Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom

Educational Debt Need Not be a Barrier to Christian Service

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Many would-be medical missionaries never go abroad because they are saddled with student debt. Then when they stay stateside to work it off, they settle in. This has caused a dearth of many missionaries. But now a missions agency is helping to solve that problem.

Do You Have to Go to Church to Be a Good Christian?

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
From time to time, someone objects to the need to attend church every week. They say they can be good Christians without participating in church. I don’t agree.

Confessions of a “Christian Constitutionalist”

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
I was accused recently of being a "Christian Constitutionalist." Guilty as charged. I think a true reading of our nation's history shows the Bible played a unique role in the creation of our nation's founding documents---the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

“Fake News” and “Our Democracy”

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
We keep hearing about the threat of "fake news." What is fake news? And we're told it's dangerous for our democracy. Our democracy? The founders said ours is a republic.

Jesus At The Box Office

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Christian-based themes seem to be doing well lately in the box office. Their quality is improving, and their messages are changing lives. The third installment of "God's Not Dead" has just come out. In the last decade and a half or so, such movies have made about $2 billion.

Jesus Was Rejected That We Might Be Accepted

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Rejection is painful for anyone. Jesus experienced the ultimate rejection---rejection by God the Father---that we might experience acceptance. Jesus descended into Hell, so that we who believe in Him and repent of our sins may ascend into Heaven.

What Was the “Crime” of Jesus that Got Him Crucified?

By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Why was Jesus, the only perfect person who ever lived, condemned to death? What was the crime that He allegedly committed. A professor of ancient history, Dr. Paul L. Maier, explains how serious was the charge in ancient Rome that Jesus was the King of the Jews.

Warnings from a Survivor of Communism

by Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Pictured: Virginia Prodan. She grew up in Communist Romania and became an attorney and later a Christian. She defended so many Christians that she got in trouble with the atheist government there. A would-be assassin came to hunt her down. But "God had other plans."

Abortion---Modern Child Sacrifice?

by Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Some abortionists profess to be "Christians." While people of good will may disagree on various issues, abortion can truly be likened to child sacrifice. Tragically, millions of babies today are being sacrificed on the altars of convenience and material well-being, similar to the ancient practice of child sacrifice on the altars of Moloch (pictured) and Baal.

The Danger of Disarming

by Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
The recent shooting in Parkland, Florida has re-ignited a vigorous debate in this country on the issue of gun control. Throughout this debate, there are lessons from history related to gun control that are worth keeping in mind.