Jerry Newcombe

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  Apr 30, 2021

  Humanizing the victims of abortion

  Soon she was pregnant. Tonya shares, “The most frightening day of my life was to tell my mother, and so I got up the courage and I told her. It didn’t go well, you know. Here come the beatings, the telling me how worthless I was, how horrible I was, I was going to ruin the [family] name.” And so on.

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  Apr 24, 2021

  Has socialism harmed no one?

  George Santayana famously said that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. That was demonstrated when a Florida representative made a remarkable claim last week on the floor of the state House of Representatives. He claimed socialism never killed anyone.

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  Apr 17, 2021

  Horrible theology and wokeness on steroid

  Jesus said that we should love those who hate us and pray for those who persecute us. To whom is this “theologian” praying? It is certainly not the God of the Bible.

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  Apr 11, 2021

  The Sabbath – A gift from God

  One of the saddest things I saw on Easter Sunday was Amazon delivery trucks on the road. Having to work on Sunday is bad enough, but Easter?

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  Apr 4, 2021

  The significance of the empty tomb

  During these days of great upheaval and uncertainty, what a privilege it is to trust in Jesus Christ, the only one who ever conquered the grave.

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  Mar 27, 2021

  A Lenten meditation on cancel culture

  Cancel culture eats away at all these things, throwing forgiveness out the window in the process. Cancel culture is reminiscent of those ancient statues of snakes in the process of eating themselves in a circle.

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  Mar 20, 2021

  Will California schools mandate pagan religion?

  But today, California educators apparently prefer pagan deities that demand human sacrifice for worship. Since recognition of God has been expelled in our public schools, too many of our learning centers have become secular wastelands. In California, it could get even worse.

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  Mar 13, 2021

  In God we trust – meaningless in today's culture?

  Is recognition of God in the public arena today just a meaningless construct? It reminds me of politicians swearing in on a Holy Bible, but having not the slightest clue what the Good Book actually says.

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  Mar 6, 2021

  Learning the wrong lesson in Texas?

  But fighting air and water pollution is one thing — a fight in which America thankfully has made tremendous strides. But fighting the weather itself in the name of environmentalism is another.

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  Feb 26, 2021

  Frittering away our grandchildren’s future?

  I thought of that quote when I read some of the details of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that is touted as “COVID relief.” Critics, like Congressman Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), say that it’s a “liberal wish list.”