By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The late evangelist Billy Sunday used to tell this story to audiences of various denominations. He said that he was in Duluth, Minnesota, when a Jewish man was run over in an iron mine. They rushed him to a Catholic hospital where an Episcopalian surgeon amputated his leg. A […]
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Professor at Campbell Argues Defacing Confederate Monuments is Morally Justified
By M.H. CavanaughChristian Action LeagueJuly 22, 2020 Last month, Ryan Andrew Newson, a professor of Theology and Ethics at Campbell University, wrote a disturbing article for Religion Dispatches, which said defacing confederate monuments is morally justified. Newson rejects arguments that hold to showing civility, moderation, and the need to protest the proper way. He says […]
Resumption of Federal Executions is a Moral Imperative to Secure Justice
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJuly 21, 2020 Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice carried out three executions in four days. The federal government had not executed more than that number in the previous three decades. The Justice Department had announced its plans to resume executions in July of last year, but U.S. District Judge […]
Asheville City Council Votes to Pay Reparations for ‘Historic Role in Slavery’
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJuly 17, 2020 In what USA Today called an “extraordinary move,” this week, the Asheville City Council voted unanimously for a resolution to pay reparations to black residents for the city’s “historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties.” The resolution, which was signed by Mayor Esther Manheimer, apologizes […]
Violent Riots and Removal of Statues in Raleigh
By Donnie Harrison (former Sheriff of Wake County)Christian Action LeagueJuly 14, 2020 Ex. Dir. Note: A couple of weeks ago, former Wake County Sheriff, Donnie Harrison, submitted a magnificent Op-Ed to the Raleigh News and Observer about the rioting and looting in The City of Oaks. Unfortunately, the N&O rejected his submission. Here at the […]
A Nation with Lots of ‘gods’
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “How many people today want to say, ‘Well, all religions are basically the same.’ There is a theological term for that idea. It is called ‘hogwash.’ That’s a direct translation from the Greek, and it only reveals the ignorance of the person who makes that statement. Gautama Buddha died […]
Supreme Court Hands Down Two Enormous Victories for Religious Liberty
By Hunter HinesChristian Action LeagueJuly 9, 2020 The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two decisions on Wednesday, which were enormous wins for religious liberty. In the consolidated cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, the High Court determined by a 7-2 vote, that church-run schools cannot be forced […]
If This World Hates You, It Hated Jesus First
Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “This world hates Christianity. We see many examples of that today. How Christians are suffering in various parts of the world where once they seemed to have a welcome!.. [T]hey know that Christianity is the very antithesis of the theories that they are advocating, and by which they hope to […]
The Systemic Racism Argument Ignores Free Will
By Anders KoskinenIntellectual TakeoutJune 26, 2020 In college I took a course on debating and argument. Well, to say I took the course may be a stretch; I dropped it after a few days after pushing back against the politics of my classmates and receiving this assertion from my instructor in response: “Institutional racism is […]
Policeless in Seattle
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons Seattle’s so-called “autonomous zone” is without police protection because protestors have taken over. Law enforcement seems almost helpless in dealing with violent mobs that shun and hate the police in other cities too. These things make me wonder if we’re near the end of days. Many passages in the […]