Local Leader Presses for Action on Sexually Explicit Content in Davidson County Schools
by Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America A growing grassroots effort to protect children from sexually explicit and age-inappropriate material in public school libraries took center stage this week before the Davidson County Board of...
A Text Message That Tells Our National Story
by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org What is tearing this country apart is not merely politics. It is something far deeper, far older, and far more consequential. We are witnessing a moral rupture. Recently, a man informed a friend of mine — by text message — that he...
It’s Time for the American Church to Stop ‘Dithering’ About Faith
by Annie Holmquist, Guest Columnist RevMarkCreech.org For years, it was not uncommon for everything related to Christianity, religion, and traditional values to be scorned and rejected as something whose time had come and gone. That attitude, however, seems to be...
North Carolina Affirms Biological Reality and Protects Women, Children Under HB 805
Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America This week, a key section of House Bill 805 – Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors officially took effect in North Carolina, marking a significant milestone for the protection of women, children,...
Seven Critical Reasons You Should Receive Christ in 2026
by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org Have you ever noticed the dash on a gravestone - that small line between the date of birth and the date of death? That single mark represents everything a person ever was: every hope, every fear, every love, every wound, every...
The NC Education Lottery: A Moral Failure and a Broken Promise
Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org North Carolina’s Education Lottery is now exposed - not merely as a failed policy, but as a spiritual and moral deception. A new audit shows that while lottery sales surged to $6.586 billion in 2025, the share returned to education...
The Nativity: Not a Protest, Not a Political Prop
by Dr. Mark CreechDirector of Government RelationsReturn America This Christmas season, a Nativity scene in Charlotte drew national attention, not for its beauty, but for its shock value. A church in the Optimist Park neighborhood erected a display portraying Mary,...
Seven Timeless Truths from the Wise Men and the Shepherds
by Rev. Mark CreechRevMarkCreech.org Occasionally, life creates moments when people who would never otherwise cross paths are drawn together by a single reality - a tragedy, a celebration, or a truth too large to belong to only one kind of person. In such moments,...
The Christmas Bug: Getting Real at Christmas
by Rev. Mark CreechRevMarkCreech.org During Christmastime, my father loved making the season magical for children. Every year, when my sister and I were small, Daddy would remind us to set out cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, I would...
Marijuana’s Moment: Why We Should Be Alarmed and Pray
by Dr. Mark CreechReturn America This week, marijuana once again surged to the center of national debate after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances...