By Dr. Mark Creech Today conservative evangelicals are being told the fight to protect traditional marriage is essentially over. Many are saying we need to get on the right side of history or be left in the dust of irrelevance. In a most eloquent article, Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association recently indicted a […]
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Opportunity is Ringing
By Dr. Mark Creech Someone once said, “Opportunities are seldom labeled.” Wouldn’t it be great if opportunities were marked? Wouldn’t it be fantastic if every prospect for something good – something meaningful – something prosperous – had a bell attached to it that would alert us, going “ding, ding, ding, ding?” But, unfortunately, that isn’t […]
NC Senate Race: Republicans Must Fight As Brothers
By Dr. Mark Creech There is a matter which lays heavy upon my heart at the moment. I have debated as to whether to offer a word for fear of creating the wrong impression. Nevertheless, I have decided to speak, in the spirit of Christ, and as a peacemaker. Republicans in North Carolina have three […]
Marijuana Oil for Kids with Seizures
By Dr. Mark Creech I want to hear from you. I genuinely want your input about legislation that I anticipate will be introduced in the next session of the North Carolina General Assembly, starting May 14th. Rep. Pat McElraft (R-Carteret), a legislator for whom I have profound respect, announced during the second week in March […]
Lessons from the ‘Tower of Babel’
Dr. Mark Creech The story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis chapter 11 is a historical narrative of the first recorded form of government gone awry. The apostle Paul wrote, “Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are […]
A Challenge for Intelligentsia
By Dr. Mark Creech 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 […]
In Defense of NC’s Voter ID Law
By Dr. Mark Creech North Carolina’s new Voter ID law came under assault this week from Van Jones, a Democrat and host of CNN’s Crossfire. During the broadcast, which featured 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 […]
Christians and Alcohol: An Abstinent View
By Dr. Mark Creech 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 […]
America: Struck with Judicial Blindness
By Dr. Mark Creech 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. According to the Christian Post (CP), on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled that Kentucky’s constitutional marriage protection amendment, which the […]
Robertson: Ham’s Contentions No ‘Joke’
By Dr. Mark Creech This 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. Enter […]