By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League November 5, 2021 Knowing me to be a Minister, a friend recently asked me about the expression, “The Patience of Job.” She said, “You know, some people will say that someone has the ‘patience of Job.’ Doesn’t that phrase come from the Bible? What does it mean?” I […]
Rev. Creech's Commentary
Hell is a Real Place of Horrors
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League October 29, 2021 Peter Cartwright was a nineteenth-century, circuit-riding Methodist preacher known for being an uncompromising individual. One Sunday morning, he was apprised that President Andrew Jackson was in attendance and admonished not to say anything out of line. When Cartwright entered the pulpit, he said, “I understand […]
Is Discrimination Always Wrong?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League October 22, 2021 Today there doesn’t seem to be anything considered more inappropriate or reprehensible as discrimination. But there are two meanings to the word “discrimination.” According to the Oxford Dictionary, the first definition is “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people: victims of racial […]
Since Prophecy Predicts Things Will Get Worse, Why Engage the Culture?
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueOctober 15, 2021 There are many reasons pastors and other Christians offer for avoiding politics and other forms of cultural engagement, but one I find particularly annoying is based on eschatology. The argument claims that the Bible prophesies matters will only worsen before the Second Coming of Christ; therefore, nothing […]
Resistance by NC GOP Lawmakers to Gambling Morphing: Do Christians Share the Blame?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League October 1, 2021 It has been a startling evolution to witness in North Carolina. Republican lawmakers, long-standing friends of Christian values, are now touting for increased gambling. House Bill 954 – Video Lottery Entertainment is a measure championed by Rep. Harry Warren (R-Rowan). Another Republican, Rep. Tim Moffit […]
Republicans, Voter Integrity, and Hypocrisy
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League September 24, 2021 In the 1990s, Reuters News reported on a steer named Husker, who weighed in at 1,190 pounds, and was named grand champion at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo. He was sold at auction for $13,500 and slaughtered after the competition. A contest official later […]
A Widespread Myth and a Dangerous Claim
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 27, 2021 Just before the North Carolina Senate passed a bill that would legalize sports betting in the Tar Heel state, Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir), the legislation’s primary sponsor, said: “Prohibition doesn’t work. We know that activity [sports wagering] takes place today, whether we like it or […]
The Religion of Victimology
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 20, 2021 After Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, God came calling for them in the Garden. God knew what they had done, but he allowed them an opportunity to take responsibility for their wrong doing and confess after Adam inadvertently admitted to his nakedness. “Who […]
The Conscience Bears Witness
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 13, 2021 Now and then, we read in the news about some fellow who has a fit of conscience and confesses to a cold case crime. A 2012 story in HuffPost reported that James Washington from Nashville, Tennessee, already incarcerated for unrelated crimes, suffered a heart attack […]
Are Southern Baptists About to Miss Another Exceptional Opportunity?
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League August 5, 2021 Someone once said, “Be grateful for the doors of opportunity – and for friends who oil the hinges.” That’s how I feel about a recent magnanimous offer made to Southern Baptists by apologist Alex McFarland about six weeks ago. In the wake of their previous […]