Rev. Mark H. Creech

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  Oct 16, 2015

  Marriage, a Wolf, and Little Red Riding Hood

  Since I was a boy, I have always loved the literary genre of fables — fictional stories featuring animals with human qualities meant to illustrate some moral maxim.

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  Sep 28, 2015

  Pope and Netanyahu Both Pointed to America's Religious Moorings

  Pope Francis' historic visit to America has the entire nation abuzz with energy. The news media has covered his every move. Social media is on fire with comments about him.

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  Sep 24, 2015

  Christians: Mind Your Anger in These Troubled Times; A Lesson From Jonah

  The story of Jonah is one of the most meaningful texts in the Bible for me. It tells not only of the great miracle of a man being swallowed by a great fish and living to tell about it, but it also serves to remind us of the attitudes we should possess when representing the Lord to those who reject Him and His ways.

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  Sep 15, 2015

  Stop Just Looking on and Do Something

  In 1993, freelance photojournalist Kevin Carter from South Africa went to cover the civil strife in famine stricken Sudan.

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  Sep 9, 2015

  NC Governor Distances Himself From Conservative Evangelical Issues

  The Charlotte Observer reported on Monday that Governor Pat McCrory was distancing himself from language in a full page ad in the Charlotte Observer. The ad promoted attendance at an upcoming Christian event on September 26th at the Charlotte Convention Center organized by "The Response."

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  Sep 7, 2015

  Labor Day: Christian Work Ethic and God's Economy

  Since the dawn of time, labor has been a part of God's economy. Work is inherent to our purpose, meaning and dignity. In 1999, The New York Times reported an incident in an impoverished country. Relief workers distributed food and other necessities to a long line of people who waited patiently. But when they distributed fishing nets, these same people cheered.

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  Sep 1, 2015

  Vester Lee Flanagan: Can a Gay Black Man Commit a Hate Crime?

  So what happens when a black gay man guns down two white straight people expressing his motives are connected to issues of race and homosexuality?

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  Aug 25, 2015

  What The Pope Doesn't Get About Air Conditioning

  I can only imagine how Catholics in the various hotter climates of the world are going to react when they finally get the news their Pope thinks air conditioning is something they ought to forgo in life. Ahhhhh, I don't think so.

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  Aug 15, 2015

  Is N.C. Morally Right to Resume Executions?

  Certainly one of the most bitterly fought laws was a New York statute that passed June 4, 1888. It substituted the electric chair for the gallows as a means of capital punishment. Interestingly, its strongest opponents were public utilities that believed the use of electricity in executions would have a negative impact on the millions of people, who in those days were still afraid of it.

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  Aug 13, 2015

  Hiroshima, Iran and the Nuclear Bomb

  This week Japan marked its 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Thousands of people stood silently at 8:15 a.m. marking the time of the blast at its epicenter in Hiroshima's peace park. Dozens of doves, as symbols of peace, were released.