Jerry Newcombe

Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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  • A List of All the Presidents Who Mentioned God in an Inaugural Address

    A List of All the Presidents Who Mentioned God in an Inaugural Address

    With the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 45th president upon us, all the usual suspects from the militant atheist crowd have been trying to block the Bible from being used — a tradition that began with President Washington.

  • How Many Attacks Must We Endure Before the Islamic Link Is Recognized?

    How Many Attacks Must We Endure Before the Islamic Link Is Recognized?

    Liberalism is putting our lives at risk. Liberalism will not recognize the link between Islam and the recent spates of attacks the West is enduring — including the shooting in the Fort Lauderdale airport baggage claim, the truck-driving attack on Christmas shoppers in Berlin, or the Ohio State student who drove his car into a crowd and then stabbed other victims.

  • Is Truth Still True If You Don't Accept It?

    Is Truth Still True If You Don't Accept It?

    Oxford Dictionaries has named "post-truth" its word of the year for 2016. How fitting. In the last two months we have witnessed the inability of many to cope with truths they do not want to accept.

  • One Great Goal for the New Year and Beyond

    One Great Goal for the New Year and Beyond

    Early in Handel's Messiah come these enigmatic words: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight and the rough places plain."

  • Are Manger Scenes on Public Property Constitutional?

    Are Manger Scenes on Public Property Constitutional?

    Apparently, the ACLU's favorite Christmas carol is "Away With the Manger." But they're not alone.

  • How Santa Claus Points to Jesus

    How Santa Claus Points to Jesus

    I recently asked my three-year old granddaughter — a major joy in my life — whose birthday we celebrate at Christmas time. "Uh," she responded, "Santa Claus?" D'oh!

  • 10 Rebuttals to the Left's Meltdown Over Trump-Pence

    10 Rebuttals to the Left's Meltdown Over Trump-Pence

    A month after the left's meltdown over the Trump-Pence victory, it doesn't seem to slow down. For example, the Drudge Report declared (12/4/16) "Madonna still can't cope ... 'Ashamed to be American' ... " Protests on inauguration day may generate more fireworks on the 20th of January than on the 4th of July.

  • Fidel Castro Before the Judgment Seat

    Fidel Castro Before the Judgment Seat

    It is appointed once for a man to die, and after that comes the judgment. So declares the Bible. As everyone knows by now, Fidel Castro's time to die came over the weekend.

  • Abortion and the Religious Right Led to Trump's Victory

    Abortion and the Religious Right Led to Trump's Victory

    At the outset, if anybody accuses me of being a one-issue voter, and that issue is pro-life, then I plead guilty. That issue reveals so many other aspects of where a politician stands.

  • After the Election, Does Our Nation Have a Prayer?

    After the Election, Does Our Nation Have a Prayer?

    This has been a very divisive election campaign. They usually are, but this one has seemed to be more cantankerous than previous ones. I feel like we are a country in great need of prayer for healing as a nation.