Dear Friends,
George Whitefield observed, “A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy until it is doing something for Jesus Christ.”
1. TRUMP, VANCE STAND WITH HUNGARY AGAINST GLOBALISM: This week, Vice President JD Vance traveled to Budapest to express his and President Trump’s unwavering support for Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, ahead of the country’s critical Sunday parliamentary elections. While Orbán currently trails his rival, Péter Magyar, in the polls, the election is expected to be close.
During a Tuesday speech, Vance reminded the Hungarian people of “the dark days of Communism and those first lights of freedom” and declared, “I am here for a simple reason: because I admire what you are fighting for. You are fighting for your freedom. You are fighting for your sovereignty.”
The Vice President warned, “Those who hate Europe the most, who hate its borders, its energy independence…its Christian heritage…hate one man above all others and his name is Viktor Orbán.”
Vance blasted the globalist elite, stating, “They’re not trying to build a great future. They’re trying to manage the decline of the greatest civilization in the world… They reject mothers and motherhood…in the name of liberation. They condemn children to mutilation and sterilization in the name of gender care. They practice institutional murder in the name of end-of-life planning.”
Vance accused the EU of “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference that I have ever seen or ever even read about…because they hate this guy.”
2. TRUMP CELEBRATES CHRIST’S RESURRECTION: In a Good Friday message, President Trump declared, “This Holy Week, I’m proud to join with Christians across the country, and around the world, to celebrate the most glorious miracle in all of time: the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In His life, Christ displayed true humility. In His death, He modeled true love. And in His resurrection from the tomb, He proved that even death itself will not silence those who place their trust in Almighty God. As it says in the Gospel of John, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son for whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.’”
Nearly one dozen federal departments publicly celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ. DHS cited Luke 24:6, “He is not here; he has risen.” War Secretary Pete Hegseth tweeted, “The tomb is empty. The promise is fulfilled. Through His sacrifice, we are redeemed. We stand firm in faith, courage, and truth – Happy Easter.”
Trump faith advisor Paula White came under fire for comparing President Trump to Jesus Christ, stating, “You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It’s a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. You will be victorious in all you put your hand to because God is using you!”
Ed. Note: Learn more about Paula White’s flawed theology here.
3. TRUMP, IRAN REACH TENUOUS TWO-WEEK CEASEFIRE: On Sunday, President Trump mocked Allah and threatened that Tuesday would be “Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one,” unless the Iranian regime opened the Strait of Hormuz.
On Tuesday morning, Trump wrote, “A whole civilization will die tonight. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will…”
On Tuesday evening, Trump hailed productive conversations with Pakistani leaders and announced a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran in exchange for Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations on a final peace deal.
Vice President JD Vance explained, “The United States has largely accomplished its military objectives…” Vance, Special Envoy Witkoff, and Jared Kushner will lead negotiations in Islamabad.
The ceasefire was strained as Gulf states intercepted Iranian missiles and drones, Israel launched additional strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran’s navy refused to relinquish control of the Strait of Hormuz.
On Wednesday, Trump said U.S. forces “will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the real agreement reached is fully complied with.”
On Thursday night, President Trump posted, “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” Iran has demanded cryptocurrency tolls for all ships passing through the strait.
4. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES: Axios notes that it could take “weeks” to clear the backlog of stranded ships around the Strait of Hormuz. ClearView Energy Partners predicted, “[R]estarting shuttered facilities and shut-in fields could take weeks to months.”
International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol called the Iranian energy crisis “more serious than those of 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined.”
President Trump reiterated his disappointment with NATO, stating, “NATO wasn’t there when we needed them, and they won’t be there if we need them again.”
Over 50 Congressional Democrats called for Trump’s removal from office, following his Tuesday morning threat against Iran. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) criticized the mainstream media for “essentially…carrying water for Iran.”
Trump blasted Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for opposing his actions in Iran, and claimed that “they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon.”
The Real Clear Politics polling average estimates that 53.8% of Americans oppose the war, while 40.3% support it.
Ed. Note: The reality is that not every commentator opposing the Iran war wants the Islamic regime to have nuclear weapons, and some have logical reasons for opposing the conflict. It’s important to use discernment when evaluating both politicians and commentators, and remember that the narrative is rarely 100% black and white.
5. U.S. RESCUES DOWNED PILOT IN IRAN: On Easter Sunday, the U.S. military successfully rescued a wounded airman whose F-15E fighter jet had been shot down on Good Friday. The pilot evaded capture in Iran’s southwestern mountains for two days, as the mullahs put a $60,000 bounty on his head. He was identified with the help of one brief radio message: “God is good.”
