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There are many religions with different founders, prophets, and teachers going back thousands of years. But only one of them, Christianity, has a founder who professed to be the Messiah—the son of God—who provided irrefutable proof of who he was by conquering death through resurrection. Easter is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection.Christ is also the only person in history who was pre-announced starting a thousand years before he was born, with 18 different prophets from the Old Testament between the tenth and the fourth centuries BC predicting his coming birth, life, and death. Hundreds of years later, the details of...

A report from Hope Rawlson at the blog for the Institute on Religion & Democracy has documented that students at Duke Divinity School, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, have held a “Pride” worship service to pray to the “Great Queer One.”She revealed, “Divinity Pride, a student group affirming the ‘dignity, faithfulness, and strength of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and gender/sexuality non-conforming Christians,'” held the event.The posting explained, “Criticizing the church, Justis Mitchell, a first-year M.Div student, stated, ‘In the pews we listen to the pastor who preaches about commandments, condemning those who disobey, predicating...

Two female inmates at New Jersey’s only all-women prison have fallen pregnant after having consensual sex with transgender inmates, officials have said.The unidentified pregnant women are incarcerated at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, which houses 27 prisoners who identify as transgender and more than 800 women in total.They fell pregnant after engaging in “consensual sexual relationships with another incarcerated person,” Dan Sperrazza, the state Department of Corrections’ external affairs executive director told NJ.com.Sperrazza said officials are investigating the matter.“While DOC cannot comment on any specific disciplinary or housing decisions that may be considered in light of these events,...

Last Saturday left-wing protesters swelled the ranks of Yellow Vests demonstrating in Paris and other cities as the Left in France mobilized ahead of the Sunday First Round vote in the presidential election. Their hope was to see Left candidate Jean-Lue Melenchon reach the final round against incumbent Emmanuel Macron. But in the end a surging Marine Le Pen took the second spot to face off against Macron in the final round vote a week from tomorrow. Now the challenge for "Establishment" forces like the Mainstream Media and the Macron government is to shut down Marine Le Pen in the...

When enough is enough… Parents are suing a Massachusetts public school district for keeping their “genderqueer” and trans children’s identities and new pronouns a secret from them A lawsuit was filed Tuesday by two sets of parents, including parents of an 11 year old “genderqueer” girl and a transgender boy child, against Ludlow Public Schools in Massachusetts for violating their parental rights by actively concealing their two children’s gender identities and pronouns secret from them. The suit stands on the basis of violation of parental rights, due process, and religious freedom through injection of gender identity policies and aims to...

Russia has demanded Ukrainian forces still fighting to defend the besieged city of Mariupol lay down their weapons. The apparent ultimatum comes as Russia continues its relentless and devastating attack on the southeastern city. Russian state media Ria reported that "without exception" all "Ukrainian armed units and foreign mercenaries" must exit from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Moscow time (same as local time) "without any weapons and ammunition," citing the Russian Defense Ministry. An estimated 100,000 people remain in Mariupol and its immediate surroundings, which are reported to be largely under Russian control, with Ukrainian troops confined to pockets of...

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Joe Biden is visibly and cognitively impaired. We can all see it, yet the powers in charge ignore it and pretend it doesn’t matter. The Hunter Biden laptop was real, despite 50 former and current intelligence officials attesting it was “Russian propaganda,” and they pretend it doesn’t matter. For two years we suffered under ridiculous COVID-19 rules and fiats decreed by western officials, none of it was science-based, and they pretend it doesn’t matter.In his weekly monologue, Neil Oliver walks through examples of the many naked emperors, and how we can see them completely exposed, yet they pretend it doesn’t...

President Joe Biden has revamped his administration’s near-midnight flights filled with border crossers to American communities, a new report details. Footage obtained by the New York Post shows border crossers, many of whom are presumably Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs), being flown from El Paso International Airport in Texas to Westchester County Airport near White Plains, New York, at almost 9:30 p.m. this week.

