Politics and Preaching Don’t Mix?
By Dr. Mark Creech Recently in a blog of comments underneath one of my op-ed pieces a well-meaning person wrote: “Mark, I love you like a brother, but these social issues are just distractions to keep...
View ArticleLiberty Crucified Between Two Thieves
By Dr. Mark Creech Tertullian once said, “Just as Christ was crucified between two thieves, so this doctrine of justification is ever crucified between two opposite errors.” Mankind has always...
View ArticleNoah: A Modern Paraphrase about Big Government
By Dr. Mark Creech When wickedness abounded in the world, the Lord came to Noah and said, “Noah, in a short time I’m going to make it rain until the entire earth is covered with water and evil is...
View ArticleKnowing the Way to Heaven
By Dr. Mark Creech When Fred arrived at the Pearly Gates, he was met by an official looking angelic being who began to process his entry data. Fred was asked for some purely unselfish, kindly deed he...
View ArticleSeven Ways the Cross Speaks
By Dr. Mark Creech It is said that when hymn pollsters report which hymn is most frequently requested, “The Old Rugged Cross” is hands-down the most popular. The author of that hymn, George Bennard,...
View ArticleSeven Assurances the Resurrection Gives
By Dr. Mark Creech Auguste Comte, a French philosopher and skeptic, was once belittling English writer, Thomas Carlyle, for his faith in Jesus Christ. Comte suggested that he might start a religion of...
View ArticleThe Death Penalty and the Woman Caught in Adultery
By Dr. Mark Creech This week lawmakers in the North Carolina Senate took steps to restore the death penalty in our state. North Carolina hasn’t conducted an execution since 2006 due to legal challenges...
View ArticleDrinking and Jesus Turning Water to Wine
By Dr. Mark Creech The late comedian, Milton Berle, once said he had a friend who swore the Bible condoned getting drunk. He argued the Scriptures taught that the one who sins should be stoned. I’ve...
View ArticleDrinking: Continuing the Conversation
By Dr. Mark Creech In 1972 an earthquake destroyed the city of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. More than a decade after the tragedy, the city remained a sea of rubble. But the citizens of Managua...
View ArticleGod Isn’t Going to Sit it Out
By Dr. Mark Creech One time baseball great Joe Garagiola stepped up to the plate when his turn to bat came. Before assuming his stance, however, fervent Roman Catholic Joe took his bat and made the...
View ArticleThe Prospect of Persecutions
By Dr. Mark Creech In January, Christians everywhere were saddened to learn that Pastor Louie Giglio, founder of the Passion conferences and Passion City Church in Roswell, Georgia, withdrew from...
View ArticleThe Night the Demon Visited
By Dr. Mark Creech It’s been said that Martin Luther while at Wartburg was translating the Bible; the Devil came to visit him. Satan, who was vehemently opposed to the divine mission of the great...
View ArticleHow to Know Who is Right about the Afterlife
By Dr. Mark Creech Whether there is life after death is a question that humans have pondered for centuries. Today there is a great deal of interest in the subject with people curious about near-death...
View ArticleIndependence Predicated Upon Dependence
By Dr. Mark Creech “Sloboda!” “Libertad!” “Emanzipation!” “Independenza!” “Freedom!” It doesn’t matter whether the language is Croatian, Spanish, German, Italian or just stateside English, the cry is...
View ArticleNatural Disasters: Does God Want our Attention?
By Dr. Mark Creech According to Recent Natural Disasters, a web site that reports on ecological cataclysms around the world every day, approximately 75 natural disasters have occurred in America just...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Addressing Alcohol Policy in the NCGA
By Dr. Mark Creech Wednesday of this week, HB 610-Modify In-Stand Beer Sales Requirements made final passage in the North Carolina Senate – legislation that research tells us is bad alcohol policy. But...
View ArticleImmorality and the Movement We Need in Our State
By Dr. Mark Creech I want to speak to something as clearly as I can. I have always tried to keep my remarks non-partisan. When I thought the Democrats were right, I have stood with them. There were a...
View ArticleImmorality and the Movement We Need in Our State
By Rev. Mark Creech I want to speak to something as clearly as I can. I have always tried to keep my remarks non-partisan. When I thought the Democrats were right, I have stood with them. There were a...
View ArticleExodus International Flees the Promised Land
By Dr. Mark Creech It is considered a landmark announcement, proof that the cultural winds are shifting in favor of the acceptance of homosexuality by the evangelical community. Exodus International, a...
View ArticleWithout Self-Government Liberty Perishes
By Dr. Mark Creech When most people think of government, they think of civil government with its various laws and controls. But in the most basic of terms, there are essentially two kinds of government...
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