By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League April 13, 2022 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 his own to replace Christianity. “Very good,” responded Carlyle. “All you need to do is to […]
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Ukraine, Bible Prophecy, and the Return of Jesus Christ
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League February 25, 2022 Everyone is watching what is now transpiring in Ukraine. It’s somewhat reminiscent of historical events that preceded World War II. Led by despot Vladimir Putin, Russia aggressively and without justification attacked the sovereignty of their neighbor to control them and their resources. It is difficult […]
Time to Vote: What’s It Going to Be, Blessing, or Cursing?
By Dr. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueNovember 2, 2020 This election, with its myriad of issues to navigate, poses a tough choice for some Christians. For me, however, there’s a way of simplifying the matter. There’s a north star to guide one’s ship away from the rocks and into a safe harbor. Consider the Scriptures. From […]
Sin’s Vaccine
By Dave Eden, Eden’s Political Cartoons “In his book, Our God Breathed Book – The Bible, the late Dr. John R. Rice, said: “The Bible gives the most accurate, definite, brief statement of the use of the blood in the body, a statement which is absolutely scientific. Leviticus 17:11 says, ‘For the life of the […]
Are Churches Living Between Easter and Pentecost?
By Rev. Mark CreechChristian Action LeagueApril 10, 2020 American Methodist missionary to India, and global evangelist, E. Stanley Jones, once contended that he thought the church of his day was “living between Easter and Pentecost.” Easter is about the resurrection of Christ. Pentecost was the day the Holy Spirit of God was poured out and […]
Jesus the King: Model for Exemplary Political Leadership
Reflections for Palm Sunday By Rev. Mark H. CreechChristian Action LeagueApril 3. 2020 Most have seen the newsreels of the ticker-tape parades of yesteryear, with the President of the United States, a war hero, or an astronaut as its grand marshal. Even if the footage is black and white, you’re able to catch something of […]
The Great American Divide and Our Loss of National Identity
By Rev. Mark Creech Christian Action League February 7, 2020 A few months ago, I was reading from my signed copy of W. A. Swanberg’s biography, “First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter.” It’s a marvelous account of events that led up to the firing on Fort Sumter, the act that represented the North-South quarrel […]
NC Bishop Wooden Says Barber’s Hosting Buttigieg at Church a ‘Disgrace’
By Leonardo Blair Christian Post December 26, 2019 Outspoken North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., founder of the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, slammed William J. Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, for hosting gay Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and for arguing that Jesus didn’t speak out against […]
Christmas and America’s Desperate Need
By J. Russell Capps Christian Action League December 18, 2019 Most, if not all, have experienced a point when we were in what we believed was a desperate need. I went to the dictionary to study the word desperate. There were several definitions ranging from “without hope” to “moved by despair,” to “extreme need or […]