Jerry Newcombe

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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?

• Mar 8, 2013

  The Historical Jesus

  Every once in a while, we hear a false charge. A charge that has significance during this Lenten season of 2013. It's an old lie that seems to keep resurfacing. The accusation is that supposedly there is no historical reliability to Jesus as a person. That is so false.

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  Feb 28, 2013

  Ronald Reagan and Conservatives in the Wilderness

  It seems like political conservatives are in the wilderness right now. Having been beaten in the November 2012 elections and fracturing even more since, some are turning on each other.

• Feb 21, 2013

  Is Scripture-Quoting a Sign That You're Nuts?

  Currently in the theatres is the movie, "Safe Haven," based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. In the book, the bad guy goes around quoting Scripture. Is quoting Bible verses indicative of a mental imbalance? To some of our cultural elites it would seem so.

• Feb 7, 2013

  Sprinting Toward Gomorrah

  In 1996, the late Robert Bork wrote a book entitled, Slouching Toward Gomorrah. But today, we're not slouching toward Sodom and Gomorrah, we seem to be in an all-out sprint.

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  Jan 25, 2013

  Former Fetuses, Unite!

  The high court decided Roe v. Wade without public debate, without the people's representatives getting to weigh in. And here we are, forty years later, still arguing about it. We live in what Dr. Richard Land calls "the Divided States of America." Abortion is one of the most divisive issues.

• Jan 17, 2013

  Heartbreaker at the National Cathedral