• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Christian Action League

Defending North Carolina Families and Christian Heritage

  • Home
  • About CAL
    • Our Director
    • Statement of Faith
  • Connect
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Pro Life
  • Marriage
  • 1st Amendment
  • Alcohol
  • Gambling
  • Marijuana
  • Rev. Creech’s Commentary
  • Other Issues
You are here: Home / Archives for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

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 […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Other Issues Tagged With: Jeff Larson, Puritans, Rev. Mark Creech, Thanksgiving, turkey rapture

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, More from CAL Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Gov. William Bradford, Jimmy Carter, Pilgrims, Rev. Mark Creech, Thanksgiving, William J. Federer

Thankful for the Lions, Too

By Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons “We’ve had some trying years. First, it was COVID. Next, it’s been the Biden administration. Then Republicans abandoning God’s definition of marriage and seeking to enshrine same-sex marriage into federal law. This Thanksgiving will be the first year Kim and I will have a turkey that actually volunteered! But […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Other Issues Tagged With: Dave Eden, Eden Political Cartoons, lions, Rev. Mark Creech, Thanksgiving

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Other Issues Tagged With: gratitude, Herbert V. Prochnow, Rev. Mark Creech, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving and the Old, Wet, Bare Rooster

By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 26, 2020 Several years ago, in the Pentecostal Evangel,  J.K. Gressett wrote about an agriculturist named Samuel S. Scull, who lived on a farm in Arizona. This is part of the story he told: “One night, a fierce storm struck with rain, hail, and high winds. At […]

Filed Under: Featured, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: depression, Dr. Mark Creech, J.K. Gressett, Lyman Beecher, pandemic, Pentecosta Evangelical, rooster, Samuel S. Scull, stimulant, Thanksgiving

Having a Grateful Heart

By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 27. 2019 The Psalmist admonished, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (Psalm 103:1). “The Bible is like a melodious steeple set with thanksgiving chimes,” wrote Frederick F. Shannon. “The variations of the tune are many, the spirit, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Rev. Creech's Commentary Tagged With: Frederick F. Shannon, George Matheson, grateful heart, James 1:17, Phillip Yancey, Pres. Abraham Lincoln, Psalm 103:1, Sarah Hale, Thanksgiving

Primary Sidebar

A Special Message from Dr. Mark Creech

Archives

Cartoons

More Cartoons

Legislative Wrap-ups

RSS ONN News

Verse of the Day

Click here to visit BRC News

Copyright © 2023 Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc · Web Design by OptimusMedia.com · Log in