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 […]
Rev. Mark Creech
Marijuana Legalization on Cherokee Lands: A New ‘Trail of Tears’?
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 15, 2024 The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which began to sell so-called “medicinal” marijuana on the Qualla Boundary in April, will make the psychoactive drug available to anyone 21 and over by mid-August following the tribal council’s 8-2 vote on June 6. Last September, EBCI members approved […]
Detransitioner’s Lawsuit Against Medical Professionals Moves Forward
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 15, 2024 A 25-year-old North Carolina woman who was given gender-altering hormones and surgery as a teen is suing her former therapists, doctors and surgeons, and a judge has ruled that her case can proceed on charges of civil conspiracy and fraud. Prisha Mosley filed the suit, the […]
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 […]
From Ancient Idols to Modern Misconceptions: The Call to Worship Only God
By Rev. Mark Creech, DHL Christian Action League June 6, 2024 In 1989, the Chicago Tribune editors published their top photos of the decade. One poignant image, taken by Michael Fryer, showed a somber fireman and paramedic carrying a fire victim away from the scene. The fire, which occurred in Chicago in December 1984, initially […]
Legal Battle Over NC Abortion Pill Regulations Highlights Broader National Abortion Debates
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 7, 2024 Abortion pill regulations designed to protect the health of North Carolina women and to give their unborn babies a better chance at life have been struck down by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles on Monday ruled that mifepristone can be taken outside of […]
The New Face of Pride Month: Corporate Silence, Public Backlash, and Poor Theology
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League June 7, 2024 One year after a conservative-led backlash, the nationwide celebration of LGBT Pride Month has been subdued so far this month — but that doesn’t mean there are no major exceptions. Conservative boycotts of Target and Bud Light resulted in financial losses and prompted changes at both […]
The Current Status of Addiction: Much Worse Than Thought!
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League June 7, 2024 “A multi-drug crisis centered on fentanyl often paired with other illicit drugs” that directly affects nearly 50 million Americans and untold numbers of their loved ones — that’s how an article released by Axios Health late last month described the current status of addiction in the […]
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 […]
BREAKING: Marijuana Use Surpasses Alcohol for the First Time in U.S. History
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League May 31, 2024 For the first time in the U.S., daily marijuana use has surpassed regular alcohol use. The new data comes from a major study in the journal Addiction that examined usage of marijuana and alcohol over a 43-year span beginning in 1979 and found there were 17.7 […]