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US President Joe Biden on Saturday expressed hope Iran would stand down despite its threat to avenge the elimination of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Reuters reported. Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s killing, though Israel has not claimed or denied responsibility. They, together with Hezbollah, have vowed revenge for both Haniyeh’s elimination as well as for the elimination of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. Asked by reporters whether Iran would stand down, Biden said in response, "I hope so. I don't know." On Friday, the Pentagon announced it would move a fighter jet squadron to...

Just 26% of Gen X and 16% of millennials believe that when they die, they will go to Heaven only because they confessed their sins and accepted Jesus as their savior, compared to nearly half of the generation before them, a new study has found. The American Worldview Inventory 2021, a survey of the philosophy of life on American adults from Arizona Christian University, assessed the worldviews of four generations: millennials (born 1984-2002), Gen X (1965-1983), baby boomers (1946-1964) and builders (1927-1945). Researchers found that among other recent generations, millennials have gone farther in cutting ties with traditional Christian views...

Christian Research has come up with some cheering news for Easter. When it asked people whether they believed that Christ rose from the dead, 47 per cent said that they did. Praise be! Thirty-six per cent said they didn’t. But what of the 15 per cent of the population who mumbled “don’t know”? Don’t know? Sir, Madam, the question was not one of fact — whether Lima is the capital of Peru — it was one of instinct, of what you feel in the depths of your soul. Of course none of us knows that Jesus rolled back that boulder...