Rev. Mark H. Creech
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Will NC Lawmakers Love Money More Than Fundamental Rights?
Certain lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are in a tizzy to reach a compromise on HB 2 to satisfy the NCAA, and other sports entities.
My Mom Chose Me Over Country Music Stardom
During the late 1960s and early 70s my mother was a country music singer. She had one top ten hit on the Billboard charts — a country version of "The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down" that went to number 9.
If Girls Can Be Boy Scouts, What Does That Make the Boy Scouts?
For more than 100 years, it's been the Boy Scouts. Its purpose was to grow and develop young boys into good men who become great citizens. Churches by the thousands have sponsored the Boy Scouts program because of its emphasis on being "morally straight."
The Bible in America: Why Can't We Hear the Truth?
Figuratively speaking, the ambient noise generators of our day trick us with their sophistication, half-truths, false comparisons, revisionism, and many other distractions of contention. Only people who truly listen can distinguish truth from falsehood.
The Amazing Story of Shawn Hessee Reminds Life Is Precious
Can you imagine how impoverished the world would be without people like Shawn Hessee?
Two Stories of Racial Reconciliation to Inspire You This MLK Day
It was April 1969. One hundred black students had taken over the student union on the campus of Cornell University in a protest for civil rights.
Obama Is No Friend of Jews or Christians
There is something fearfully wrong about President Obama. He has an affinity for those who despise the children of Abraham, as well as spiritual Israel, the church of Jesus Christ.
What's Really Behind the Non-Theist Scrooge's Christmas Opposition?
It was both disappointing and frustrating recently to learn what the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) had done.
Christians, Not Communists, Know the Plan of History
There are more than two thousand prophecies found in the Scriptures and 333 of them deal with the coming of the Messiah. The life of Jesus astonishingly fulfills every one of them.
Thanksgiving: Are We Taking God's Blessings for Granted?
How easy it is to take our blessings for granted – to grow so accustomed to them that they lose their beauty. Like the waiters and busboys completely preoccupied with their daily grind and no longer awestruck with Old Faithful - we can become unmoved by the wonders of life. Worse still, we can become oblivious to the faithfulness of God.