By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 10, 2021 Growing up at my house, Christmas was exceedingly special. On Christmas Eve, everyone in the family came together to exchange gifts. Present were Mama and Daddy, my younger sister, Melissa, Shug (my paternal grandmother) and Grandaddy, Big Mama (my maternal grandmother) and Papa Gale (my […]
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The Value of the Ordinary Life – the Ordinary American
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 3, 2021 In a sermon about Isaac, Abraham’s son, Brian L. Harbor sited a book that Malcomb Forbes wrote in 1990, titled, What Happened to Their Kids? It’s a book about the children of renowned individuals. “The thrust of the book,” says Harbour, who himself is a […]
N.C. County Passes Resolution Supporting Prohibition of Abortions After Six Weeks
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League December 2, 2021 The Dispatch reports that Davidson County Commissioners passed a resolution that supports prohibiting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The resolution, which passed unanimously on November 23, endorses the passage of HB 31 – Detected Heartbeat/Prohibit Abortion by the North Carolina General Assembly. This year, HB […]
Davidson County Sheriff Does His Job – Shuts Down 34 Sweepstakes Parlors
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League December 1, 2021 Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons is putting operators of sweepstakes parlors on notice: the businesses are illegal in North Carolina and not welcome in his jurisdiction. After investigating for over a year to verify what was happening in these places of business, his officers recently shut […]
Demonstrating Gratitude Despite Atrocious Circumstances and Difficult People is a Tall Order
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 25, 2021 The apostle Paul is rightly lauded today as someone whose influence on Christianity was second only to Jesus himself. For the sake of the Gospel, his sufferings were unspeakable. In his second letter to the church in Corinth, he recounted five times he had felt […]
Everyone Did What Was Right in His Own Eyes. Sounds Like America
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Everyone has an opinion about today’s issues and current events. The truth is, if your opinion is contrary to God’s Word, what you think or say, even though esteemed by some of the brightest minds, is as worthless as Confederate money.” -Rev. Mark Creech
This Nation Was Turned Around Once Before. Can It Happen Again?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 19, 2021 Tyranny not only robs people of their God-given rights, but the fight against it can result in an unreasonable revolt against even the shadow of government. This was the conclusion of Daniel Dorchester in his history of Christianity in the United States, first published in […]
Former Senator, Republican, Excoriates Lt. Gov. Robinson as ‘No John the Baptist’
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League November 18, 2021 In an op-ed piece published in the Hickory Record, former State Senator Andy Wells, a Republican, excoriated Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson as “no John the Baptist.” Wells was referring to remarks made by Ron Baity, head of Return America, at the Stand Up for America rally […]
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 […]
The Suicidal State of Mind: More People in NC Take Their Own Lives Than Die of Homicide
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 12, 2021 In a recent report, Ali Ingersoll, an investigative data journalist for WRAL News, said that more than 7,000 North Carolinians committed suicide between the years 2015 to 2019. That’s according to information provided by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. Ingersoll pointed out […]