Easter Hope | For God and Country There are many people today who do not believe that Jesus rose from the dead, and they come up with all sorts of explanations to try and dismiss this extraordinary claim from the past. Dr. Jerry Newcombe focuses on one skeptic in particular in this For God and Country commentary. […]

“Above Us Only Sky” At the recent funeral of former president Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C., there was an odd mixture of sacred music, along with John Lennon’s ballad, “Imagine.” Dr. Jerry Newcombe looks at the sentiment of “Imagine,” which may sound nice but, in reality, is very different. Here is Jerry’s vlog on this […]

Topic: Religious Liberty, Including the Sanctity of the Pulpit. America was founded for the most part for religious freedom. Yet today because of a common misunderstanding of the First Amendment when it comes to religion, many times liberty for Christians is being curtailed. For example, does the state have the right to monitor sermons and […]

Topic: Attempt to Censor Sermons. America was founded for the most part for religious freedom. But in today’s secular milieu we often find Christians having our freedom curtailed. First Liberty represents a Pennsylvania V. A. Chaplain who was sanctioned for a chapel message, and he faces sermon censorship by his supervisor for same. First Liberty […]

Topic: Spiritual Lessons from History. Chaplains in America are older than the nation. This includes military chaplains and legislative chaplains. In fact, when the ACLU challenged the chaplain program in the early 1980s, the Supreme Court ruled against them because of the historical reality of the whole chaplaincy program, which predated the writing of the […]

Topic: The Creator and Creation. The founders of America acknowledged that God is the source of our rights. They said that we are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights. But….what if there is no Creator? The theory of evolution postulates that life just happened by chance, we just evolved, and it’s naïve to believe […]

That Pesky First Amendment | For God and Country Share To many on the left, America’s First Amendment seems to be a hurdle to overcome because it stands in the way of their radical agenda. Dr. Jerry Newcombe looks at the intent of those who wrote the First Amendment. Here is the Vlog. 

Reflections on Elections | For God and Country Share Some people in our society think that Christians should have no place in politics. And yet one man had the temerity to say that we should prefer Christians as our leaders. Who would say such a thing? Dr. Jerry Newcombe’s answer may surprise you. Here is […]

Handel’s Messiah | For God and Country Share A Christmas favorite of many is Handel’s Messiah. The text is essentially an assembly of Old and New Testament Bible verses. Dr. Jerry Newcombe shares the fascinating story of what is often regarded as the most famous oratorio ever composed. Here is the vlog. 

Topic: The Fourth Branch of Government. The U.S. Constitution goes into details about the three branches of government in this order: The legislative (that is the House of Representatives and the Senate), the executive (that is the president and his cabinet), the judicial. The court system with the Supreme Court as the highest judicial body […]