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The newly created White House Faith Office announced earlier this week that President Trump would honor and celebrate Holy Week and Easter “with the observance it deserves,” according to Jennifer Korn, director of the Faith Office, including a special presidential video message and a pre-Easter dinner which Trump himself hosted on Wednesday.
“What a contrast to Easter last year at the White House when President Biden declared the most holy day of the year on the Christian calendar ‘Transgender Day of Visibility,’” evangelist Franklin Graham wrote.
Indeed, last year, former President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on that Good Friday which read, in part, “We honor the extraordinary courage and contributions of transgender Americans and reaffirm our Nation’s commitment to forming a more perfect Union — where all people are created equal and treated equally throughout their lives.”
By contrast, President Trump last Sunday launched Holy Week by recognizing “the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ… and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious Resurrection and proclaim, as Christians have done for nearly 2,000 years, ‘HE IS RISEN!’”
As Easter dawns this weekend, Christians across the globe will gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ—a singular event that overthrew the dominion of death and anchored the hope of salvation. This is no mere nostalgic ritual; it is the heartbeat of a faith that has shaped the moral and cultural architecture of the West for two millennia.
Yet, in our time, Easter’s promise stands in stark contrast to a world increasingly hostile to its message. Christians face unprecedented persecution globally, while at home, the radical Left has secularized our cultural institutions, eroding the foundations of a civilization built on Judeo-Christian values. In the context of this crucible, Easter is not just a commemoration but a defiant call to spiritual and cultural renewal.
The spiritual significance of Easter is inseparable from its radical claim: that Christ’s resurrection is the ultimate victory over sin and death. For believers, this is not a metaphor or a myth but an historical and metaphysical reality. The empty tomb testifies to a God who personally entered human suffering, conquered it, and continues to offer redemption to a fallen world. In our nihilistic age, when meaning is reduced to political activism and an idolization of the self, Easter’s message is a thunderclap. It proclaims that our lives have purpose, that our sacrifices are not in vain, and that love—divine and human—triumphs over despair. It is a reorientation of the soul toward eternity.
But this spiritual truth is under siege. From the Middle East to Africa to Asia, Christians face brutal persecution. In Nigeria, Boko Haram and Fulani militants slaughter Christian villagers with impunity, their churches reduced to ash. In China, the Communist Party demolishes crosses and jails pastors, replacing the Gospel with state-sanctioned propaganda. In the Middle East, ancient Christian communities—descendants of the faith’s earliest witnesses—are being erased by jihadist violence and systemic discrimination. The numbers are staggering: Open Doors estimates that 365 million Christians live under high levels of persecution or discrimination, with 2024 seeing a sharp rise in attacks. These are not abstract statistics but the bloody testament to a global assault on the body of Christ.
This persecution is not merely physical but ideological. In the West, cultural Marxists have waged a relentless and largely successful campaign to secularize the public square, purging Christian symbols and values from cultural institutions. Schools, once grounded in Judeo-Christian ethics, now inculcate ideologies that promote moral relativism over the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. Universities, media, and even many churches have embraced a progressive orthodoxy that recasts Christian virtues as oppressive relics. The neo-Marxist vision is clear: a society unmoored from transcendence, in which the State, not God, defines morality. Easter, with its humble yet glorious affirmation of divine authority, is an affront to this project. It reminds us that no earthly power can command our ultimate allegiance.
Culturally, Easter has been a cornerstone of Western civilization, its themes of renewal and redemption woven into our art, literature, and moral imagination. From Dante’s Divine Comedy to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, the resurrection imbues us with humility but has also inspired our highest aspirations. It fueled the abolition of slavery, the rise of charity, and the concept of inalienable human rights—ideas rooted in the revelation that every soul is made in God’s image – that all lives matter.
Yet today these cultural fruits are under attack. The Left’s secularizing zeal has birthed a destructive new iconoclasm, toppling not just statues but the very ideals they represented. In their place has arisen a culture of grievance and division, where identity politics negates – intentionally – the universal brotherhood Easter proclaims.
The Left understands that to remake society, it must dismantle its spiritual foundations. By marginalizing Christianity, they aim to sever the West from this moral compass, leaving it adrift in a sea of relativism. The result is a civilization in decline—spiritually hollow, culturally fragmented, and increasingly authoritarian. The rise of cancel culture, the suppression of free speech, and the weaponization of institutions against dissenters are symptoms of a society that has forgotten Easter’s call to truth and grace.
