By Peyton Majors Christian Action League June 14, 2024 A bipartisan coalition of North Carolina legislators this week passed a bill that would ban so-called “gas station heroin,” a drug that can cause seizures, loss of consciousness and even death but is widely available and often abused by teens. By a vote of 110-0, the […]
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Satan Closes the Deal
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “My favorite book in the Bible is the book of Genesis. It provides amazing facts about our origins, one of which is that before the great Flood people only ate plant-based food. Afterward, God gave permission to eat meat. “John Calvin, in his commentaries on Genesis, emphasizes that this […]
Deep Waters v. Rushing Stream
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “Of great concern to any serious Christian today should be the way higher institutions of learning have essentially eclipsed the influence of the church in modern society. This is unfortunate because there is a vast difference between the nature of what these institutions teach and the wisdom taught in […]
Restoring Ethical Foundations: The Ten Commandments in American Culture
By Dr. Mark H. Creech Christian Action League May 31, 2024 Louisiana is on the verge of becoming the first state to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in all publicly funded schools and colleges if Governor Jeff Landry signs the proposed bill, HB71, into law. Authored by Rep. Dodie Horton, the bill specifies […]
A Jewish Marching Band!
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “The wicked are always laughing and mocking just before judgment strikes. It was that way before the universal deluge in Noah’s day. It was that way before the sulfur and fire fell on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was that way before the fall of Jerusalem. It was that way […]
A Monument to Faith: Billy Graham Memorialized in Bronze at U.S. Capitol
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League May 17, 2024 North Carolina’s “Favorite Son,” spiritual advisor to 13 U.S. presidents and arguably the most well-known evangelist in the world was celebrated Thursday as a statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled in the United States Capitol. “This is a great honor, and my father […]
From Omnipresence to Manifest Presence: Understanding God’s Nearness
By Adam Dooley Christian Action League May 17, 2024 I will never forget the day God visited my college campus. None of the songs we sang that day readily come to mind. The subject of the visiting preacher’s message is less familiar to me than what I had for dinner on this same date last […]
Believe..be Baptized, and be..Buzzed
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew When I was in my teens, the Hippie movement was a countercultural wave that emerged in response to the conservative norms of the time, societal materialism, and the Vietnam War. Hippies were known for their distinctive styles, including wide bell-bottom jeans, tie-dye shirts, peasant blouses, and ethnic dresses. Women […]
Let Your Moderation Be Known?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “I suggest that all of us are generous – everyone. It’s just some are generous with things like criticism, gossip, bitterness, being judgmental, etc. Jesus taught where your heart is, there will your treasure also be. The amount we invest and to what we invest is demonstrative of where […]
Is the Church Willing to Die for Christ’s Sake?
By Jeff Larson, The Back Pew “When John the Baptist, the greatest man born of a woman, the Bible says, came as Christ’s forerunner he preached the absolute need for repentance from sin. When Christ started out on his public ministry he called for repentance. When the apostles of the early church arrested the attention […]