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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Our Only Hope
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “We feel close to everybody at Christmas. Christmas is a time of sharing. But not according to these government regulations during the pandemic. Christmas was meant to dispel our fears. Yes, COVID presents its dangers, but our government fosters an atmosphere of fear that isn’t warranted for a virus […]
Sen. Thom Tillis Joins Resolution in Defense of the Free Exercise of Religion
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League December 22, 2020 Last Friday, North Carolina’s U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R) joined a resolution, led by Florida’s U.S. Senator Rick Scott. The resolution defends the First Amendment, more specifically, the right to exercise one’s faith freely. “While this is a hard time for many, North Carolinians should still […]
Governor Roy Cooper Orders Up Curbside Cocktails in Latest Executive Order
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 21, 2020 Today Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 182, which authorizes and instructs the ABC Commission to allow certain mixed beverage permittees (restaurants, hotels, private clubs, private bars, and holders of distillery permits) to sell and deliver mixed beverages for off-site consumption. According to the Governor’s […]
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 […]
‘Churches Should Suspend Services During Pandemic.’ I Respectfully Dissent!
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 4, 2020 For the last few months, I’ve been on the telephone with hundreds of pastors, asking them how their churches are navigating the Coronavirus Crisis. The stories of low attendance are disturbing, despite churches employing health protocols to keep people as safe as possible. Many are […]
Thanksgiving and the Old, Wet, Bare Rooster
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 26, 2020 Several years ago, in the Pentecostal Evangel, J.K. Gressett wrote about an agriculturist named Samuel S. Scull, who lived on a farm in Arizona. This is part of the story he told: “One night, a fierce storm struck with rain, hail, and high winds. At […]
The Pandemic and the Fear of Death
By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 20, 2020 Peggy Noonan, a former correspondent for CBS News and a speechwriter for Presidents Reagan and Bush, once said: “I think we have lost the old knowledge that happiness is overrated – that, in a way, life is overrated. We have lost, somehow, a sense of […]
Newby, Who Seeks to Become Chief Justice, Stands Out for His Christian Faith
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 30, 2020 Four decades of legal experience, 16 years on the state’s High Court and a lifetime of community service are just a few of the qualifications that Paul Newby brings to the race for Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. The Rev. Mark Creech, executive […]
Covid 19: Panic and Fear
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew I recently read the following by Rev. Glen. A. Land on the website of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri: “As we are confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic…we should face this and every crisis that comes our way with courage. Fear has no place in the life of […]