Jerry Newcombe

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  Jun 6, 2013

  Can $9 Million Buy a Happy Marriage?

  We wish the newlyweds all success on their new life together. But this gives me an opportunity to comment on how important it is to prepare for marriage, as opposed to just the wedding.

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  May 23, 2013

  Remembering Those Who Died for Our Nation

  Memorial Day is a good time for all Americans to give thanks for our hard-fought freedoms. Think of the bloody footprints in the snow at Valley Forge from our soldiers who endured that savage winter of 1777-1778. They did it for us. Jesus said it best; "No greater love has anyone than that he lay down his life for his friends." But are we using this freedom well?

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  May 9, 2013

  High-Profile Christian Leader Falls From Faith; Praying for His Return

  Well, it's happened again. Another prominent person in ministry has apparently fallen away from the faith, and he renounces what he once was a part of. John Paulk is the fallen away man.

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  May 2, 2013

  On Our National Day of Prayer, Does America Have a Prayer?

  Thursday, May 2, 2013 is the National Day of Prayer. Yet things are not right in the land. We pray, "May God bless America." But perhaps it should be, "May God have mercy on America."

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  Apr 25, 2013

  Why Did the Boston Marathon Bombers Kill Innocent People?

  Last week, when it became clear that some radical Muslims were behind the bombing, the question came up as to why? What was the motive?

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  Apr 18, 2013

  Does the SPLC Really Foster Hate?

  There are millions of evangelical Christians in this country, as well as Catholics. To label them as haters and as dangerous boggles the mind. Many of them pray daily, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Or "…where there is hatred, let me sow love…" Where's the hate?

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  Apr 15, 2013

  Warren Suicide Prompts Us to Ask; Is Heaven Just a 'False Hope'?

  It's an incredible tragedy that mega-pastor Rick Warren's son committed suicide recently. Our prayers are with the family through this difficult time. His son was 27 and struggled for years with mental illness.

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  Apr 5, 2013

  Go to Church, Live Longer

  The quest to live longer is an old one. Around this time, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first known European discovering Florida---Ponce de Leon.

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  Mar 28, 2013

  The 'Unstompable' Jesus Christ

  By now, it seems most everyone has heard about an inane assignment that boggles the mind. Earlier this month a professor at FAU, Florida Atlantic University (the Davie campus, near Ft. Lauderdale), had his students participate in a bizarre exercise.

• Mar 14, 2013

  Are Adam and Eve Just an Allegory?

  How is it that the Bible is so controversial? The recent series on the History Channel on the Bible has sparked many water cooler and media conversations on various aspects of the Scriptures. One of them has important implications: Were Adam and Eve real people?