Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • Who did Boston forget in its 400th anniversary prep?

    Who did Boston forget in its 400th anniversary prep?

    The Puritans should be remembered, not maligned, for their indispensable contribution to America as a “city upon a hill.”

  • Is voting an obligation?

    Is voting an obligation?

    The only poll that counts is the one you cast at election time. Don’t sit this one out. As the late Bishop Harry Jackson once declared, “Too many people died for the right of all people in the nation to vote.”

  • What’s on the ballot in 2022?

    What’s on the ballot in 2022?

    There is much at stake for Christians and people of good will on the ballot this time around. It is a critical midterm election.

  • Christian considerations and the death penalty

    Christian considerations and the death penalty

    There is a debate today over capital punishment. And that debate is taking place right now in Florida, particularly after the Parkland school shooter received a sentence of life, not death.

  • 8 key myths about abortion

    8 key myths about abortion

    The Declaration of Independence says our rights come from the Creator and the first of these is the right to life. After a half-century of the abortion ethic, we have a lot of lost ground cherishing that right. Exploding myths that promote abortion is a step in the right direction.

  • Prayer helps to weather the storms of life

    Prayer helps to weather the storms of life

    My wife stitched a needlework for our home that says, “Life is fragile. Handle with prayer.”

  • Is the Church in America dying?

    Is the Church in America dying?

    But what Johnson and his co-authors, including the late Dr. Rodney Stark, argue is that many of the “Nones” might not be as irreligious as they would seem.

  • Are the 'woke' the new Pharisees?

    Are the 'woke' the new Pharisees?

    The woke crowd are in effect the Pharisees of our day. They like to be regarded as the compassionate ones without any of the inconvenience actual compassion requires.

  • DOJ tramples on the Constitution

    DOJ tramples on the Constitution

    The United States under the Biden administration is using the force of government to harass the late Phyllis Schlafly’s group in Alabama.

  • The end of the US … SR

    The end of the US … SR

    We all have feet of clay. That’s why Christ died for sinners and makes Heaven available to all who believe in Him. But the sins of the American founding fathers pale in comparison to the sins of Lenin and Stalin.