Author: Rev. Mark H. Creech
Rev. Mark H. Creech
Rev. Mark H. Creech is Executive Director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc. He was a pastor for twenty years before taking this position, having served five different Southern Baptist churches in North Carolina and one Independent Baptist in upstate New York.
OPINION: Rev. Mark H. Creech By almost every modern measure of successful ministry, Jesus’ sermon would have been considered a disaster. Jesus had attracted thousands. He had miraculously fed five thousand men, besides women and children. His popularity had soared so dramatically that the people intended to take Him by force and make Him king. What preacher wouldn’t want to keep that kind of appeal? Then Jesus preached. He told them that He was “the living bread that came down from heaven.”He spoke of eating His flesh and drinking His blood (John 6:51-58). His language was startling and offensive to…