Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • Why Can't Modern Comedians Be Clean?

    When a comedian is forced to resort to his wit, he is much funnier by being clean.

  • Pop Quiz on Jesus and the Candidates

    It seems as if every politician wants to claim Jesus for himself. This particular election season is no different.

  • Why Won't Abortion Go Away as an Issue?

    So why does abortion continue to remain so divisive to we the people of this republic? Because we the people never got to vote on it.

  • Pray for the Persecuted Church

    Worldwide, about 200 million Christians are at risk, simply for being Christians. This is true in the dominant Muslim countries and the remnant Communist countries, e.g., China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba.

  • Since When Is Marriage a Joke?

    Marriage is becoming a joke in our society. Take the example of reality-TV star Kim Kardashian and her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries, which lasted all of 72 days.

  • Houston, We Have a Problem

    Political correctness in modern America continues to run amuck. The latest front is at the Veterans Administration’s Houston National Cemetery. Can someone pray in the name of Jesus at a public event? Apparently not

  • A Happy Marriage in a Post-Marital Society

    I have 31 years of empirical evidence that I married a saint. My wife has now put up with me ever since we wed on June 28, 1980.

  • All Gay All the Time

    A Martian who visited modern America today might well think that half the population was homosexual—and the other half wished it were.

  • 'Don't Know Much About History'

    A recent survey finds that many of our young people are failing to learn basic facts of our nation’s history. That’s scary because if we don’t know where we came from, we don’t know where we are going.

  • End of the World on May 21? Let's Talk About It – on May 22!

    The latest prophets of doom have managed to get their message out in a series of billboards and bus ads. It’s tragic to me that the watching world looks at such predictions that come and go and just laugh