By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 9, 2024 The Christian Action League lost a dear friend, a passionate advocate for the cause of Christ and a former board member on Monday with the passing of Pamela Lee Walker Blume. The 72-year-old wife of longtime Baptist pastor and former Biblical Recorder editor Allan Blume, Pam […]
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Unmasking Alcohol’s True Impact: From Hypertension to Cancer
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League August 23, 2023 A headache, a hangover, and a night of regrettable actions — most folks know the common and immediate problems created by drinking too much alcohol. But what they may not know is that alcohol is linked to seven different types of cancer and a myriad of […]
Beer and Wine Cause Cancer, but Few Americans Know of the Link: Study
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League December 9, 2022 Most Americans don’t know of the link between alcoholic beverage consumption and cancer even though “conclusive” research has found a connection, according to a new report. The study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, noted that scientists have linked the drinking of alcohol […]
Alcohol Warning Labels: A Commonsense Strategy for Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 21, 2022 If you knew something you were doing increased your risk of getting cancer, would you stop doing it? Or at least do it less? That’s the logical reasoning behind a new push to require better warning labels on alcohol. “Requiring new, well-designed warning labels on alcohol […]
Salutary Effects of Drinking are Starting to Change
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League January 28, 2022 My pastor friend is an excellent and faithful leader. We grew up together and graduated from the same High School. He pastored a well-known and historic church in Western North Carolina. At his invitation, I preached there and spent time with him and his wife. […]
New Study Says More Than 100,000 Cases of Cancer in 2020 Attributable to Alcohol Consumption
By Pamela Blume Christian Action League July 23, 2021 Another study on the ill-effects of alcohol on health has been published. An online journal, MedPageToday, referenced and linked to a study reported in an article in The Lancet Oncology by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and its Cancer Surveillance Branch in Lyon, France. […]
Forty Year Member of the Board of Directors, and Vice President of the Christian Action League, J. Russell Capps, has Died
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League October 8, 2020 Former Rep. James Russell Capps (born February 26, 1931), who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1994 to 2006 (six terms), passed away Tuesday, October 6th, after a short battle with cancer. Capps represented the state’s 50th House District until […]