By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueSeptember 11, 2020 In an egregious ruling by the L. A. Superior Court, Grace Community Church, where John MacArthur pastors, is now prohibited from “conducting, participating in, or attending any indoor worship services” during the pandemic. MacArthur issued the following statement: “In an inexplicable ruling, the judge said the ‘scale […]
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Mental Health Data during COVID 19 Alarming, But There Can Be Peace
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 27, 2020 According to recent data, the coronavirus crisis is taking a tremendous toll on people’s mental health. That’s certainly to be expected in an environment of draconian lockdown orders, failing businesses, high unemployment rates, drops in the stock market, people having to play additional roles with which they […]
Pray for America
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “America stands on the brink of disaster. Your freedoms are at stake. The name and character of God are at stake. ‘Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”‘ As never before, we are in desperate need of the forgiving, healing hand of God. Let us join together […]
N.C. – Abortion Industry Trying to Circumvent State Restrictions in War on the Unborn
By L.A. WilliamsChristian Action LeagueAugust 6, 2020 Health officials say COVID-19 has killed more than 158,000 people in the United States since late February. During the same time period, abortionists took the lives of an estimated 391,000 babies. And yet, the abortion industry continues to try to circumvent state restrictions to further escalate its war […]
Copying Rome’s Last Gasps and Searching for a Way Out
By Annie HolmquistIntellectual TakeoutAugust 4, 2020 Editor’s Note: “For decades faithful Christians have been praying for revival throughout our churches and a great spiritual awakening to once again sweep the land. With reports breaking out on the movement of God’s Spirit in places like Seattle, where George Floyd was killed, in Huntington Beach, as well […]
COVID 19 Safe
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “All of this anxiety about the coronavirus seems over the top for me. I don’t deny the reality of the illness. It’s just our hypersensitivity to it makes me think of the hypochondriac who was quite fanatical in following every cure that he could find in books and magazines. […]
The Systemic Racism Argument Ignores Free Will
By Anders KoskinenIntellectual TakeoutJune 26, 2020 In college I took a course on debating and argument. Well, to say I took the course may be a stretch; I dropped it after a few days after pushing back against the politics of my classmates and receiving this assertion from my instructor in response: “Institutional racism is […]
Sharing the Gospel ‘In and Out of Season’
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I always assumed that the passage in 2 Timothy 4:2 that admonishes us to share the Gospel ‘in and out of season’ was about preaching the gospel whether it’s a favorable time or not. I still believe that’s correct. But interestingly, Oswald Chambers brings out another aspect, saying: “’The […]
Next Time You Make Excuses for Not Going to Church, You Might Want to Consider…
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueMay 29, 2020 A pastor in Daytona Beach, Florida, had a great idea. In a bulletin, he ran a checklist; across the top were the words, “I cannot attend church services because…” And then… “Please check.” The following were some reasons that a person could check: Too Busy Must go […]
Clovid 19 Cloud of Confusion
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “There is a remarkable book which was published several years ago. In the book, Canon Roger Lloyd, an arch-demon, instructs his subordinates on an ancient and effective piece of satanic strategy. ‘Insert yourself into the simple situations which call for plain and obvious duties,’ urges this one demon, ‘and […]