Welcome to author Jerry Newcombe’s web site,
dedicated to recapturing an appreciation of how our Judeo-Christian tradition
has shaped many of most enduring institutions.
To see many original sources on America's Christian heritage, click here.
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Here are my pictures before and after---a lot of running, spinning classes, work out sessions, and changing of eating habits.


Question of the Month

 
 





According to the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, who shares a great deal of the blame for the current political mess in America?
1) The church
2) The government
3) The media
4) The schools
 

Click here for the answer.

Click here for a previous quiz.

 
 
 
 

As seen on C-Span 2
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To see "Pastors, Pulpits, and Politics," featuring Gary DeMar, Jordan Lorence, Tony Perkins, and Mat Staver,
and hosted by Jerry Newcombe for Coral Ridge Ministries, please click here.
This forum explored what pastors and churches can and cannot do regarding politics.

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Look now for the new book, THE PRESENCE OF A HIDDEN GOD
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Dr. D. James Kennedy, my pastor, my boss, my mentor, has now gone to glory. Picture him up in heaven, talking to Jesus Christ face to face! Here is what he himself said about his future home in heaven:

“Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say is the end of this life. They will probably put me in a box and roll me right down here in front of the church, and some people will gather around, and a few people will cry. But I have told them not to do that because I don’t want them to cry. I want them to begin the service with the Doxology and end with the Hallelujah chorus, because I am not going to be there, and I am not going to be dead. I will be more alive than I have ever been in my life, and I will be looking down upon you poor people who are still in the land of dying and have not yet joined me in the land of the living. And I will be alive forevermore, in greater health and vitality and joy than ever, ever, I or anyone has known before.”

For more information, see www.coralridge.org

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Look for me on the Coral Ridge Hour, providing introductions and end-commentary (after Dr. Kennedy's messages).
To find it in your area, see www.coralridge.org

New Host Debuts on Coral Ridge Hour
[From the November 2007 Impact Newsletter of Coral Ridge Ministries (by John Aman and Andrew Scott)]
        Jerry Newcombe, co-author with Dr. D. James Kennedy of 11 books, debuts November 4 as the
new host of The Coral Ridge Hour. He replaces Dr. Frank Wright, president of the National
Religious Broadcasters who did a superb job as a stand-in host of the program this year.
Not a Newcomer
        Newcombe is no freshman to The Coral Ridge Hour scene. For the past 10 years, he has served as the
Senior Producer of the award-winning program. "I’m very excited about the new responsibilities,"
Newcombe said. "I enjoy interviewing and being interviewed. I pray God will make me worthy to
promote the message of Jesus Christ and the whole counsel of God as faithfully as I can." Newcombe’s on-air role will be to introduce The Coral Ridge Hour features which air after Dr. Kennedy’s sermons, and to help close the program. Newcombe joined Coral Ridge Ministries in
        1985 as a researcher and writer, and then worked his way into a TV production role two years later.
Among the 11 books he has co-authored with Dr. Kennedy, he counts What If Jesus Had Never Been
Born? his favorite. Newcombe has also produced or co-produced more than 50 documentaries for The Coral Ridge Hour, including Who Is This Jesus?, The Da Vinci Delusion, and Darwin’s Deadly Legacy. Of his new role, Newcombe said he doesn’t see himself as replacing Dr. Kennedy. "No one could replace him. I see myself as being privileged to present his classic, timeless truths to the viewers. That includes a new generation of viewers who are not yet familiar with his teaching."
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Look for the new book by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe----
just in time for the 2008 election.
How Would Jesus Vote?
This book provides a Christian perspective on the issues.

For more information, click here. It has a great Foreword by David Limbaugh.

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Look for the book, Cross Purposes, which explores God's reasons for the Cross of Christ. This book is devotional in nature and examines the great love of God for us as seen in the Cross. This is the latest from Dr. D. James Kennedy (Ph.D. from New York University, 1979) and Jerry Newcombe (M.A. from Wheaton, 1983, working on D.Min. from Knox Theological Seminary).
Cross Purposes is published by Multnomah (an imprint of Random House), 2007.
For more information on the book or to order it, click here.
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Look for the DEFINITIVE book on the faith of George Washington. This book is accessible to all, but has scholarly underpinnings. Don't miss George Washington's Sacred Fire by Dr. Peter Lillback with Jerry Newcombe (on sale at Mount Vernon)

with Jerry Newcombe
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"Darwin’s Deadly Legacy," hosted by D. James Kennedy, Ph.D., and written and produced by Jerry Newcombe and John Rabe for Coral Ridge Ministries, has created quite a stir---especially because it dared to point out that Darwin influenced Hitler (by way of Francis Galton, Darwinist and father of eugenics). Some of my comments can be seen here.
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Get Dr. D. James Kennedy's powerful DVD/Video, The Da Vinci Delusion
which aired nationwide on The Coral Ridge Hour, which included special guests Dr. Paul L. Maier, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Warren Gage, Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer, Dr. Peter Jones, Janet Parshall, Sandra Meisel, Amy Welborn, and Dr. Gary Habermas.

