By Dr. Mark Creech Its tax time again and most people are dreading it. Back in the 1980s, I was an associate minister in charge of the children’s ministry at a church in upstate New York – not far from Buffalo. The church had a children’s worship that met on Sunday mornings separate from the […]
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The Passion of Religious Liberty
By Dr. Mark Creech I’m always amazed at God’s timing, his providential allowance of events at certain times and the way they can speak to us. As we approached the Easter holiday this year, religious liberty was betrayed for the paltry silver of corporate interests by those who were supposed to be its disciples, unjustly […]
A Rough Day at the Legislature
By Dr. Mark Creech Wednesday, March 25th, was a rough day for me at the North Carolina Legislative Building. A bill for the legalization of medical marijuana was up for consideration in one of the House Judiciary Committees, and the pro-cannabis forces filled nearly every seat in the room. There was heart-wrenching testimony from eighteen […]
‘Not Afraid of Burning in Hell’ Really?
By Dr. Mark Creech Ron Reagan, son of former President Ronald Reagan, has proudly stated in an ad that he’s “not afraid of burning in hell.” Reagan did the 30 second ad for the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The same ad for radio was running a year ago on “The Randi Rhodes Show.” [1] […]
Medical Marijuana Consideration Should Go Beyond Compassion
By Dr. Mark Creech Four Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation to make medicinal marijuana legal in North Carolina. Eleven other democrats have signed onto the bill. No Republicans indicated their support for the proposed measure at the time of the writing of this article. Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), one of the four primary sponsors of […]
Guncle Joe Biden, Civil Rights, and ‘The Jerk’
By Dr. Mark Creech Friday, March 6, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the historic march on Selma, Vice President Joe Biden, addressed the Human Rights Campaign Spring Equity Convention in Washington, and asserted, “Selma and Stonewall were basically the same movement.” The Stonewall Inn riots in New York symbolically marked the beginning […]
Lines of Nominal Christian and Genuine Christian Less Blurred
By Dr. Mark H. Creech Matthew 16:25 reads, “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” These words by Jesus are found in each of the four Gospels with minor additions and variations. Whenever words are repeated this way in Scripture, it’s […]
Living by the Myths
By Dr. Mark Creech When one thinks of myths, the mind typically races to those classical tales of the ancient Greek and Roman gods. In the Roman Pantheon were stories of the way the universe, the world, the gods and mankind came into existence. The story of Deucalion and Pyrrha is the Greek myth that […]
‘Juiced-Up’ Justice is No Funny Matter
By Dr. Mark Creech When President Obama gave his State of the Union Speech this year, sitting on the front row were the U.S. Supreme Court Justices, as usual, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was strangely slumped over. Was she sick? Was she put to sleep by the President’s speech? Was she just too tired […]
‘Dance With the Ones That Brung Ya’
By Dr. Mark Creech It’s a given that most conservative evangelical Christians are supporters of the Republican Party. In his book, Politics: According to the Bible, Wayne Grudem states why this is generally true. He notes that Republicans are dominated by those who favor smaller government, lower taxes, a strong defense, the promotion of democracy, […]