By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 20, 2022 I stopped at an old country store many years ago to purchase some gas and a snack. While there, I took the occasion to share the Gospel with a man. I didn’t realize it when our conversation began, but he had been drinking. As I […]
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Southern Baptists Divided Over Right Way to Oppose Abortion
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 20, 2022 Abortion is murder, but should women who seek one be charged with a crime? Or are they also victims of the abortion industry? And if Southern Baptists truly oppose abortion, should they support laws that limit it but don’t outlaw it? These questions are at heart […]
Primary Election: Turnout Up, Budd and Edwards Win, State Races, and Surprises
By L.A. Williams and Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 19, 2022 The most closely watched race of North Carolina’s primary election on Tuesday yielded perhaps the most predictable outcome for a chance at the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Republican Richard Burr. Republicans chose Trump-endorsed Congressman Ted Budd, while Democrats gave a […]
Suzanna Newell, Vaccine Survivor
By Jonathan Barnes Intellectual Takeout May 18, 2022 For St. Paul resident Suzanna Newell, there’s life before the jab and life after the jab. Suzanna got her first vaccine dose in late March 2021. Her second shot came on Apr. 13, 2021, and two days later she became very sick and never recovered. In fact, […]
Do You Believe in Miracles?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 13, 2022 Chuck Swindoll, a marvelous Christian pastor, writer, educator, and radio preacher, tells a humorous story about a little boy who rushed out of his Sunday School class to find his parents. After a quick search, he grabbed his Daddy by the leg and enthusiastically said, […]
Oxford Designates 10 Acres of Downtown as ‘Social District’ for Strolling and Visiting Shops with Open Containers of Alcohol
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League May 12, 2022 Tuesday evening, the City of Oxford’s Commissioners approved an ordinance for a “Social District” that will cover 10 acres of downtown Oxford. The meeting room was filled with proponents and opponents of the proposal. Proponents were clearly in the majority and vigorously applauded the Board’s vote, […]
Small-Group Quickly Mobilizes to Push Back Proposed ‘Gaming Establishment’ and Succeeds
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League May 12, 2022 Friday, April 6, Rev. Curtis Norris, pastor of Calvary Church in Olivia, received an urgent phone call from Belinda McGugan about an application for a gaming establishment in their community. A retiree and resident of Olivia, McGugan was deeply concerned that gambling would bring the wrong […]
Honoring Our Heroes Who Sacrifice to Keep Us Safe: National Police Officers Week
By Lynn Wagner Faith and Freedom News May 12, 2022 Try to imagine, if you can, a community, a state, a country where there was no one to uphold the laws of society. No one to respond when you dialed 9-11, no one to stand between law-abiding citizens and those who would run rough-shod over […]
The Mother’s Role Profound, Beyond Estimate
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 6, 2022 There is a book I came upon years ago simply titled, Mothers. The volume gives short biographies of the mothers of one hundred prominent men and women of various time periods and nationalities. Their names were chosen somewhat at random and are household names like […]
Leaked SCOTUS Draft on Abortion Leaves Pro-Life Forces Guardedly Optimistic
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 6, 2022 Monday’s leak of a draft majority Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and put the issue of abortion back into the hands of the states has left pro-life forces guardedly optimistic; pro-abortion groups, mortified; and the nation on pins and needles awaiting the […]