Civilizationally, Easter’s significance lies in its power to renew and restore. The resurrection is not just a personal promise but a cosmic one, pointing to the restoration of all things. This hope has sustained the West through its darkest hours—Roman persecution, barbarian invasions, world wars. It can sustain us now – if we choose to reclaim it. Will we return to the faith that birthed our greatness, or will we surrender to a secular dystopia where power, not principle, reigns?
The resurrection is a rallying cry for those of us who refuse to submit to the spirit of the age. It calls Christians to stand firm with the courage of conviction. This means defending the faith in the public square. It means rebuilding cultural institutions—schools, churches, families—that reflect Easter’s values of truth, beauty, and sacrifice. It means bearing witness to the Gospel in a world that despises it, knowing that the God who raised Christ from the dead can raise a civilization from its ashes.
Easter assures us that no persecution, no ideology, no earthly power can extinguish the truth. This is not blind optimism; history is replete with examples of Christianity’s resilience, from the early martyrs to the medieval monks who nurtured civilization for a thousand years after the collapse of Rome, to the dissidents who defied communist tyranny with the cross. Today’s persecuted, from Nigerian villagers to Chinese house churches, embody this same indomitable spirit. Their witness shames the complacency of the comfortable West.
This weekend, as churches fill with hymns of triumph, let us remember what is at stake. Historically, spiritually, and civilizationally, Easter is a revolutionary act. It declares that death is not the end, that evil will not have the last word, and that a broken world can be made whole. In a time of chaos and re-paganizing decay, this is the message the West desperately needs. The question is whether we will have the courage to carry it. The tomb is empty. Christ is risen. And the future belongs to those who dare to believe it.
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Very Inspirational.
Very Powerful.
Very True.
Timeless.
Praise be to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
HE HAS RISEN
He is Risen, Indeed!
To defeat death through Christ. How more revolutionary can that be? Happy Easter.
Regarding the shroud I have discovered intellectual dishonesty from ex-Evangelicals youtubers with who I agree with in general. They are correct about the errors and contradictions of the Bible. Though I disagree with them on some of their affirmations about the 4 gospels.
Like that no way can Mark and Luke be the true authors.On that it is sheer fanaticism on their part.
Those ex-Evangelicals are Paulogia,Mindshift and Michael Beverly.
The first two are legends.Three prominent Christian apologists are Capturing Christianity and Melissa Dougherty and Gary Habermas,all on youtube.
All have made videos with lots of information on the Shroud of Turin.The first has made THREE videos on it.
Paulogia,Mindshift and Michael Beverly have made videos commenting on why Capturing Christianity and or Melissa Dougherty and or Gary Habermas are wrong on this and that. But NEVER on the Shroud of Turin. Not once,and they know Capturing Christianity and Melissa BELIEVE the shroud is authentic,yet NOTHING on why those two are wrong. Habermas thinks it is highly probable.
If they could debunk it they would have.They are intellectually dishonest in saying nothing when the shroud vindicates lots of details in the 4 gospels.
Paulogia has made like TWELVE videos against Habermas on this and that,and convincing too ,but NEVER on the shroud.Here are videos by them on the shroud.
By Melissa
Capturing Christianity
I will give what Paulogia’s theory is as to what happened. The shroud has never been mentioned by him. According to documents when a JEW was CRUCIFIED in Jerusalem
he was allowed to be buried.By who? By the SANHEDRIN,the group that ruled Judea.
And the documents,according to Paulogia, state the body was always,always buried NOT in a TOMB but in a COMMON GRAVE with other bodies.Paulogia rejects the empty tomb,for him it was a fabrication.
1. Paulogia’s theory is the ONE WITNESS theory: one disciple,PETER, had a hallucination,thought Jesus resurrected.And was able to convince a few others.
2. Paulogia points out about ELVIS:he died and right away some said it was fake,Elvis faked his death and that they had SEEN Elvis ALIVE. The same with Jesus.
3. However the shroud of Turin shows a body of a man pierced on his side,with holes in the hands and feet and who had a CROWN of THORNS. It is the crown that is the smoking gun it was Jesus.
