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 […]
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Church Erosion
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “In our day, once great denominations have been overwhelmed. So-called Christin colleges and seminaries are infiltrated by professors who doubt, deny, or water down the Bible as the Word of God. Thousands of well-intentioned people have graduated from these schools and then set out to preach without the heart […]
God’s Plan
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “God’s sovereignty is of great comfort to me. I mean tremendous comfort. As director of a state-wide Christian public policy organization, watching lawmakers ignore the eternal principles of God’s word, trusting in their own understanding, and at times even knowingly wielding their influence in nefarious and corrupt ways, has […]
Gov. Cooper Continues to Put Churches at Risk
By John Richardson No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money June 21, 2021 The North Carolina General Assembly passed SB 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places with bipartisan majorities. The bill would have allowed concealed carry at churches with attached private schools outside of school and extracurricular hours. In other words, a church could have […]
The Great Church Surrender
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “The denial of His [Christ’s] name is the increasing apostasy around us on every hand. Those who have not denied His name refuse all fellowship with this God-dishonoring condition of things. Christ is to them more precious than all else; even for the sake of service, they refuse to […]
NCGA Approves Bill for Protecting Religious Meeting Places; Measure Now Goes to Gov. Cooper
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League June 10, 2021 Tuesday, North Carolina General Assembly passed S.B. 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places and sent it to Governor Roy Cooper. S.B. 43 would allow concealed carry of guns during worship services at churches where a private school is also housed. Currently, churches in these circumstances are […]
Guns at Churches Where a Private School is Located Stirs Lively House Floor Debate
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League June 4, 2021 Thursday, the North Carolina House passed SB 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places by a 70-38 margin. The measure had already passed the Senate back in March; however, because the House version contained a few amendments (which were mainly non-consequential to the bill’s substance and primarily […]
Streaming Church…The New Normal?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I understand that going to church via social media has provided new opportunities during the pandemic for reaching people. Praise the Lord! But I don’t care what anyone says, going to church by radio, television, your personal computer, or a smart phone is not really going to church. The […]
Is the Church Dying Out?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League April 1, 2021 This week the Washington Post reported on a Gallup poll that says church membership has fallen below the majority in America for the first time. In 2020, less than 50% of American adults attend a church, synagogue, or mosque. That’s down by 20 points since […]
Virginia Governor: No Government Should Diminish What God’s Economy Freely Affords.
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 18, 2020 I live in the Tar Heel state, the great state of North Carolina. My wife, Kim, hails from Norfolk, Virginia. So over our 41 years of marriage, I’ve come to love the Old Dominion State. Only days after a lawsuit was filed against coronavirus restrictions […]