Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • No greater love

    No greater love

    One of the greatest themes in art, literature, and sometimes even real life is when a person sacrifices his or her own life that someone else might live.

  • Marriage on the rock or marriage on the rocks

    Marriage on the rock or marriage on the rocks

    Marriage is the picture of the believer’s relationship with Christ. That’s why Satan aims his big guns at marriage.

  • Does the Hong Kong protest have a prayer?

    Does the Hong Kong protest have a prayer?

    Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for months. Is there a Christian element to these protests that has been widely overlooked?

  • Did Jefferson really edit out the miracles from his Bible?

    Did Jefferson really edit out the miracles from his Bible?

    Once in a while, the myth that Thomas Jefferson edited down the Bible in order to remove the miraculous, resurfaces.

  • Saving sex for marriage is good for marriage

    Saving sex for marriage is good for marriage

    If someone is sexually promiscuous before marriage, what is to keep them from being promiscuous after marriage?

  • Socialism is theft; why are candidates espousing it?

    Socialism is theft; why are candidates espousing it?

    Socialism is a form of governmental theft. The government has no money of its own. It simply forcibly takes from Citizen A and gives to Citizen B. But, of course, the one who benefits the most from this socialistic scheme is Citizen C.

  • Protesting the national anthem

    Protesting the national anthem

    I like the hymn “America the Beautiful,” which includes the prayer that God would mend our every flaw. Certainly, there are many flaws to be mended. But I have a feeling that nothing would ever satisfy those who protest our National Anthem.

  • The deadly sin of anger on display

    The deadly sin of anger on display

    America has an anger problem. There was another random shooting — this time in a city east of Santa Cruz in California.

  • The searing of the conscience over the issue of abortion

    The searing of the conscience over the issue of abortion

    On the one hand, Planned Parenthood denies that the unborn babies are human. On the other hand, the baby brains, hearts, kidneys, lungs, etc. bring a handsome price for the researchers that pay for them.

  • The first meal on the moon

    The first meal on the moon

    What was the first meal on the moon? It may surprise you to know that it was bread and wine in a one-person celebration of the Lord’s Table.