If you want more information, click here to get The Da Vinci Myth vs. the Gospel Truth.
If you want to get a copy of Dr. D. James Kennedy's powerful video, The Da Vinci Delusion, click here.

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Lord of All: Developing A Christian World-and-Life View by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe
(Crossway, 2005)
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Also available: What's Wrong With Same Sex Marriage?
by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe
(Crossway Books, 2004).
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Also by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe:
What If America Were A Christian Nation Again?
Available in the stores or on-line here.
If you would like to order a copy of What If America Were A Christian Nation Again?, please send a donation of $25 or more to Coral Ridge Ministries, Box 40, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308. Or click here to order directly on line.
For more information about the book, click here.

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Are we still "One Nation Under God"? Liberal judges don't think so. Nor do many college and
law school professors and some members of the media. But what do the facts of history show?

This book sets the record straight: One Nation Under God: Ten Things Every Christian Should Know About the Founding of America. This book is written by Dr. David C. Gibbs, Jr., the founder and president of the Christian Law Association (Seminole, FL), and by Jerry Newcombe, the senior producer of the award-winning The Coral Ridge Hour. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of "state-sanctioned atheism" by declaring the phrase "under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional (June 28, 2002 and February 28, 2003). Read the history surrounding the first amendment and it's very clear that the founders intended that we would never establish a national state-church, like they have in England or other countries in Europe, from which the original settlers fled. But the founders clearly intended that religion and morality would help under gird the American experience. As George Washington said in his Farewell Address, religion and morality are indispensable supports of our republic. For more details on how we are One Nation Under God, click here. To order the book ($10), click here. This book is quoted by David Limbaugh in his best-selling, Persecution.

Did you know that if you go to church regularly and you're white, you'll add on average seven years to your life. If you're African-American and you attend church regularly, you'll add on average fourteen years to your life. Did you know that a review of 750 studies on the impact of faith on a variety of issues (crime, drug-use, suicide, etc.) found BENEFICIAL results to faith / religious commitment in 85% of the cases. About 12-13% found no significant difference. And 2-3% found a negative impact from faith. This is based on the research of University of Pennsylvania professor, Byron Johnson, who has now left to Baylor (after working for a while at Princeton). (See especially his report, "Objective Hope.").
 

We are heirs to a great heritage
We are heirs to a great Judeo-Christian heritage. But, unfortunately, the average American today is unaware of how Christianity and the Bible have positively shaped our most endearing institutions. Even many Christians today are unaware of how Christianity has positively impacted life on earth.
        *Christ gave us the Good Samaritan ethic;
        *Through His followers, the Ten Commandments were spread around the world;
        *He is the author of the golden rule;
        *The American republic (the model nation for 200 years now) was based on the Bible.
Example after example can be found in two books I co-wrote with Dr. D. James Kennedy: What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? and What If The Bible Had Never Been Written?
Note: What If Jesus has now been translated into Spanish, Indonesian, and Korean. It is in the process of being translated into Chinese, as is What If the Bible.
        Author and former Yale professor William Lyons Phelps sums it up: "Our civilization is founded upon the Bible. More of our ideas, our wisdom, our philosophy, our literature, our art, our ideals come from the Bible than from all other books combined."
(For more information on our Christian heritage, click here )

***One of Bill Myers' recent novels, Eli, mentions that What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? can provide helpful background information for those wanting to know about Christ's impact on our world.***

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Christmas special aired nationwide. Video tapes still available.
What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?
Documentary Special Looked at Christ’s Impact---with shots on location from England, France,
Italy, India, and many places within the U.S., including Plymouth, Harvard, and Yale.

        What if Jesus had never been born? What if the influence of Jesus and His followers had never been brought to bear on the world? Life in every area of human existence would be immeasurably more harsh, bleak, and barren. That is the verdict of Dr. Kennedy’s popular book (with co-author Jerry Newcombe), What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, and a powerful new one-hour television documentary by the same name that aired on The Coral Ridge Hour. Videotapes are available for $25.00 donations to Coral Ridge, from Coral Ridge, www.crm.tv

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Coral Ridge Ministries has a book available, Who Is This Jesus---Is He Risen?, by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, based on our award-winning program with the same title. This short book provides abundant evidence that Jesus rose from the dead. It also contains the latest information on the Shroud of Turin, which I believe provides scientific evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Available for only $5.00 from Coral Ridge. www.crm.tv

