By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “Do you know the Bible teaches that children who haven’t reached the age of accountability go directly to heaven if they die? Moreover, when Jesus comes back a second time, all the little children unable to comprehend the gospel and make an intelligent decision, he will take with him. […]
Salvation
Don’t Wait Too Late
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew Christian Cartoons “The ark was built and salvation was now available for anyone who would come aboard. A step of faith onto that ark and everyone within would be safe from the wrath of God to come. God was already inside the ark. Salvation would simply shut all the […]
Revelation Chapter 5: In the End, Will the Redeemed Outnumber the Lost?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League July 22, 2022 Chapter 5 of the book of Revelation gives the account of St. John’s visualization of a tremendous futuristic throng of people worshipping in heaven. In the vision, Christ takes the scroll with seven seals from the right hand of God. He is the only one […]
Missing Heaven by a Few Points?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I know that I’m going to heaven, not because I’ve been good or even good enough. When I get to heaven, it will be despite my sins – despite my never being able to satisfy God’s high bar of morality sufficiently. On the day of God’s wrath, I will […]
Born in a Barn?
by Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “For many poor, misguided folk, Christmas means the festal merriment engendered by the spirits of fermented grapes or grain rather than the true spirit of the season fostered by the indwelling Spirit of the living God. This sort of activity is a mockery to the true meaning of this […]
No Entrance Exam to Heaven
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I am persuaded that our good deeds never merit salvation. To merit salvation would mean to earn it or to deserve it. The deeds would have to be so good, so perfect, with no mixture of sin in them, that it would impose an obligation upon God to grant […]
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 […]
Three Roads
By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons Let’s remember what the definition of “religion” is. In its purest, most technical definition, religion simply refers to any process that finds a set of answers to the big questions: why are we here? What is the purpose of my life? What is the most valuable thing that I […]
Survey Reveals Most Church Members Hope to Get into Heaven by Being Good Enough
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueAugust 14, 2020 The late and renowned evangelist, Dr. Billy Graham, once said: “There are many who sit in churches week after week, year after year, without hearing the whole Gospel and knowing what it is to be born again. They hear a gospel which is incomplete, and consequently not […]
It’s Now O’Clock: Are You Ready?
By Jeff Larson “One of the slickest tricks of the Devil is to convince you that you have plenty of time to prepare to meet your Maker. The need to receive Christ as Savior and Lord is always urgent for the individual who has never decided to choose him.” –Rev. Mark Creech