By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew As the congregation was filing out of the sanctuary after the sermon, a man was confronted by the pastor. The pastor said to him, “Friend, you need to join the army of the Lord!” The man replied, “I’m already in the army of the Lord, pastor.” The pastor asked, […]
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The Ostrich Church Consultant
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Because of the soft, insipid teaching so current in the church and Christian circles, many of God’s people will go to almost any length to find some easy accommodation with their families. They will not take a bold stand in loyalty to Christ. They are afraid of a confrontation […]
Revelation Chapter 11: The Temple and its Place in the Divine Economy
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League March 24, 2023 We currently live in an era when temples, church buildings, and other religious edifices are mostly diminished in importance. We rightly understand God to be everywhere, and it isn’t necessary to go to a building to find him. Of course, the New Testament speaks of […]
N.C. House, Senate Pass Bills Closing Church Security ‘Loophole’
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League February 17, 2023 Legislation that would close a loophole in North Carolina law and allow churches to exercise their Second Amendment rights on their own property passed the state House and Senate this week and could be on its way to becoming law. By a vote of 77-43, the […]
‘Religious Assembly Security’ Bill Could Become Law in 2023
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League February 3, 2023 After facing two vetoes by the state’s Democratic governor, a bill that would allow concealed carry permit holders to bring their weapons to church services held on school properties may have enough votes to become law this year. The unique bill, dubbed the “Religious Assembly Security […]
Church Trivia
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “There is a lot about worship that seems to be changing – some of it good and some of it not. We’ve gone from hard benches to sit on to cushioned ones to comfortable theatre seats. We’ve gone from church etiquette that encourages a quiet and reverent spirit to […]
Big Eva
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “What we need today are churches awake to hear the Spirit of God, awake to the teachings of God’s Holy Word, moving to awaken the nation to God’s Sovereignty, his grace, his justice, and salvation by faith in Christ alone. God save us from ‘woke’ churches. Awakened churches, yes. […]
Revelation Chapter 3: The Church Said to be ‘Alive,’ But Was ‘Dead’
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League September 2, 2022 John Phillips, in Exploring Revelation, tells a cute story about a little girl who was required to take her birth certificate to school but lost it on the way. The janitor saw her crying and asked her what was wrong. The child said with tears […]
Revelation Chapter 2: The Church that Couldn’t Be Demolished from Without, but was Devastated from Within
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 19, 2022 Christian Cynosure said, “Some folks take up religion as a kind of insurance against hell – and then are not willing to pay the premiums.” Salvation is not something God requires us to pay for because Christ has already paid our debt of sin in […]
Ostrich Church Consultants
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “At the very time when the moral authority of Christian citizens seems so desperately needed, there are powerful voices urging believers to burrow deeper into the sand, to stay undercover, to mute what otherwise would become a thunderous voice of moral righteousness.” -Tom Minnery in Why You Can’t […]