wrote, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver” (Proverbs 25:11). I thought about that principle recently when I read Franklin Graham’s words about Democratic Congressional leaders […]