On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence noted in a press conference that the faith of millions of Americans during the Easter season is a source of hope amidst an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence noted in a press conference that the faith of millions of Americans during the Easter season is a source of hope amidst an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
This year the Exodus story will mirror the experience of millions across the globe who are staying inside their homes, praying that death will pass them by and that God will once more provide deliverance.
The cross, sin, and repentance have never been popular terms even though they are at the heart of the Christian faith. Jesus Himself said that the cross would be offensive. Sadly, many today water down the gospel and avoid talking about the cross. They want the Bible to be more appealing and marketable. But truth is not marketable! We are to guard it, proclaim it, and defend it, but never compromise it.
God uses disasters and tragedies to accomplish His perfect will in us and through us, and sometimes to bring us to himself in the first place.
In an attempt to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, the Israeli government is enforcing strict restrictions on the nation surrounding Passover.
I believe in religious freedom, and I’m committed to continuing to defy the policies of this administration that violate my faith.
But the quarantine restrictions are not among them.
Thousands of Christians are placing wooden crosses in their front yards to spread hope surrounding Easter amid vast uncertainty around the world.
Our Lord entered Jerusalem triumphantly on Palm Sunday (Mark 11:1-10), then spent the night in Bethany (vv. 11–12). On Holy Monday, he cursed a barren fig tree as a symbol of the “fruitless” nation of Israel (vv. 12–14; cf. Jeremiah 8:13; Micah 7:1). He next drove moneychangers from the temple (Mark 11:15-18).
Just a day after a pastor was arrested in Florida for refusing to follow social distancing orders, a pastor in Pennsylvania announced that he will be hosting a "Woodstock"-like Easter service in protest of the orders.
While the world is essentially lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, Israel is offering a creative way for people of faith around the world to still "visit" the Western Wall for Passover and Easter. They are offering a virtual reality tour.