Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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Nov 5, 2020
Power versus empowerment
On the ballot this election season are two different visions for America: government power vs. empowerment of people.
Oct 31, 2020
Why I’m a one issue voter
It is even the first Creator-given right listed in our nation’s birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence. Without life, how can there be liberty or the pursuit of happiness or the right to property? Or any other right
Oct 25, 2020
The threat of court packing
In one fell swoop, they could undermine the United States, which President Lincoln labeled the “the last best hope of mankind.”
Oct 18, 2020
We have forgotten God
There is so much at stake. Above all is the question of whether we will continue as one nation under God.
Oct 10, 2020
Scapegoating 'white Christians' for climate change
The issue of wildfires vis-à-vis climate change came up during the presidential debate last week. Are these fires caused by man-made global warming or by misguided forestry practices?
Oct 3, 2020
Christians need not apply?
The Constitution says there can be no religious test applied to those seeking office at the federal level (Article 6, clause 3).
Sep 25, 2020
Abortion and the battle over the Supreme Court
Why the intensity of the coming debate? The answer is obvious: Abortion.
Sep 17, 2020
The durability of the US Constitution
But some in our society might wonder – hasn’t this musty old document outlived its usefulness? Isn’t it arcane and irrelevant?
Sep 11, 2020
Does your work matter to God?
Work came before the fall of man. It’s made harder by the fall, but work itself is not a curse. It’s just that everything, including work, is under a curse.
Sep 5, 2020
Good riddance to the 'summer of love'
The scary thing is the notion that this could all be prelude for something bigger. American Communist Angela Davis, who spent time in jail for violent revolutionary activities, once said, “Demonstrations are rehearsals for revolution.”