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This Easter Sunday in Ukraine was unlike any other in the history of this nation in crisis. As Ukrainian Christians gathered together at Kiev’s Central Baptist Church to worship and celebrate the resurrection, they heard a special message delivered in person by Alexander Turchynov, the country’s acting president. SGA’s Sergei Omelchenko wrote to tell us about the extraordinary day . . . Turchinov 4-21-14 Acting Ukrainian president Alexander Turchynov proclaims the Gospel at the pulpit of Central Baptist Church in Kiev—a truly historic moment! Pastor Vyacheslav Nesteruk, president of the Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (UECB), preached the main message...

The latest from Lutheran Satire. Happy Resurrection Sunday, everyone!

Today being Resurrection Sunday, the pick for today's feature is the perennial Easter favorite based upon the Lloyd C. Douglas novel about the Roman centurion who wins Christ's robe and how his life changes. The first film shot in CinemaScope. I particularly love the scene where Jean Simmons' character tells off Emperor Caligula.

Good Friday through Resurrection Sunday An Easter Thread of Friendship HE IS RISEN HE IS RISEN INDEED Matthew 27:50-53 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.(NIV) "Why do...

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Friday, I wrote about the betrayal and murder of the Son of God, without a doubt the day that humanity was at its very worst. After the Lord was dead and the people realized the enormity of the atrocity they had comitted, He was taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb. Jesus’s disciples despaired. The Romans, trying to stop a nascent rebellion, ordered that the tomb be guarded day and night and that a large rock be placed in front of it. The tomb was owned by a wealthy man named Joseph of Arimithea, fulfilling the old...

Well, here comes another religious holiday, and with it another slew of slanders and lies against the church; wild accusations put forth first by pagans, Satanists, and anti-Christian atheists, but popularized in Christian circles by greedy preachers trying the practice of “market differentiation” to continuing their money-making. This time, it’s Easter. The truth is that we don’t really know why Easter is called Easter. It’s unique to the English-speaking peoples of the Earth. The rest of Christendom calls it “passover,” or some similar word, such as “pasqua.” The Christ-haters teach that Easter is a pagan festival, really. But men such...