By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “Evil will not go away simply by ignoring it. It will not disappear because we complain about it. It will not release us if we laugh it off, coexist with it, or appease it. We must hate it with a fiery godly indignation enough to be done with it […]
Other Issues
Bored No More: What Escaping Government Schools Can Do for Our Kids
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout July 21, 2022 It continually amazes me to see the proliferation of good coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly regarding its effects on the education system and the students in it. Yes, the attempt to somehow transfer the traditional classroom to an online environment was a disaster that left […]
Get Your Nose Into the Word
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The keeping of His Word involves a great deal more than just believing the Bible, or reading and studying it. It involves obedience to the revealed will of the Lord…This blessed book of God [The Bible] marks out all my path, and, so long as I seek to walk […]
When You Resign or Retire as Pastor
By David Brumbelow Christian Action League July 12, 2022 When you are anticipating your soon resignation or retirement as pastor, you may get a bitter urge for revenge. Some pastors begin adding up all the slights and unjust things they have suffered during their pastorate. People, even Christian ones, can be mean, critical, unthoughtful, unfair. […]
To Gain More Freedom, American Morality Must Increase
By Annie Holmquist Intellectual Takeout June 22, 2022 American morality is in decline, and the population is starting to take note. Half of Americans—a record high number—now rate U.S. morals as “poor,” according to a recent Gallup poll. “Consideration of others” is the leading indicator of this moral decline, Americans say, followed by “racism/discrimination.” Yet […]
It’s All Your Fault
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “God went straight to the heart of the matter. Adam’s discrimination was his incrimination. ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked?’ Adam must be made to confess his sin. Instead of doing so, however, he came up with a despicable excuse: ‘The Woman whom thou gavest to be with […]
Uvalde, Texas School Murder; Four Suggestions
Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League June 3, 2022 David R. Brumbelow is a graduate of East Baptist University in Marshall, Texas, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He served as pastor of Northside Baptist Church, Highlands, and previously pastored churches in Henderson and Beeville, all in the Lone Star state. Brumbelow […]
The Letdown That Is Women’s Lib
By Annie Holmquist Christian Action League May 24, 2022 Kassandra Jones is a woman in her late 20s who recently finished her master’s degree at New York University. That degree didn’t come cheap. According to the New York Post, Jones sold all of her eggs in order to get money for her schooling. These fertility […]
SBC Grieving over Sexual Abuse, ‘Being Purged of Sin,’ says Rev. Creech
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 26, 2022 “Resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility” — that’s the response some victims of alleged clergy sex abuse got from the South Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee when they reported the crimes, according to Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted to investigate the convention’s handling of sex abuse […]
Missing Heaven by a Few Points?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I know that I’m going to heaven, not because I’ve been good or even good enough. When I get to heaven, it will be despite my sins – despite my never being able to satisfy God’s high bar of morality sufficiently. On the day of God’s wrath, I will […]