By Annie Holmquist Guest Columnist Christian Action League January 3, 2020 “Why Is America So Depressed?” was one of the first headlines I saw as I jumped back into work after the holidays. “Well, there’s a cheery way to start the New Year,” I thought to myself as I read through the New York Times […]
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The Benefits of Reading the Bible in 2020
By Jerry Newcombe Guest Columnist Christian Action League January 2, 2020 Teddy Roosevelt remarked in 1914: “A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.” If that was true then, it is truer today — because of the curse of political correctness. With a new year upon us, and the opportunity […]
He Came to Make Us Real
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “I was delighted this year when the state of North Carolina offered a specialty license plate with the phrase, “In God We Trust.” Also, with the words, is our state’s motto, “Esse Quam Videri,” which in Latin means, “To be rather than to seem.” Isn’t that a powerful admonition […]
Seasons of a Soul, Eden Political Cartoons
By Dave Eden “It used to be that people had a more definite sense that death wasn’t the end but the start of something new, whether good or bad. Unlike today when strong medications are given during a person’s last moments, some people on their deathbeds would speak of seeing heaven’s bliss before them or […]
Seasons of a Soul, Eden Political Cartoons
By Dave Eden “Cleve Wilkie, Baptist preacher, evangelist, author and columnists, was a delightful fellow to be around. He had an exceptionally quick wit. Sometime after he retired, I asked him, “Cleve, how are you finding retirement?” He responded in his folksy way, “Well, ain’t nothing quit but the paycheck.” Some people see retirement as […]
Christmas and America’s Desperate Need
By J. Russell Capps Christian Action League December 18, 2019 Most, if not all, have experienced a point when we were in what we believed was a desperate need. I went to the dictionary to study the word desperate. There were several definitions ranging from “without hope” to “moved by despair,” to “extreme need or […]
The Continued Threat to Religious Liberty Is Undeniable
By Kelly Shackleford First Liberty Institute December 10, 2019 In 2004, I was honored to be invited to give testimony to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding attacks on religious liberty in America. During my remarks, I cited numerous examples from around the country, which prompted an important question from Sens. John Cornyn […]
Seasons of a Soul, Eden Political Cartoons
By Dave Eden “We have two choices in life, which most adults make every day. We can either pursue those things that may only be enjoyed for a season, things that often precipitate much fatigue, trouble and anxiety – things that we are subject to lose by tragedy, theft, and most certainly death. Or we […]
Andrew Brunson: Get Ready to Be Tested By Persecution
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 4, 2019 “You are going into a hostile world. You will be challenged. I guarantee it,” the Rev. Andrew Brunson warned a group of teenage missionary kids at Black Forest Academy on Nov. 20. He said loving God with all they’ve got will be the only way they […]
Westboro Baptist Church and Counter Protestors Square Off: ‘Both Sides Wrong,’ says Creech
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 20, 2019 Protestors from Westboro Baptist Church — known across the nation for its inflammatory hate speech against Catholics, Jews, LGBT people, U.S. soldiers, politicians and others — showed up on four campuses in central North Carolina this week and found their message less than welcome. “Westboro Baptist of […]