Rev. Mark H. Creech

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  May 29, 2014

  The 'Fifth Column' Threatens the Church From Within

  Scripture warns the church to beware of a similar "fifth column." The apostle Peter warned, "But there were false teachers among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privly shall bring in damnable heresies…" (2 Peter 2:1). Jude 4 reads, "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."

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  May 11, 2014

  Motherhood, Culture and Our Children

  When Keke was first married, she was an attractive young woman with beautiful chest-nut red hair. She was illiterate. While Beso made shoes, she worked her hands to the bone as a washerwoman, scrubbing floors, and doing the work of a seamstress. Within a three year period, she had three children and each of them died in infancy. At the age of 23, she had her fourth child, a son.

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  May 8, 2014

  America's Greatest Need Is Dedicated Laborers for the Harvest

  What is America's greatest need? The answer: The same as every other nation on the face of the earth. America needs divinely appointed messengers who will take the truth – the truth of Christ, the living Word, the truth of the Bible, the written Word – to the masses. Jesus admonished, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." (Luke 10:2)

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  Apr 30, 2014

  Legality of Tobacco and Alcohol Is No Case for Legal Pot

  That being said, Sabet rightly contends our history with alcohol and tobacco provides clear warnings against the legalization of marijuana. Not only are the total social costs associated with these two legal drugs roughly around $200 billion per substance – far outweighing any tax revenue collected from their use, but these licit drugs create huge corporations that have no incentive to curb use and continually seek profit at expense of the public's health. There is little reason to believe legal

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  Apr 22, 2014

  Same-Sex Marriage and 'The Tokyo Rose Effect'

  Allow me to coin a new phrase in this debate. I contend these assertions by same-sex marriage proponents and their resulting negative influences on some in the evangelical camp are what we might call a "Tokyo Rose Effect."

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  Apr 20, 2014

  'Heaven is For Real': Near Death Experiences Cause for Much Speculation

  Near death experiences may be the cause for much speculation. However, the resurrection of Jesus, certainly the most attested historical event in human history, is proof there is life beyond the grave. What is more, it is a promise – a promise of the believer's own resurrection – a promise of eternal unspeakable joy for those who believe in Christ and follow Him all the way to the end.

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  Mar 19, 2014

  Lessons From the 'Tower of Babel'

  The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11 is a historical narrative of the first recorded form of government gone awry. What are some of the principles in this account that forewarn us of the corruption of governments and their ultimate end?

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  Mar 12, 2014

  A Challenge for Intelligentsia

  Someone once said, "I don't understand Christianity. I don't understand electricity either, but I don't intend to sit in the dark until I do." That's a profound statement about the power of faith to transform a life. The intelligentsia typically renders such assertions as foolishness, but it's been God's plan through the ages.

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  Mar 4, 2014

  In Defense of North Carolina's Voter ID Law

  North Carolina's new Voter ID law came under assault last week from Van Jones, a Democrat and host of CNN's "Crossfire." During the broadcast, which featured North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory as a guest, Jones said the new law was a means of rigging the state's election system and essentially suppressing the vote of African Americans, lower income people, and others who would vote against the state's Republican majority.

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  Feb 17, 2014

  America: Struck With Judicial Blindness

  In an irony of ironies, during the week of Valentine's, two federal judges overturned the marriage protection amendments of Kentucky and Virginia, single-handedly redefining romance and marriage.