By CAL Staff Christian Action League February 3, 2022 In an article titled, Place Your Bets, NC: The Smart Money is on Making Widespread Sports Gambling Legal, Scott Fowler, a sports columnist for the Charlotte Observer, makes a case for legalizing sports betting in the Tar Heel state. Currently, sports gambling is not permitted. Fowler’s […]
Rev. Mark Creech
God’s Will A Guessing Game?
By Jeff Larson, ‘The Back Pew’ “Some people act as if determining God’s will is like guessing the weather. Fortunately, we have a weatherman who has considered all the meteorological evidence and can tell us how to prepare. That way, there isn’t much guessing at all. “We can be assured the Bible, the Word of God, […]
Salutary Effects of Drinking are Starting to Change
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 28, 2022 My pastor friend is an excellent and faithful leader. We grew up together and graduated from the same High School. He pastored a well-known and historic church in Western North Carolina. At his invitation, I preached there and spent time with him and his wife. […]
Recent Reports Show North Carolina Needs to Do More on the Smoking Issue
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League January 27, 2022 “I am a native North Carolinian who loves his state and its heritage. My summer job was working in the tobacco fields as a young boy. My grandfather was a tobacco farmer. But the scientific evidence for the harm smoking does to one’s health is clear […]
Parents in Pitt County Pushback Against Inappropriate Reading Materials
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League January 27, 2022 North Carolina parents are continuing to push back against schools where their children have been exposed to, or even assigned, inappropriate reading materials. Taylor Keith, whose child attends Ayden Middle School, took his concerns over three books to the Pitt County Board of Education, which on […]
About Baldness
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When I was a teenager, a well-known evangelist came to our church and led in revival services. He said that he knew our pastor when he was a young man and his head was full of waves of curly hair. ‘Nowadays,’ said the evangelist, ‘there’s only beach.’” -Rev. […]
The Travesty of Unwanted Children
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 21, 2022 In More Than Just a Game, legendary Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden claimed he was sitting in church with his wife and their six children between them. The evangelist pointed directly at him and said, “Sir, you have six children. Let me ask […]
Pro-Israel Group Wrongly Denied Recognition at Duke University
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League January 21, 2022 FIRE, an organization that defends the free speech rights of students and faculty on University campuses, is reporting that Duke University’s student government has denied recognition to a pro-Israel club on campus. The decision has also garnered the ire of other civil liberties organizations and even […]
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 […]
Asymptomatic Christianity
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Walking with God means that we develop a Christian worldview. Our faith affects every part of our lives. There is no sacred, no secular. Everything is sacred. All things are to be seen through His eyes – His revealed truth. One may be religious and compartmentalize his faith, but […]