Rev. Mark H. Creech

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  Feb 10, 2014

  Robertson: Ham's Contentions No 'Joke'

  Last week, approximately 3 million people tuned into to watch the debate on evolution between Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," and Ken Ham of the Creation Museum. Ham did a stupendous job articulating the creationist view and contributed greatly to raising awareness to the legitimacy of its claims regarding origins.

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  Feb 3, 2014

  NC NAACP President Attacks Religious Right as 'Just Running Their Mouths'

  Two Sundays past (January 19, 2014), in a sermon the media described as "fire and thunder," [1] Rev. William Barber, head of the NC NAACP mounted the pulpit of Zion Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina, and began to excoriate all things political to the right.

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  Jan 27, 2014

  Christians and Alcohol: An Abstinent View

  In an article titled, "Christians and Alcohol," posted on January 9 in The Christian Post, Shane Vander Hart made the case for what he believes is the biblical teaching concerning alcohol use and abuse. Vander Hart's personal story of alcohol abuse during his days in college and his decision to quit after becoming a follower of Christ, was, in this author's estimation, where he should have stopped. The rest of his article, unfortunately, made the so-called case for imbibing responsibly.

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  Jan 15, 2014

  Abandoning the Christian Values That Make America Exceptional

  The values Simon referenced were Christian values. He said, "Where is any debate, let alone recognition, that the bedrock, pro-faith and family values upon which America rests are under 'frightful assault,' and that, day-by-day, this nation is distancing itself from its Judeo-Christian roots?" [2] Simon passed away in 2000, but his words ring truer today than when first reported in the early nineties.

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  Jan 6, 2014

  Robin Roberts 'Comes Out'; Why Now?

  Another beloved television celebrity has "come out" and said to the world, "I am gay." This time its ABC's Good Morning America host, Robin Roberts. CNN says that Roberts has always been "open about her health battles, but she has not previously spoken publicly about her sexuality." The timing of Robert's announcement begs the question: Why now?

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  Jan 2, 2014

  God Save America in 2014

  Few stories speak so succinctly to America and her current need than this one in Scripture. For a little more than five decades America has been spiritually in decline so that now we are facing judgment.

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  Dec 23, 2013

  4 Things to Do and Don't Do When a Pastor Is in Trouble

  Pastors are supposed to help, not be helped. They are supposed to counsel, not be counselled. If something goes wrong in the preacher's life, surely he knows what to do. Besides that's his job. And so goes the thinking and unrealistic expectations that can ultimately lead to a breakdown – an emotional breakdown, a nervous breakdown, a mental breakdown, even a moral breakdown.

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  Dec 17, 2013

  Pastors: Mental Illness and Suicide

  It's not very often we hear such stories about pastors. But these events, which took place within the last five weeks, show we are all susceptible to mental illness – even the preacher. I know. I've personally been in that dark place myself.

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  Dec 9, 2013

  Environmentalists, a NC Bridge, and What the Bible Says About Managing the Earth

  If one should think that politics is just politics and one's worldview has nothing to do with it, then he or she should consider the circumstances facing the people of Hatteras Island, North Carolina.

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  Nov 28, 2013

  Gratitude: The Spirit That Defies Defeat

  Yet in a similar way this had been the plight of that little band of Pilgrims who gathered together with Indian guests for the New World's first Thanksgiving dinner. They had suffered incredible losses and their difficulties were life-threatening at every turn. Their table would have also been meager in comparison to our own today, but they possessed an indomitable spirit of gratefulness to God.