We had previously reported on Josh Stein vetoing bills related to immigration enforcement. Now, he has vetoed a bill that reverses the green energy requirements in state law for electricity generation. In addition, he vetoed bills related to DEI and transgenderism. He also vetoed a bill that would have required […]
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What They Do When They Take Over A Church To Transform It
Jon Harris describes some of the things that happened at the three high-profile church takeovers that had been previously highlighted: In February 2019, Hayes Wicker, the revered pastor of First Baptist Church of Naples, was forced to resign, compelled to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and barred from the church campus […]
Medicaid Expansion In NC Threatened By “Big, Beautiful Bill”
First things first. The bill is certainly big, but it has never been beautiful. It is very difficult to know what is in it at this point, and what is not. There is more work to do to get it passed, in any event. Now, Carolina Journal is reporting that […]
Hostile Takeover of Faith Baptist: Part Of A Pattern?
This is the organization that produced the three-part documentary: The emails we’ve been receiving since this documentary released reveal something disturbing, but not surprising: a pattern among churches with similar stories in North Carolina. — Church Reform Initiative (@Church_R_I) July 1, 2025
Ten Years Of Same-Sex Marriage
Last week marked the 10-year anniversary of the infamous Obergefell Supreme Court decision that forced legal acceptance of same-sex marriage on all the states. The decision was a disaster from a number of standpoints. I found a couple of good articles that discuss the decision and its implications. In particular, […]
Good News: NC Taxpayers No Longer Have To Pay For Transgender Treatments
This is the result of the US Supreme Court vacating previous rulings requiring the state to provide this coverage in its State Health Plan. What courts had issued these rulings? A U.S. District Court judge and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Readers will recall that the circuit court […]
North Carolina’s Response to Hurricane Helene and “Rightly Ordered Love”
Brittany Farrell has a great article in Family North Carolina magazine about the response by North Carolina citizens to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. She describes the doctrinal concept of ordo amaris that suggests we must first help those closest to us. She particularly discusses Baptists on Mission (formerly […]
This Is Likely By Design
GOP-Majority Supreme Court Doing Much Better
For many years, Republican Supreme Court justices have been a mixed bag. They ruled correctly at various times; but during other times they had engaged in egregious error. The last couple of years have been much better. Last year’s decisions were outstanding overall; and that is true this year also. […]
Guilford County Commissioners Twice Called Out For Poor Stewardship
It is not often that we see high-level chastisements of a local elected body take place twice within a period of 24 hours. Yesterday, the Rhino Times reported that two Republican county commissioners openly raised concern about the socialists’ county commissioners’ spending. That is to be expected, and part of […]