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America's Strategic Blind Spots: Lessons from Decades of Miscalculations | Hugh Hewitt with Sen. Tom Cotton

This Sunday is Easter, Resurrection Sunday, a great celebration day for Christians marking the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.

The Christian church bears a mandate to proclaim the truth that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, and that’s an indispensable truth claim of Christianity.

The resurrected Lord gave the church a sacred commission to take the gospel, the message of Christ’s victory over sin and death to all the world.

So: As the Christian church gathers to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Christians look back in thankfulness to that empty tomb and forward to the fulfillment of Christ’s purposes in us.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the promise of our resurrection from the dead and of Christ's total victory over sin and death. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the very center of the Christian gospel. The empty tomb is full of power.

I hope you’ll celebrate Christ’s work on our behalf this weekend.

Happy Easter. Happy Resurrection Day to all. May the joy of the resurrection be yours.

This Sunday is Easter, Resurrection Sunday, a great celebration day for Christians marking the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.
The Christian church bears a mandate to proclaim the truth that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, and that&rsquo;s an indispensable truth claim of Christianity.
The resurrected Lord gave the church a sacred commission to take the gospel, the message of Christ&rsquo;s victory over sin and death to all the world.
So: As the Christian church gathers to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Christians look back in thankfulness to that empty tomb and forward to the fulfillment of Christ&rsquo;s purposes in us.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the promise of our resurrection from the dead and of Christ's total victory over sin and death. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is at the very center of the Christian gospel. The empty tomb is full of power.
I hope you&rsquo;ll celebrate Christ&rsquo;s work on our behalf this weekend.
Happy Easter. Happy Resurrection Day to all. May the joy of the resurrection be yours.

Albert Mohler: The Joy of the Resurrection

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President Trump is on the cusp of a historic achievement.

If the President oversees the toppling of the ruling regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, his achievements will rank with the greatest of those of any post-World War II president. That’s just an objective fact. If you don’t understand that fact, you haven’t been paying attention for more than 40 years.

Iran is as evil a regime as exists on the planet. It is run by religious fanatics with a peculiar theology, rooted in end-times eschatology and “resistance” up to and especially including martyrdom. It cannot be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction or an arsenal of conventional weapons sufficient to deter normal regimes from stopping it from obtaining WMD, especially obtaining nuclear weapons.

The result needed in the war has not yet been achieved. But if President Trump delivers it, only his critics incapable of basic objectivity will deny the significance of his order to take down the regime that has bedeviled the world for almost a half century.

President Trump is on the cusp of a historic achievement.
If the President oversees the toppling of the ruling regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, his achievements will rank with the greatest of those of any post-World War II president. That&rsquo;s just an objective fact. If you don&rsquo;t understand that fact, you haven&rsquo;t been paying attention for more than 40 years.
Iran is as evil a regime as exists on the planet. It is run by religious fanatics with a peculiar theology, rooted in end-times eschatology and &ldquo;resistance&rdquo; up to and especially including martyrdom. It cannot be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction or an arsenal of conventional weapons sufficient to deter normal regimes from stopping it from obtaining WMD, especially obtaining nuclear weapons.
The result needed in the war has not yet been achieved. But if President Trump delivers it, only his critics incapable of basic objectivity will deny the significance of his order to take down the regime that has bedeviled the world for almost a half century.

Hugh Hewitt: Trump on the Cusp of Historic Achievement

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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. But for Christians in Syria and Nigeria, it was a day marked by bloodshed and tragedy.

In Syria, sectarian attacks in a Christian town damaged homes, shops and cars—as men on motorcycles from a nearby Sunni Muslim town terrorized the community into the early morning hours.

In Nigeria, the violence was even more horrific. Muslim gunmen attacked a university community, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.

Yet coverage of this violence was scant. Instead, there was widespread media outrage when Israel briefly paused public prayer gatherings due to Iranian missile threats—before quickly reversing course.

There’s a very clear double standard. And it raises serious questions about whether Western media outlets are intimidated by Islamism.

They certainly have not shown courage.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the holiest week in the Christian calendar. But for Christians in Syria and Nigeria, it was a day marked by bloodshed and tragedy.
In Syria, sectarian attacks in a Christian town damaged homes, shops and cars&mdash;as men on motorcycles from a nearby Sunni Muslim town terrorized the community into the early morning hours.
In Nigeria, the violence was even more horrific. Muslim gunmen attacked a university community, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more.
Yet coverage of this violence was scant. Instead, there was widespread media outrage when Israel briefly paused public prayer gatherings due to Iranian missile threats&mdash;before quickly reversing course.
There&rsquo;s a very clear double standard. And it raises serious questions about whether Western media outlets are intimidated by Islamism.
They certainly have not shown courage.

Carol Platt Liebau: Ignoring the Violence on Palm Sunday

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America's Strategic Blind Spots: Lessons from Decades of Miscalculations | Hugh Hewitt with Sen. Tom Cotton

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