By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueMay 8, 2020 The headline from CBS News reads, “More than 12,000 Catholic Churches in the U.S. Applied for PPP Loans – and 9,000 Got Them.” The same story also reports that “LifeWay Research found that 40% of Protestant churches in the U.S. also applied for government assistance offered either […]
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National Day of Prayer: Down the Long Dark Road to Secularism
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueMay 7, 2020 There is a remarkable story told in the devotional book, In God We Still Trust, written by Dr. Richard G. Lee. It reads: “The first lunar landing occurred on July 20, 1969, and Buzz Aldrin was the lunar module pilot on the Apollo 11 space mission. He […]
Sin’s Vaccine
By Dave Eden, Eden’s Political Cartoons “In his book, Our God Breathed Book – The Bible, the late Dr. John R. Rice, said: “The Bible gives the most accurate, definite, brief statement of the use of the blood in the body, a statement which is absolutely scientific. Leviticus 17:11 says, ‘For the life of the […]
UPDATED URGENT ACTION ALERT N.C. House Passes COVID 19 Relief Bill with Provision to Allow Curbside Sales of Liquor Drinks
Please contact your state Senator right away Christian Action LeagueMay 1, 2020 Thursday, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed HB 1043 – Pandemic Response Act. According to a press release from the Speaker’s office, the purpose of the legislation is to provide recovery funds, assistance for small businesses, modify education requirements, streamline unemployment benefits, […]
County Creates Social Distancing Snitch Website for Residents to Report Hobby Lobby, Other Violators
Claire RussellLiberty HeadlinesMay 1, 2020 As North Carolina’s Rowan County warned a Hobby Lobby store against reopening because of alleged coronavirus restrictions — which don’t prevent large retailers from operating in the state — county officials set up a portal for residents to report businesses that don’t comply with health officials’ social distancing guidelines. Hobby Lobby […]
Lawmakers Hash Out Funding to Deal with COVID-19
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 29, 2020 Lawmakers — many in masks and keeping their distance from one another — gathered in Raleigh Tuesday to begin hashing out how best to help the state weather COVID-19, including exactly how to spend roughly half of the $6 billion in federal CARES Act funding headed to the […]
NC County Warns Hobby Lobby against Reopening Despite State Approval
By Claire RussellLiberty HeadlinesApril 28, 2020 Hobby Lobby planned to reopen its Salisbury, North Carolina location on Monday after receiving the green light from the state government. But Rowan County, the county in which the store is located, refused to grant Hobby Lobby permission to reopen and warned that local law enforcement would take action […]
Uncle Sam’s Prayer Journal
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “In this harbinger of judgment man is given another chance…to abandon the foolish ways of sin and disobedience, and to receive God’s love and mercy. The headlines are God’s warning. The television news flashes are a shadow of his loving hand at work for the world’s redemption. The radio […]
Governor Extends Orders: State Lawmakers Call for Fair Treatment of Churches
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueApril 24, 2020 As North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday extended his social distancing/stay-at-home order for at least another two weeks, it is clear that he and many Republican lawmakers remain more than six feet apart on the issue of how to treat churches during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I […]
ReOpen NC Protestors Have the Same Spirit that Made America Great
By Dr. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueApril 24, 2020 This week hundreds of protestors, with ReOpen NC, descended on Raleigh, marching in front of the Governor’s mansion, calling on Governor Roy Cooper to lift his “Stay-at-Home” order and reopen the state for business. The protestors represent more than 500,000 jobless claims in the state – a […]