By John Richardson No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money June 21, 2021 The North Carolina General Assembly passed SB 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places with bipartisan majorities. The bill would have allowed concealed carry at churches with attached private schools outside of school and extracurricular hours. In other words, a church could have […]
Rev. Mark Creech
The Fear of Father and The Fear of God
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League June 20, 2021 William Ellery Channing once wrote, “Erase all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would trample in scorn on the restraints of human laws. Virtue, duty, and principle would be mocked as unmeaning sounds.” My father was good to me. […]
Statement on Governor’s Veto of Bill that Would Protect Religious Meeting Places
By CAL Staff Christian Action League June 18, 2021 Friday, Governor Roy Cooper vetoed SB 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places. S.B. 43 would allow concealed carry of guns during worship services at churches where a private school is also housed. Currently, churches in these circumstances are not allowed concealed carry and prohibited from developing […]
Why So Many Empty Churches? A Reminder and Warning for Southern Baptists
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League June 11, 2021 In my hometown, prominently sitting high on a hill, is an old and empty Episcopal church. No one attends there anymore. It’s a historical edifice, which serves no purpose for the community except to reminisce about the way things were. For me, that old church […]
Alexander County Board of Education Asked to Ban Critical Race Theory
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 10, 2021 Concerned citizens spoke out at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Alexander County Board of Education, urging elected officials to ban critical race theory from local classrooms. “Critical race theory is a worldview that is racist, subversive and divisive. It is racist in that it identifies students […]
NCGA Approves Bill for Protecting Religious Meeting Places; Measure Now Goes to Gov. Cooper
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League June 10, 2021 Tuesday, North Carolina General Assembly passed S.B. 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places and sent it to Governor Roy Cooper. S.B. 43 would allow concealed carry of guns during worship services at churches where a private school is also housed. Currently, churches in these circumstances are […]
The Sufferings of this Present Time
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Christ our Lord suffered. If we suffer for the same reasons he suffered, which all true Christians at some point in their lives do, then it confirms our sonship. I hear a lot of people say they accepted Christ on this date and at this time as proof of […]
Guns at Churches Where a Private School is Located Stirs Lively House Floor Debate
By Hunter Hines Christian Action League June 4, 2021 Thursday, the North Carolina House passed SB 43 – Protect Religious Meeting Places by a 70-38 margin. The measure had already passed the Senate back in March; however, because the House version contained a few amendments (which were mainly non-consequential to the bill’s substance and primarily […]
Young Woman with Down Syndrome Implores State Lawmakers to Pass Human Life Non-Discrimination Act
By M. H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League June 3, 2021 During Wednesday’s Senate Health Care Committee meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh, Senator Joyce Krawiec made a passionate plea to Senate members to pass HB 453-Human Life Non-Discrimination Act/No Eugenics. Krawiec said approximately 70 percent of unborn babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are […]
Memorial Day: Home of the Brave
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League May 28, 2021 “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave,” said Elmer Davis, the director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II. Memorial Day is about paying tribute to the […]