Jerry Newcombe

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  Nov 7, 2013

  The Non-Jesus Religion

  The Supreme Court has heard arguments this week about whether prayers at government meetings, for example, a town council, can include the name of Jesus.

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  Oct 31, 2013

  Is a Secular Ten Commandments What America Needs?

  There was a story last week that got my attention. Lech Walesa, former president of Poland and a great hero in my book, said that what we need today is a "secular Ten Commandments." He made this comment to a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Warsaw.

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  Oct 24, 2013

  Obamacare Reminds Me of 'Animal Farm'

  Now that we've had just a few weeks of the mess that is Obamacare, it brings home how grossly unfair it is for the political class to impose it on the rest of us and not have to abide by it. It may yet collapse on its own weight.

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  Oct 16, 2013

  God or Old President's: Who Rules Your Wallet

  There's virtually not a week that goes by without some sort of lawsuit or complaint against a reference to God or Jesus in the public arena. Often times these lawsuits or complaints are along the lines of "I'm offended," and that settles it---so the Ten Commandments have to go, God has to be chiseled out.

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  Oct 9, 2013

  Abortion Can Make the Heart Callous

  One of the many tragedies of abortion is the way it has cheapened human life. I am not saying that those who are pro-abortion are Nazis or Communists. But I am saying that abortion has blinded some people to dehumanize the unborn.

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  Oct 3, 2013

  Killing Christians With Impunity?

  It turns out that the last century was the worst century ever for the persecution of Christians and martyrdom. Dr. David Barrett, a leading church statistician, says there were more Christians martyred in the 20th century than had been murdered in all previous centuries combined.

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  Sep 30, 2013

  Are Americans Getting Poorer?

  I'm not an economist, and I don't play one on TV. But it seems to me that the so-called recovery is taking a long time. Or maybe, it isn't a recovery after all.

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  Sep 19, 2013

  Moviegoers Tend Not To Relish Their Values Being Assaulted

  For good or ill (often for ill), Hollywood wields enormous influence on the culture. But we the people often fight back when they go too far in their anti-Christian and amoral ways.

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  Sep 12, 2013

  Forgotten Heroes of 9/11

  There are many heroes we can honor on 9/11. Such as those who fought back on the plane that went down in a field in Pennsylvania. (Said Todd Beamer: "It's time. Let's roll.") Such as all those firemen who went up the Twin Towers as they were burning from the terrorist attacks

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  Aug 29, 2013

  The Politically Incorrect Rev. Dr. King

  In our highly secular age, the politically correct Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been yanked from his biblical context---deeply rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition. That doesn't mean he wasn't a flawed man. No one but Jesus is without sin.