Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • Here is what the world has gained from Jesus' birth

    Here is what the world has gained from Jesus' birth

    Meanwhile, an incalculable number of positive things came directly because of the love of Jesus as the Gospel spread(s) around the world.

  • The humility of Christmas

    The humility of Christmas

    Here is a lesson for us all. No one in this world, no matter how lowly, no matter what side of the tracks they come from, would find Jesus unrelatable. He is accessible to all.

  • Some climate alarmists want you dead, literally

    Some climate alarmists want you dead, literally

    Why do some climate alarmists essentially wish us all dead? Because they think people are bad for the earth. They don’t believe in God.

  • Canceling the 'most wonderful time of the year'

    Canceling the 'most wonderful time of the year'

    Perhaps the greatest fear of secularists, like those bureaucrats in King County trying to turn Christmas into a black-and-white “winter wasteland,” is the possibility that Jesus is real and that His birth was just the beginning of His Kingdom.

  • Disappointed in election results but still grateful to be American

    Disappointed in election results but still grateful to be American

    Despite some of the disappointments in last week’s election, I’m grateful to be an American. This month we celebrate Thanksgiving, when we remember the Pilgrims who came to this new land to celebrate religious freedom — something denied to them in their native England.

  • 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.