By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 12, 2020 A high school can teach students using a book that is overtly hostile toward Christianity, but a 9-year-old isn’t allowed to wear a “Jesus Loves Me” face-covering in the classroom. “This is the sad state of public education in America,” said the Rev. Mark Creech in […]
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A Divided Nation Reflected in Its Choices for President: What Happens Now?
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 12, 2020 A Politico/Morning Consult poll reports that 70 percent of Republicans are saying that they don’t believe Joe Biden won the election fair and square. However, 96 percent of Democrats surveyed said they think that he did. The circumstances reflect a deeply divided nation over who should […]
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew The Bible teaches there is a righteous indignation. In fact, if we don’t show this kind of anger on some occasions, we may be sinning. When we see blatant injustice and corruption, if its presence never sets a fire in our spirits to rebuke and resist, it’s evidence we […]
Multi-Campus North Carolina Church Re-opens after Coronavirus Outbreak
By Ryan Foley The Christian Post November 3, 2020 A multi-campus evangelical Christian church has reopened its doors after coming to an agreement with local officials in North Carolina, who had previously ordered it to close its buildings in Mecklenburg County following a coronavirus outbreak involving nearly 200 people. Mecklenburg County had earlier issued an Abatement […]
Covid 19: Panic and Fear
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew I recently read the following by Rev. Glen. A. Land on the website of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri: “As we are confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic…we should face this and every crisis that comes our way with courage. Fear has no place in the life of […]
North Carolina Faith Leaders and Elected Officials Speak Out on ACB Confirmation
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 29, 2020 Following Monday’s Senate vote and swearing in of new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a number of North Carolina faith leaders and elected officials spoke out about what her confirmation will mean for the nation. “Justice Barrett earned the strong support of the American people […]
Put on the full Armor of God 2020 +CDC Guidelines
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I have a cartoon in my office which shows a hospitalized man on a bed. He’s green in the face, looking haggard, with several tubes and IVs attached to his body. A preacher stands over him with a Bible in one hand while pointing toward heaven with the other, and […]
Wilson Woman’s Fight Shows the Injustice of No Death Penalty for Murderers
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueSeptember 11, 2020 Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Carolina. Yet despite the 140 offenders currently on death row, the state has not executed anyone since 2006. There have been challenges to the lethal injection protocol. Then there were the complications precipitated by the Racial Justice Act. And […]
Become Like Little Children
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “To the child, a state of dependence is perfectly natural. He never thinks that he can face life by himself. He is perfectly content to be utterly dependent on those who love him and care for him. If men would accept the fact of their dependence on God, a […]
The French Revolution, the BLM Revolution, not Spontaneous but Planned
Don Boys, Ph.D.Christian Action LeagueSeptember 1, 2020 All principled people want everyone to have an equal opportunity for a good life, a safe life, and a productive life, whatever his or her race, religion, or region. That reasonable, humane, and kind attitude is the reason for a quick acceptance of the proclamation, “black lives matter.” […]