The shroud shows the 4 gospels are accurate:body in a tomb.We know it was the Sanhedrin would have took the body. Who? The gospels mention a Joseph of Arimathea,secret admirer of Jesus and member of? Of the SANHEDRIN.
Three of the four gospels identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin, while Matthew identifies him as a rich disciple of Jesus.
Only the RICH could then afford to bury a body in a TOMB.
John says Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus applied 100 pounds of spices to the body of Jesus as part of an honorable Jewish burial. 100 pounds of SPICES would have cost a LOT.
There is the case of PINCHAS LAPIDE (1922-1993) ,Israeli historian and theologian. He wrote ”Three Popes and the Jews” (1967) where he defended Pius 12 against the accusation that he did nothing for the Jews during WW II.
He stated Pius 12 saved minimum 700,000 and probably 860,000.
In ”The Resurrection of Jesus:a Jewish Perspective” he agrees Jesus was a holy man and prophet and that he RESURRECTED
but at the same time says he was NOT the Messiah.
Christianity is growing once again, and growing through the young people of this world.
I hope that you are correct!
I visited Manchester earlier this year and there were several young people preaching in the streets.
Thank you, Mr. Tapson.
Christians are often criticized for being political.
What is ‘political.’ or ‘politics’? The root word is the Greek polis, meaning the thing of the community, for a lack of a better translation. So, Christians, as with other citizens can, should, and in fact are involved in ‘politics.” Why? Christians are members of the community too.
Also, to do nothing is also being political. Let us think about that, as well.
In politics, as in every human endeavor, Christians are also to act Christlike.
Today, as you point out, Christians face much discrimination and even open hostility, simply for being Christian. Also, our whole societal structure–indeed our Western civilization–is under attack by several hostile sources, including foremost from so-called post-modernism. One of the primary targets is the Judeo-Christian legacy, as those who would be conquerors seek to relegate that great legacy to the ash heap of history.
The Left controls the discourse and the rules governing what is acceptable. Christians mistakenly support progressive liberalism by tolerating abominations in the name of freedom – that we will lose our freedom if we do not tolerate their repulsive ideas and give them room to disseminate and teach them.
If government’s purpose is to reward what is good and punish evil (1 Peter 2: 14), then there is a standard by which this must be done, and all other standards regarded as greater or lesser perversions of it and therefore not to be tolerated.
Christianity alone can deliver civilizational beauty and goodness because it alone is true. We must return to Christian virtue and piety in our people and in our local, state and federal governments. This requires we be unashamedly political. All religions hostile to Christianity must not be allowed. No mosques or Hindu temples because they are blasphemous abominations. They gain political power demanding Christians be winsome and “gentle and lowly” with progressive ideology. Freedom does not require us to tolerate what God hates. Freedom is found in the LORD alone, and in acknowledging and worshipping Him.
At this time we celebrate the original Christian Holy Days. The sacrifice of our innocent “Lamb of God”, His resurrection as our First Fruit, and the days of Unleaven”ing” our personal sin. Tradition should never abrogate Faith. Love to all of you!
Easter is satanic…
The True Origin of Easter Reports:
“Astarte (Easter)-worship was always associated with the worship of Baal or sun worship. Astarte was Baal’s wife.”
allah is the new name of Baal…
The way this world deceives the masses into worshiping fake gods is endless…
I wonder why people doownvoted your factual message. I’ll add that Paula White, Trump’s spiritual advisor, is a twice-divorced prosperity preacher who promises spiritual gifts in exchange for sending her money.
Trump, like previous presidents from Bush onward, signed into law the Noahide laws disguised as “Education Day.” Do they not recognize, or care, that Christianity is considered idolatry in Judaism, Islam, & Noahidism; & that the penalty in each for idolatry is death?
It seems our Christian spiritual & political leaders are either incompetent or complicit.
That “Easter” was taken from “Astarte” does not make the holiday recognizing and celebrating the LORD’s resurrection evil – but it is unfortunate. Words ARE important.
The holiday is still known as “Pascha” in many older denominations of Christianity, and I wish we all would stick to the older names – either “Resurrection Sunday” or “Pascha.” Pascha is appropriate because the LORD Jesus is the Passover lamb.
“Pascha” is the Greek translation to the word Passover… and not a word used in the Bible.
