By Dave Eden, Eden’s Political Toons After the birth of their child, an Episcopal priest, wearing his clerical collar, visited his wife in the hospital. He greeted her with a hug and a kiss, and gave her another hug and a kiss when he left. Later the wife’s roommate commented, “Boy, your pastor sure is […]
Other Issues
The Poultry Pulpit
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The minister’s role is not to make people feel comfortable in the padded pews. He is not there to pander to the petty preferences of the parishioners. He is there to proclaim the whole counsel of God. He is there to declare eternal truth. He is there to call […]
God’s Word Should Be Read, Not Redacted
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Trying to ‘cut off’… ‘take away’ certain unwanted words of God from the Bible…will dilute or destroy its saving message and living truth. That is why the influences of the cults, with their pseudo-revelations, as bad as they are, still are not as deadly as those of the so-called […]
God’s Will A Guessing Game?
By Jeff Larson, ‘The Back Pew’ “Some people act as if determining God’s will is like guessing the weather. Fortunately, we have a weatherman who has considered all the meteorological evidence and can tell us how to prepare. That way, there isn’t much guessing at all. “We can be assured the Bible, the Word of God, […]
Recent Reports Show North Carolina Needs to Do More on the Smoking Issue
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League January 27, 2022 “I am a native North Carolinian who loves his state and its heritage. My summer job was working in the tobacco fields as a young boy. My grandfather was a tobacco farmer. But the scientific evidence for the harm smoking does to one’s health is clear […]
Parents in Pitt County Pushback Against Inappropriate Reading Materials
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 27, 2022 North Carolina parents are continuing to push back against schools where their children have been exposed to, or even assigned, inappropriate reading materials. Taylor Keith, whose child attends Ayden Middle School, took his concerns over three books to the Pitt County Board of Education, which on […]
About Baldness
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When I was a teenager, a well-known evangelist came to our church and led in revival services. He said that he knew our pastor when he was a young man and his head was full of waves of curly hair. ‘Nowadays,’ said the evangelist, ‘there’s only beach.’” -Rev. […]
Opening Prayer at Mebane City Council Meetings Scrapped, But Could Return
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 21, 2022 An invocation could once again be a part of Mebane City Council meetings if the council decides on a new policy at its Feb. 14 meeting. Officials in the town, which lies on the border of Alamance and Orange counties, recently replaced their opening prayer with […]
Why the Current Flight to Small Towns May Save America
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout January 18, 2022 A friend of mine decided to shake the dust of the cities off his feet last year and migrate to a more rural area. Reflecting on the move, he seemed surprised at how much he was enjoying the change. My takeaway from our conversation was that his […]
Asymptomatic Christianity
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Walking with God means that we develop a Christian worldview. Our faith affects every part of our lives. There is no sacred, no secular. Everything is sacred. All things are to be seen through His eyes – His revealed truth. One may be religious and compartmentalize his faith, but […]