Tag: Easter
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Gays, not Straits, of Hormuz (RR)
by Pastor Dunkin, ©2026 (Apr. 5, 2026) — “I followed in the footsteps of Our Savior, cherishing every stride. I was approached by a burka-clad person who said, ‘I speak English.’ I replied, ‘Then have you ever heard of the GOLDEN RULE?’ ‘What rule?’ the burka asked. The ‘Do unto others as you would have done upon yourself’…
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Reasons For Hope This Easter: The Quiet Revival Sweeping American Universities
by Prophecy News Watch, New American Prophet, ©2025 (Apr. 26, 2025) — While many college campuses have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons—anti-Semitic protests, anti-American rhetoric, and rising hostility toward people of faith—another story is quietly unfolding. A better story. One not of chaos but of Christ. In arenas once known for…
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You Voted: Kamala is Barabbas (RR)
by Roving Reporter, ©2025 (Apr. 20, 2025) — “Easter Parade” (1:20) “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Archbishop Dunkin invited us to attend Easter service in his little church down on Hawthorn Street so here we are, up in the balcony. And there he…
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Twitter Phenomenon Sends Easter Greetings
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 9, 2023) — Early Sunday morning in the eastern time zone, prominent Twitter account “Buitengebieden,” who most frequently posts unusual videos of animals (and sometimes humans) from around the world, sent an Easter greeting from his home in Holland with a breathtaking video. “Buitengebieden,” aka “Sander,” bills his account as “the…
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The Legend of the Easter Bunny
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2023 (Apr. 7, 2023) — Excitement buzzed around the base of the old willow tree, just outside of Edgar P. Rabbit’s abode. The tree had halfway fallen long ago, the rotten wood making it easy to dig out his home. Miraculously, some of the roots stayed deep in the earth, sending…
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Easter Messages Trend Inconsistently on Twitter
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 17, 2022) — Despite numerous Easter messages on Twitter Sunday morning declaring belief in and celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as of this writing the topic is trending only sporadically on the social-media platform, unlike in past years. The trend, “He Got Up” has apparently replaced the more traditional…
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The Law and the Spirit; Shavuot and Pentecost
by ProfDave, ©2021 (May 24, 2021) — Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, the Feast of Weeks or of First Fruits, seven weeks after Passover and/or Easter. The Jewish version, Shavuot, was a week earlier this year. In the Torah it was the third and last of the annual festivals when all Jewish men were to “appear…
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Life after Death?
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Apr. 8, 2021) — What does Easter tell us about life after death? Given that Israel actually exists today, and that people all over the world call themselves Christians, should the Biblical history be taken as seriously as, say, Thucydides or Caesar’s Gallic Wars? The problem is not a lack of historical…
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The Most Important Event in History
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Apr. 6, 2021) — What do you think was the most important event in history? The Exodus of Israel from Egypt? The Resurrection of Jesus? The Hegira of Muhammad? Darwin’s publication of Origin of the Species? Your answer depends on your worldview, doesn’t it? They represent three of the great world religions…
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Easter: The Meaning & Message Behind the Holiday
by Alex Shute, FaithGiant, ©2021 (Mar. 16, 2021) — Did you know that Easter is only mentioned once in the Bible? This fact brings up many questions: What is the true origin? Should Christians celebrate it? Is it even Biblical in the first place? When we think of Easter, what comes mind is probably baby…
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Lent? What’s that?
by ProfDave, ©2021 (Feb. 17, 2021) — Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Liturgical Christians receive the sign of the cross on their foreheads, made from the previous Palm Sunday’s ashes. They wear that sign all day as a symbol of penitence. I received the ashes one year and wore them with…
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Wednesday Coronavirus Presser: Americans’ Mitigation Efforts Resulting in Fewer Casualties
OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE “REMARKABLE” CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR TO “PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 8, 2020) — President Trump started today’s White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing by recognizing that Passover will soon be celebrated along with Easter Sunday on April 12. He suggested that this week, known as Holy Week for Christians, Americans…
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Keith Green’s Easter Message Trending on Twitter
“EASTER SONG” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 21, 2019) — On Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m., an Easter message and song from 28-year-old evangelist and musician Keith Green from 1982 was trending on Twitter. Green, who with his wife Melody began a Christian ministry in Los Angeles in the late ’70s, was killed with his two…
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Live on Friday Afternoon: Pope Commemorates Stations of the Cross
FROM THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 30, 2018) — To commemorate Good Friday, the day on which Scripture says that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified to absolve the world of its sins, past, present and future, Pope Francis is presiding over an enactment of the “Stations of the Cross” from the Roman…
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The Miracle of the Holy Fire
“A LIGHT THAT CANNOT BE DESCRIBED” by James Meletiou, ©2017 (Apr. 17, 2017) — Jews and Christians may disagree on many things, but Jesus’s resurrection happened just as the Jews were celebrating their escape from Egypt – known as Passover. So it is that both Jews and Christians celebrate Passover at the same time most…
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He is Risen!
“INSIDE AN EMPTY TOMB” by Lyle Rapacki, Ph.D., ©2017, The Olive Branch Report (Apr. 16, 2017) — Jesus Christ died. He died quivering on a cross, after receiving a horrific public thrashing that would have killed any other human. He died after carrying His own instrument of death, the top part of the cross, to…
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A Celebration of Life
“A CONTINUOUS SONG OF JOY” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2016) — I didn’t know that it was time for you to go. Despite not knowing, the feeling that all was not well was with me since Christmas. As we watched the wonder of early flowers survive a late winter snowstorm during the holiest of…
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Sacrificial Lambs
“GOD’S ETERNAL BURNT OFFERING” by RoseAnn Salanitri, TPATH Contributor, ©2015 (Apr. 10, 2015) — At this very special time of year, it is more than appropriate to meditate on the meanings of God’s sacrificial lambs. A number of years ago I worked in a small office that was owned and operated by a wonderful Jewish…
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Obama Issues Passover/Easter Message Disparaging Anti-Semitism
BUT IS HE GUILTY OF THAT HIMSELF? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 5, 2015) — On Saturday, Obama released a video message to Americans in which he extended Passover and Easter greetings. On Friday, he and his family reportedly celebrated a Seder supper, which marks the Jewish holiday of Passover. “Michelle and I joined Jewish families…
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Shocking Genocide of Christians in Syria and Iraq by ISIL and Al Qaeda is Intensifying
AS OBAMA’S “DEAFENING” SILENCE CONTINUES by Capt. Joseph R. John (Ret.), ©2015 (Apr. 3, 2015) — We wish all participants and observers of this holy season a Happy Good Friday, a Happy Easter, and a Happy Passover. Today’s treatment of Christians in a great many nations is disturbingly and reminiscent of the brutal persecution and…