By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I was a Democrat in my early years as a pastor. Several years later, I moved over to the Republican camp. I changed my registration because Republicans, I believed, better reflected than Democrats a commitment to Judeo-Christian values. Now I am beginning to see key Republicans drifting away from […]
Rev. Mark Creech
Revelation Chapter 6: The Deceptive Rider on the White Horse
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 2, 2022 Some argue that no one has ever gone to heaven and come back to tell us what they saw, but evidently, that’s what happened to the apostle John. In chapters four and five of the book of Revelation, John, by invitation from the Lord, visited […]
Landmark Study: Marijuana No Better than Placebo at Reducing Pain
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League December 2, 2022 A landmark new study with surprising results on the lack of correlation between marijuana and pain relief could impact the debate over medicinal cannabis in North Carolina and elsewhere. The research, published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), involved a meta-analysis of […]
U.S. Senate Repeals ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ Supplants it with Misnamed ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 1, 2022 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 61-36 to pass the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, an attempt to codify same-sex marriage into federal law and, in the process, trample religious liberty for those who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. The bill, […]
Rev. Mark Creech Issues Statement on Senate Passage of ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
Christian Action League November 29, 2022 I remember that kick-in-the-gut feeling I had when, after more than 12 years of my own sweat and toil to preserve marriage in this state as one man and woman, one federal judge overturned everything – only one. Later five judges on the U.S. Supreme Court did the same […]
What God Can Do with Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 29, 2022 Giving Tuesday is such an important day for many Christian ministries. Some ministries will inform you that they have a donor who will match your gifts, making it possible to double the effect of your contribution. At the Christian Action League, we have no such […]
The Turkey Rapture
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The Puritans celebrated thanksgiving, partly because they were saved from the Indians. Today, I think most Americans celebrate being saved from the Puritans. How foolish! “The Puritans were a people of tremendous Christian character. We ought to hold them up in many ways as examples. They contributed so much […]
Landmark New York Times Report Exposes Greed of Sports Gambling Industry
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League November 23, 2022 A groundbreaking New York Times investigation into the world of sports gambling should change how North Carolinians — and the nation — view the industry, pro-family leaders say. The series, published Nov. 20, examined thousands of pages of documents and interviewed lobbyists, lawmakers, executives and regulators, […]
Me, Mother Teresa, and her Profound Words about the Practice of Abortion
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 22, 2022 In 1995, I joined a group of Christian theologians to teach Christian pastors in Calcutta, India. Knowing Mother Teresa and her ministry, The Missionaries of Charity, were there, I wrote the Raleigh Catholic Diocese to see if I could obtain her address. The diocese was […]
What the Record Shows Us About How We Got Thanksgiving Day
Christian Action League November 24, 2022 On November 29, 1623, three years after the Pilgrims’ arrival and two years after the first Thanksgiving, Governor William Bradford made an official proclamation for a day of Thanksgiving: To all ye Pilgrims: In as much as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of […]