Jerry Newcombe

Latest

• 
  Jan 9, 2019

  The irony of refusing to swear in on the Bible

  Last week, the first openly bisexual senator was sworn in…and she refused to be sworn in on the Holy Bible, as is customary. She instead opted for a law book with the Arizona Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, because, she says, of her “love for the Constitution.”

• 
  Jan 5, 2019

  Exercising your options in 2019

  Every year, millions of Americans make a New Year's resolution to lose weight and keep it off. If you want to achieve that goal, common sense exercise should be a part of that equation, in my humble opinion.

• 
  Dec 28, 2018

  The story behind Handel’s Messiah

  There’s something deeply touching about what I think is Handel’s greatest work, Messiah. Patrick Kavanaugh tells how Handel barely ate during the 24 days he wrote Messiah.

• 
  Dec 24, 2018

  Some presidential reflections on Christmas

  In the last few decades, we have somehow been conned into the idea that there is a strict separation of God and state in the public square of America. But that is so clearly out of step with our traditions, including our Christmas traditions.

• 
  Dec 17, 2018

  Did missionary die from arrogance or from altruism?

  Since last month’s killing of 26-year-old missionary, John Allen Chau, a lot of ink has been spilled.

• 
  Dec 11, 2018

  Was Jesus a historical figure?

  Two separate sources recently questioned the historicity of Jesus. But let us set the record straight.

• 
  Nov 30, 2018

  The under-reported Christian angle to the Gary Hart scandal of 'Front Runner'

  There’s a new movie out based on the Gary Hart scandal of 1987. It’s called “Front Runner” and stars Hugh Jackman.

• 
  Nov 22, 2018

  Thanksgiving — All Year Round

  Being grateful is good for you. It’s good for your health. Even recent studies at Columbia and Yale found that belief in God can make your brain healthier.

• 
  Nov 15, 2018

  Are Alinskyites trying to steal these elections?

  Well, here we go again. Is there something in the water of Broward County that causes these post-election ballot battles? I write this as a Broward resident for some 33 years now. Part of the controversy has to do with "provisional ballots" — ballots that apparently could not be verified.

• 
  Nov 8, 2018

  Thomas Jefferson and the Myth of a Secular America

  Thomas Jefferson did have some serious doubts that he harbored about core Christian doctrines, privately, near the end of his life. But did he and the other founding fathers intend America to drive God out of the public arena?