Most Americans are in agreement that the “worst” of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic is “behind us,” a YouGov/TheEconomist survey found. The survey asked respondents to indicate where they believe the world is in terms of the pandemic.

I received an interesting letter in the mail today. The letter is from one of those "quickie" land buyers who prey on the ignorant people. I bought a lot which is in a subdivision on Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Texas side 34 years ago. The letter offers me $250 for the residential lot. Does anyone have a creative way to respond to this guy to send the message of "Don't ever do that again!"? I wanted to post the redacted letter to Facebook, but don't know if that is legal or not. Words escape me on how people can...

During an interview with CBS News’ “The Takeout” podcast on Wednesday released on Friday, Polish Ambassador to the United States Marek Magierowski said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s image has undergone a dramatic transformation and he is “the leader of the free world” at the moment.

Pfizer announced this week that they were asking the FDA to issue an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a “booster” COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11. (Source.)The FDA issued an EUA for the first Pfizer COVID-19 shots for this age group of children in October of 2021. (Source.)At the time, a doctor on the FDA Advisory Committee deliberating on whether or not an EUA should be given for this age group, stated that the only way to find out if the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines were safe for this age group was to start injecting them...

As the federal government flooded the economy with nearly $5 trillion during the pandemic to avert recession, fraudsters have had a field day, filching tax credits, tax refunds, stimulus money and unemployment benefits in one of the biggest heists of federal and taxpayer funds in American history. “We’ve never seen fraud at this scale before. We knew there was going to be more fraud with stimulus because fraud follows the money, but I don’t think anyone expected the absolute enormity of it,” says Linda Miller, a principal at Grant Thornton who served as deputy executive director from 2020 to 2021...

MANHATTAN — Several hundred people packed the Brooklyn Bridge Friday, April 15 — Good Friday — to demonstrate their love of the Living Christ for his sacrifice more than 2,000 years ago. “I think it’s beautiful, very beautiful,” said Karen Costable of Westchester County. “It is a message of love.” A brilliant sunny sky and a light breeze greeted the marchers led by Bishop Robert Brennan. This “Way of the Cross” procession stepped off from the Cathedral-Basilica of St. James, and then stretched across the Brooklyn Bridge. It stopped at City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan and ended at St....

Russian state television declared Friday night that its conflict in Ukraine can now "safely be called World War III." "What it's escalated into can safely be called World War III – that's entirely for sure," Russia 1 television host Olga Skabeyeva said, according to a translation of Friday night’s broadcast by Britain's Metro News. "Now we're definitely fighting against NATO infrastructure, if not NATO itself. We need to recognize that."The remarks on the Russian state sponsored station come a day after Russia's flagship, the Moskva, sank in the Black Sea on Thursday. While the Russians claim the sinking was the...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin. “Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television. “There’s first class, second class, skin color, [whether] they come from a developed country [or] one that is not developed.” “We are racists, we are racists. And this is bad,” the pope stated. As he has done on other occasions, Francis compared the current problem of migrants and refugees to the flight into Egypt of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus when King Herod was...

Pope Francis visited Benedict XVI on Wednesday, ahead of the Pope emeritus’ 95th birthday. The Holy See press office said that the pope went to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, the retired German pope’s residence in Vatican City, shortly after 6 p.m. local time on April 13. Benedict XVI will celebrate his 95th birthday on April 16, Holy Saturday. He was born in 1927, also on Holy Saturday, in Marktl, Bavaria. He led the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013, when he became the first pope in almost 600 years to resign. “After a brief and affectionate conversation, and after praying...

Another attempt to push pro-death legislation has been thwarted in Connecticut.HARTFORD, Connecticut (LifeSiteNews) – For the tenth time, a bill to legalize assisted suicide has been defeated in Connecticut. Bill SB 88 was defeated on April 12 after it had passed in the Connecticut Public Health Committee in March. One of the strongest opponents of the bill was Cathy Ludlum, who is one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group dedicated to protecting the rights of disabled people in light of the push for assisted suicide. According the Second Thoughts, the most recent attempt to legalize medical suicide...