By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Certainly, we should lovingly and earnestly pray for the repentance of the unsaved and the enemies of God’s people. Nevertheless, it is not improper to also earnestly pray that if particular individuals or groups callously persist in their sinful ways, if they are hell-bent on spreading their evil to […]
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Uncle Sam’s Tearful Prayer
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “I once read about a man from India, who wrote a friend about a great revival they were having where he lived in that country, He wrote, ‘We’re having a rebible.’ Not a bad idea, when you think about it. Our churches desperately need to be ‘rebibled.’” -Rev. […]
Praying for our Leaders in D.C.
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “In one of the previous churches I pastored, there was a stately and distinguished-looking old man in my church. The fact was, however, he just cleaned up well. He was just a farmer who also ran a country store. His son-in-law was often impressed with how distinguished he could […]
Victory: Supreme Court Sides with Coach Who was Fired for Post-Game Prayer
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League June 29, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed advocates of religious liberty a landmark victory, siding with a high school football coach who had been fired for post-game prayers and overturning a 51-year-old legal precedent that had been used to limit religious freedoms. The justices, in a […]
Opening Prayer at Mebane City Council Meetings Scrapped, But Could Return
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 21, 2022 An invocation could once again be a part of Mebane City Council meetings if the council decides on a new policy at its Feb. 14 meeting. Officials in the town, which lies on the border of Alamance and Orange counties, recently replaced their opening prayer with […]
Can You Hear the Voice of God?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 7, 2022 You may have heard the story about the young priest who was playing golf alone one day when he approached the fifth tee. Between him and the green was a small lake. As he was considering which club he ought to choose, a Heavenly voice […]
Join The Christian Action League in Prayer
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 17, 2021 During my study yesterday, I came upon a story told by the incomparable H.A. Ironside, the internationally beloved Bible teacher and former Pastor of the famous Moody Memorial Church in Chicago. In his commentary on the Gospel of John, Ironside told a story that was […]
President Biden’s National Proclamation of Prayer to No God
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 14, 2021 During last week’s National Day of Prayer, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation that spoke of the “power of prayer” and urged Americans to “give thanks,” but it made no mention of God. No President in American history has ever omitted “God” in his proclamation […]
So Big Tech Has Cancelled You?!
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “The spectacle of a nation praying is more awe-inspiring than the explosion of the atomic bomb. The force of prayer is greater than any possible combination of man-made or man-controlled powers, because prayer is man’s greatest means of tapping the infinite resources of God. Invoking by prayer the mercy […]
Prayer Offered on State Senate Floor was ‘Troubling’ for Some
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League March 3, 2021 Someone has said that many prayers go to the dead-letter office of heaven for want of sufficient direction. That was likely the case for a prayer offered before the North Carolina Senate by Julie Mayfield on Tuesday, February 23rd. Mayfield, who is also a State Senator […]