Besides… what does Easter Bunnies, eggs, candy and baskets have to do with the One True Holy God? <<< Nothing… it's all pagan…
Whereas most no one can see the significance of the Death & Resurrection with these pagan observances…
Also… the Passover is just one part of the Death & Resurrection…
Easter is flat out evil.
David Bentley Hart once wrote “Among all the great transitions that have marked Western history, only one—the triumph of Christianity—can be called in the fullest sense a ‘revolution.’”
The Greco-Roman world was disease ridden without the slightest concept of cleanliness. Sewage was dumped out of apartment windows, often including the bodies of unwanted children into the street, the de-facto sewer. Disease flourished and nothing was understood of the mechanisms of contagion The sick were ostracized to live and die on their own.
As Christianity spread, a population imbalance began to develop between the pagans and the Christian community. Like many modern societies the Greco-Roman world had an acute shortage of women particularly in their childbearing years partly because of the preference for sons and the widespread use of infanticide and abortion. Thus Roman civilization suffered population decline leading arithmetically to extinction.
Christian neighborhoods had a surplus of women, both because their faith forbade abortion and infanticide, thereby preserving the health of the mother and permitting girls to be born, and because these prohibitions induced many women to become Christians for their own safety’s sake. Women … and men … flocked to the new faith, often for purely practical reasons. Christians did not isolate their sick but cared for them and thus had longer life spans. “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,” may be the most revolutionary commandment ever,
Modern secular societies are not instituting a “new morality” but a very old, pagan, and savage one. The ancient Greeks and Romans thought some children were not worth rearing. There are plenty of modern societies that do the same. The 20th century phrase was “life unworthy of life” or Lebensunwertes Leben. Look up what the Germans didi with that idea.
What to do with Easter when you are a Messanic Jew ?
Hello MSD, As a Messianic Jew , are you a Christian – or one who is still waiting for the Messiah to arrive?
Re Easter, surely the best thing is not to celebrate it, either way? It is not a Christian celebration, nor is it a Jewish one.
In his book The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop says: “What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, . . . as found by
Layard on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. . . . Such is the history of Easter. The popular observances that still attend the period of its celebration amply confirm the testimony of history as to its Babylonian character. The hot cross buns of Good Friday, and the dyed eggs of Pasch or Easter Sunday, figured in the Chaldean rites just as they do now.”—(New York, 1943), pp. 103, 107, 108; compare Jeremiah 7:18.
Didn’t Jesus himself ask us to keep memorialising his death, not his resurrection?
Daniel Greenfield has taught me much about Judaism in his writings. I love and try to observe the Jewish holidays.
Good Christian writings like this are also published here that feed my faith.
Thank you, Front Page Mag, for being a source for all this faith and knowledge.
Good article. Easter is important.
Easter Sunday is or should be about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
Therefore, if someone would asked a Christian “Why are you a Christian ?” One of best answers is that because “Jesus had risen from the dead.”
For that’s where the real foundation of Christianity is the resurrection of Christ from the dead, First Corinthians 15:1-6. To it more strongly, if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead the entire religion of Christianity if false, it’s a hoax. The Bible confirms this statement. First Corinthians 15:12-19.
Roman guards has been stationed at the tomb of Jesus to make sure that His disciple would not be able to steal the body of Jesus and then make a false claim of His resurrection , Matthew 27::62-65.
Besides the disciples of Jesus too scared to do much of anything but run away and go hiding, Matthew 26:55.
Furthermore if those disciples did, somehow, steal the body of Jesus and then falsely claim the he rose from the dead. They would be fools to then to give and risk their lives on what they knew is false report and a lie.
Besides, I had been to the Jerusalem and seen such an ancient tomb and it has large rock covering to its entrance. If the body of Jesus had been stolen, there would have been much ground disturbance at the difficult task at moving such a large heavy rock covering. Therefore, a hoax resurrection could be easily discovered and exposed as a hoax.
Since Pilate sealed His tomb there have been slanders against Christ in every generation. Yet, 55 years ago I receive Him into my life and He changed everything. It was a difficult adult conversion.
1. The miraculous birth tha He had equipped Him for the life He would live.
2. The perfect life that He lived qualified Him for the death He would die.
3, The temporary death that He died, makes available to me the life that He gives.
Repent: change my mind about everything
Faith: act in the confidence that God will keep His Word.