By Dr. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 30, 2021 America’s beloved comedian, the late Milton Berle, once told this story: “The Emersons lived down the block from the church. At two in the morning one time, the church bells went crazy. Instead of ringing twice to denote the hour, they kept ringing. They finally […]
Benjamin Franklin
Our Republic: Can We Keep It? So Far, We’re Losing It
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League July 2, 2021 The story has been told and retold. It’s been said that Benjamin Franklin had just walked outside of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 when someone inquired, “Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” Franklin is said to have responded: […]
One Excuse is as Good as Another
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League December 3, 2019 Back during the early 1980s, I pastored the First Baptist Church of LaGrange, North Carolina. The late Ed Denmark was a prominent individual in both the church and community, and he was markedly good-humored. He was Chairman of the Board of Deacons and Lenoir County […]
Community Urged to ‘Fight Back’ Against Meeting Where Rev. Creech was Speaker
By M.H. Cavanaugh Christian Action League August 15, 2019 America’s founders were staunch defenders of free speech. “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without free speech,” said Benjamin Franklin. George Washington noted, “If freedom of speech is taken away then dumb […]