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Jerry Newcombe

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  • 08/09/2012

    Chick-fil-A: Living in Orwellian Times

    In some ways, the culture wars are ultimately a conflict between a biblically-based worldview versus that of secular humanism. And the dominant media expresses the latter.

    53 comments
  • 07/19/2012

    Whatever Happened to Hell?

    Belief in Hell doesn't seem to be taken too seriously these days. Millions of high school students have been taught about Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," as a supposed example of Puritan excess.

    282 comments
  • 06/29/2012

    Obamacare Decision Proves Elections Matter

    My first reaction to the Obamacare decision was: Well, it was a great country while it lasted. My second reaction to the Obamacare decision is to re-remember just how important elections are.

    66 comments | Tags Health Care Court Cases
  • 06/20/2012

    50 Years Without Official School Prayer

    Fifty years ago this month, the Supreme Court declared an official school prayer unconstitutional. How have the schools fared since then? The facts speak for themselves.

    151 comments
  • 05/24/2012

    Why the Catholic HHS Story Won't Go Away

    If the administration (or any administration) gets away with denying the sacred right of conscience to any group, then all Americans should be concerned, regardless of your religious persuasion.

    22 comments
  • 05/19/2012

    Would Jesus Approve of Same-Sex Marriage?

    It was one thing for President Obama to call for the legalization of same-sex marriage. But it was quite another to say that it's Jesus who causes him to embrace this position. Today people sometimes say that Jesus never condemned homosexuality.

  • 04/23/2012

    Chuck Colson, Trophy of God's Grace

    An outstanding man died this last weekend. Chuck Colson (1931-2012) was a great author, speaker, and prison reformer.

  • 04/21/2012

    On Religion and Climate Change

    Earth Day is around the corner, and next week a religious group dedicated to the environment will be meeting in Washington , D.C.

    27 comments
  • 04/14/2012

    On the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic

    Here's a trivia question for you to ask your friends and family. Who christened the Titanic? April 15, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

    15 comments
  • 04/04/2012

    Is There Scientific Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

    In addition to the massive historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I believe there is scientific evidence for the resurrection

    163 comments | Tags Easter
  • 03/29/2012

    Obamacare – Health Care Overhaul or Government Overreach?

    It is said that the high court has not heard as many oral arguments on any one case since the 1950s in the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education.

  • 03/14/2012

    Pastors and the IRS Bogeyman

    Some fear that to preach on the moral issues of the day, like abortion or marriage, might be construed as "preaching on politics." But they are moral issues addressed in the Bible. But I recognize that elements of our culture may have turned them into political ones.

    2 comments | Tags Politics Pastors 2012 Race
  • 03/10/2012

    Where Have All the Bold Pastors Gone?

    During this election season, the issue of religion has come up on many occasions. But for the most part, we haven't heard from many pastors

    45 comments
  • 02/28/2012

    Do Our Schools Have a Prayer?

    Well, it's happened again. Another school shooting. Lives shattered forever by a lone gunman who allegedly took his vengeance into his own hands.

    8 comments
  • 02/23/2012

    Did the Devil Make Him Do It?

    GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is getting a lot of flack right now for some remarks that he made at a Catholic college in 2008. He said that Satan is out to get America.

    34 comments
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