By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 14, 2021 In the 1980s, I made three trips to India as a short term missionary. During one of these trips, I spoke at a leper colony where people were separated from their families and ostracized by society. Their plight in life was extremely sad. Dr. Paul […]
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Should Western Nations Send Missionaries to Backward Nations Seeking to Change their Values?
By Don Boys Ph.D. Guest Columnist Christian Action League January 5, 2021 Editor’s Note: A few years ago, one church decided against financially supporting the Christian Action League because they said we addressed politics and were not, in the strictest sense of the word, “missions.” Such reasoning has always confused me, especially when one considers […]
Corporate Public Worship is a Must, Even during a Pandemic
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueJuly 17, 2020 One of the most significant passages of Scripture is one in which Luke calls attention to a habitual practice of Jesus. Luke says that when our Lord came to Nazareth, His hometown, He went to the synagogue, “as His custom was, on the Sabbath day” (Luke 4:16). […]
Don’t Be the Prodigal Son or the Elder Brother
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 13, 2019 Perhaps the most sublime of Jesus’ parables is the one about the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32). Wanting to get away from home and spread his wings, a young man seeks his inheritance early and leaves. He wastes his money on an extravagant and dissolute lifestyle […]