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Who Is This Jesus. Coral Ridge Ministries of Ft. Lauderdale has now made an award-winning* rebuttal to the Peter Jennings' program. (Here is my response to Peter Jennings' ABC-TV special on Jesus.) It features liberal and skeptical scholars, but it also has the conservative side of the equation. This program looks at what leading New Testament scholars say about Jesus (believing, unbelieving, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish) and shows that there is credible evidence that Jesus is who he said he was. For this program, we interviewed scholars from Harvard, Princeton, Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, John Paul II Institute, Miami University (Ohio), the Jesus Seminar, Vanderbilt, Knox Theological Seminary, and Western Michigan University.
*Finalist Award from the International New York Film Festival 2001  and Angel Award ("the highest in its category") from Excellence in Media, Hollywood, CA, February 15, 2001. Also, this program was a finalist in Dr. Ted Baehr's MOVIEGUIDE awards for the Epiphany Prize, March 20, 2002. You can get a copy of this or the Easter version of the same program: Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen? at www.whoisthisjesus.tv
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*The Washington Times (Dec. 26. 2001) mentioned the Kennedy-Newcombe book, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? Julia Duin writes:
        Presbyterian authors the Rev. D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe say in their book "What if Jesus Had Never Been Born?" that had the event never happened, the "gaping hole" in civilization "would be a canyon about the size of a continent."
        Christianity's immediate effects were to bring an end to infant exposure (where unwanted children were left out in the elements to freeze or die of thirst), gladiator contests, cannibalism and abortion, they write....
        "We live in a culture that is so often denigrating Christianity and Christian morals," Mr. Newcombe says. "Many people in our culture would eschew bigotry of any kind, but at the same time they are anti-Christian. You see a lot of Christian-bashing in movies, TV and court rulings. "The goal of our book was to say Christianity gave the world a lot more than the Inquisition and the Crusades."
        For instance, the International Red Cross was founded in the 19th century by a Swiss evangelical Christian for "the love of Jesus Christ," he says. "Mother Teresa would not have been who she was without Jesus Christ."
        Had Christianity never happened, the world might look like pre-20th-century China, he said. Because Christianity is based on individual choice, political systems with Christian underpinnings tend to be democratic, he says. But China has no history of democracy in its 5,000 years.
        "Democracy allows people to govern themselves," he says. "The congregational form of church government was extremely important in the Massachusetts Bay colony. So was the presbyterian form of government, where elders govern. Some have said the U.S. government is patterned much like the Presbyterian Church."

*To see some incredible, new discoveries on the Shroud of Turin, the cloth which I believe provides scientific evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, click here

*Next time someone sends you an e-mail of a story that sounds suspicious, please verify it before you send it on. To check whether the latest rumor circulating on e-mail or in church is true or not, see www.truthorfiction.com. Frankly, there's a lot of nonsense out there.

*Read the latest news from a Christian perspective. Read World...www.worldmag.com.

*There's a GREAT machine you can get for your TV and VCR that filters out swearing. It's called TV Guardian. We got one recently, and it's a really nice way to enjoy movies without all the cursing! (Note: it only works with videos or programs that are Closed Caption (CC).) However, that's most programs today. For more information, see www.neuventure.com.

Sometimes we find out about people trapped in sexual sins who need help. This includes pastors. There's a great  ministry for those who are addicted to pornography or other sexual sins. You can call 1-888-HELPHOPE, and they will tell you how you can find a local group that can help you. They will completely protect your privacy on this matter. There's no need to go another day in the grip of a vice from which Christ can free you. Also, if you know anyone who struggles with an unwanted pregnancy, there is a network of some 3,000-4,000 crisis pregnancy centers that can and will help at every stage conceivable. Call 1-800-BETHANY for help.

Here are some pictures you won't believe until you see them with your own eyes. Here's the picture of my 21 year old son for his school yearbook. Uh oh! And other family pictures.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE BOOKS GEARED TOWARD HELPING US APPRECIATE OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE:

 What If Jesus Had Never Born? by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe documents how Christianity has been overall a force for good in the world. The book also deals with the Crusades, the Inquisition, anti-Semitism and other dark moments in Church history.
What If the Bible Had Never Been Written? by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe documents how the Bible has shaped so many of our most important institutions.
The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail by D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe deals with the threat to our Judeo-Christian heritage and religious liberties; it also outlines what we can do about it.
The Moral of the Story, compiled by Jerry Newcombe, is a Christian version of the Book of Virtues; it is dedicated to reclaiming our rich Christian heritage of literature.
  A Way of Escape by Jerry and Kirsti Newcombe deals with temptation in our lives by considering the time-honored concept of the Seven Deadly Sins and their counterparts.
  I’ll Do It Tomorrow by Jerry and Kirsti Newcombe (which is on the lighter side and contains more than 80 cartoons from Johnny Hart’s B.C.) provides time-honored keys to overcome procrastination.
Coming Again: But When? by Jerry Newcombe focuses on the climax of all history---the return of Jesus Christ. Without taking sides, this book guides the reader through the maze of various opinions (historical and present-day) on the Second Coming.
Athletes of Faith by Kirsti S. Newcombe. This illustrated children’s book considers a dozen leading athletes of faith who are positive role models.

 

Jerry Newcombe is senior producer of THE CORAL RIDGE HOUR, the television outreach of Dr. D. James Kennedy. He also hosts a weekly radio show on WAFG, 90.3 FM, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He has conducted thousands of broadcast interviews for television and radio.

You may contact Jerry Newcombe via email at jerrytnewcombe@cs.com
Last updated July 1, 2008.