{"id":1786788,"date":"2022-12-26T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786788"},"modified":"2022-12-26T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T13:19:07","slug":"jerry-newcombe-the-incredible-positive-impact-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jerry-newcombe-the-incredible-positive-impact-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Newcombe: The Incredible, Positive Impact of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjerry-newcombe-the-incredible-positive-impact-of-jesus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1786788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f8ca5e7e-1f91-492e-a248-7b01d1be8434.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"isPasted\">Two years ago a doctoral student in \u201creligious studies\u201d at a major public university in California was asked what he would do if he had a time machine. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/ucsb-teaching-assistant-says-he-would-assassinate-jesus-if-he-had-a-time-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answered<\/a> that he would \u201cassassinate Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d Somehow, in his thinking, the world would be better off without Jesus and the movement He has spawned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What if Jesus had never been born? Dr. D. James Kennedy and I asked that question back in 1994 when we co-authored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/WHAT-JESUS-NEVER-BEEN-BORN\/dp\/0849920795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a> by that title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In effect, the premise of this book is that <em>because<\/em> Jesus was born, look at all these incredible things that have happened&#8212;and continue to happen&#8212;because of Christian influence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The doctoral student and his ilk might say, \u201cWell, if it weren\u2019t for Christianity we would have been spared the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Salem Witchcraft Trials.\u201d That seems fair enough, but as Dr. Kennedy and I emphasized in addressing these and other \u201csins of the church,\u201d these aberrations (the most recent of which occurred about 330 years ago) are contrary to the teachings of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, an incalculable number of positive things came directly because of the love of Jesus as the Gospel spread(s) around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For instance, the Christian church created the phenomenon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/angelusnews.com\/voices\/how-the-church-invented-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital<\/a> and has erected hospitals all over the world. To this day hospitals all around us bear names reflective of their Christian origin&#8212;Holy Cross Hospital, St. Luke\u2019s Presbyterian, Baptist Hospital, etc.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Through His Church, Jesus Christ unleashed the forces of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/charity-Christian-concept\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charity<\/a> in our world. Out of love for Him, this very day, <em>tens of millions<\/em> of people around the globe will receive help through one branch of His church or another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Christ\u2019s influence is so profound that He has divided time into Before Christ and Anno Domini (\u201cin the year of our Lord\u201d). Of course, the politically correct way of saying this now is B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era). But Jesus\u2019 birth is still the basis for how we measure time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Christianity has inspired some of the world\u2019s greatest art and music. That includes beautiful Christmas music, like Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also, Christianity has expanded education from the elites only to the masses\u2014even creating the phenomenon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesleyan.edu\/christianitystudies\/pathways\/development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">university<\/a> around the year 1200.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Prior to the coming of Jesus Christ, human life on this planet was exceedingly cheap. But where the Gospel penetrated, human value and dignity were elevated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also, Christianity and the Bible played a pivotal role in creating America as a free nation, beginning with the Mayflower Compact written by the Pilgrims in 1620, where they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushistory.org\/documents\/mayflower.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> they came here \u201cfor the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">They instituted the essence of the American experiment&#8212;self-rule under God&#8212;which continued through other founding documents, culminating in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Other such documents include Rev. John Winthrop\u2019s \u201cA Model of Christian Charity\u201d sermon in 1630, when he <a href=\"https:\/\/teachingamericanhistory.org\/document\/a-model-of-christian-charity-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> his thousands of fellow Puritans who founded Boston: \u201cFor we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.\u201d The Puritans would go on to found Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth, for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Puritans who founded Connecticut produced the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut in 1639, <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/17th_century\/order.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declaring<\/a> their colony existed for \u201cthe liberty and the purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.\u201d There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/americanminute.com\/blogs\/todays-american-minute\/america-an-experiment-in-self-government-voting-american-minute-with-bill-federer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">line<\/a> of descent directly from this written constitution to the American Constitution. That\u2019s why Connecticut is called to this day \u201cthe Constitution State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">George Washington, the father of our nation, <a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Washington\/99-01-02-11404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that we can never hope to be a happy nation unless we imitate \u201cthe Divine Author of our blessed Religion\u201d&#8212;Jesus Christ. And I could go on and on. In short, no Jesus, no America as founded.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Recently, we at D. James Kennedy Ministries have <a href=\"https:\/\/offers.djameskennedy.org\/wijhnbb\/?utm_campaign=wijhnbb&#038;utm_source=OT&#038;utm_medium=OTO20221207&#038;utm_content=L2861&#038;PN=41201723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produced<\/a> a documentary on this theme, called \u201cWhat If Jesus Had Never Been Born?\u201d based on our original program from 2002.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Beautifully shot on location in Europe and in various places in America, it includes brilliant comments from Os Guinness, Craig A. Evans, Nancy Pearcey, and Rabbi Daniel Lapin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the original version, I interviewed the late Rev. E.V. Hill, who pastored in Watts in the Los Angeles area. He told us one of the most memorable soundbites ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=youtube+what+if+jesus+had+never+been+born&#038;rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS807US807&#038;oq=you&#038;aqs=chrome.3.69i57j46i67i433j69i59j35i39j69i60l4.10329j0j4&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cRight today, a lady asked me, \u2018Well, you fellows are preaching, but it ain\u2019t working.\u2019 And I said to her, \u2018You know, you can literally go down a street and smell body odor. The soap companies are failing to get their message over.\u2019 And she said, \u2018No, no, there\u2019s nothing wrong with the soap, you\u2019ve got to use it.\u2019 Well there it is. There\u2019s nothing wrong with Jesus Christ, you\u2019ve got to accept Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Jerry Newcombe, D.Min., is the executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.providenceforum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Providence Forum<\/a>, an outreach of D. James Kennedy Ministries, where Jerry also serves as senior producer and an on-air contributor. He has written\/co-written 33 books, including George Washington\u2019s Sacred Fire (with Providence Forum founder Peter Lillback, Ph.D.) and What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? (with D. James Kennedy, Ph.D.). www.djkm.org \u00a0 \u00a0 @newcombejerry \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerrynewcombe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>www.jerrynewcombe.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago a doctoral student in \u201creligious studies\u201d at a major public university in California was asked what he would do if he had a time machine. 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