Incredibly, not one U.S. military member was killed or wounded in the dangerous rescue.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe explained how U.S. forces used deception to confuse the Iranians on the airman’s location and compared the mission to finding “a grain of sand in the desert.” President Trump stated, “In the United States military, we leave no American behind.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “In that moment of isolation and danger, his faith and fighting spirit showed through. Shot down on a Friday – Good Friday. Hidden in a cave all of Saturday, and rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday.”
6. GOP CONGRESSWOMAN PUSHES AMNESTY: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has renewed her push for the bipartisan “DIGNITY Act,” a bill that undercuts deportations, creates additional immigration loopholes, and gives illegals a pathway to legal status. 20 Republicans and 20 Democrats have cosponsored the bill.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) warned, “The Dignity Act is mass amnesty and would constitute a terrible betrayal of our voters.”
Gill explained that Big Ag and hospitality lobbyists “want cheap labor, they want amnesty, they want illegal aliens in the country because for them that’s bigger profit margins.” He urged, “We ought to actually follow through and do what we said we were going to do on the campaign trail.”
Center for Renewing America Senior Advisor Wade Miller commented, “It is 100% amnesty. Every few years, ‘Republicans’ come along and pretend to not know what amnesty is, while pushing for amnesty.”
7. BILDERBERG GROUP MEETS: The globalist Bilderberg Group is holding its 72nd annual meeting from April 9 to 12 in Washington, D.C.
Topics include AI, Arctic Security, China, Digital Finance, Energy Diversification, Europe, Global Trade, The Middle East, Russia, Trans-Atlantic Defence-Industrial Relationship, Ukraine, USA, Future of Warfare, and The West.
Attendees include NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum, Trump tech advisor Michael Kratsios, former World Economic Forum President Børge Brende, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, Palantir founder Peter Thiel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
The group’s website states, “The Meeting is a forum for informal discussions about major issues. The Meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed.”
The New American called the Bilderberg Group “a private, highly secretive, and unaccountable coordinating forum where Western elites operate above and across national governments in service of a centralized world order.”
8. NINE TOP SCIENTISTS HAVE GONE MISSING, “SOMETHING DARK IS GOING ON”: Nine top-level nuclear scientists have died or gone missing in the past year, including seven who were connected to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the institution that develops sensitive aerospace technologies for the U.S. military.
One of them, former AFRL Commander and former research commander at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, William Neil McCasland, disappeared from his home just eight days after Trump’s February 19 executive order directing federal agencies to begin releasing UFO files.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) stated, “Something dark is going on. I know these scientists and researchers. They have testified. We’ve got to get to the bottom of it. It’s just too much, too much is going on right now – and by the way, I’m not suicidal.”
Burchett said the public “would come unglued” and would “be up at night” if they knew what he and Congress members learned in a recent briefing on UFOs.
Last week, Vice President JD Vance said he believes aliens are actually “demons.”
9. “A GREAT AWAKENING” FILM HITS #6 AT BOX OFFICE: Sight & Sounds Films’ “A Great Awakening” reached number six at the box office, after debuting in theaters on Good Friday. The film recounts America’s spiritual awakening in honor of the 250th anniversary and highlights the unlikely friendship between George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin.
Joshua Enck, the President and Chief Story Officer of Sight & Sound Ministries, stated, ”As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we’re honored to share this inspiring story of friendship, faith, and courage. It’s a timely reminder that the soul of a nation is shaped not just by laws, but by the convictions of its people.”
Plugged In said the movie “does a fine job of showing rather than telling how men like George Whitefield influenced the American Revolution, even unintentionally…These men helped to root the United States in Christian ideas and principles.”
Ed. Note: The film is only in theaters until April 16. Purchase your tickets here.
10. ARTEMIS II PILOT SHARES TRUTH OF CREATION: On Monday, the crew of Artemis II became the first humans to travel 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
On Easter Sunday, Captain Victor Glover shared an unapologetic Christian message from space: “As we are so far from Earth, and looking at the beauty of creation, I think for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see Earth as one thing. And you know, when I read the Bible, and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us, who were created, you have this amazing place, this spaceship… You’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe, in the cosmos… You are special. In all of this emptiness – this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe – you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.”
11. CDC REPORTS NEW FERTILITY DECLINE: According to the CDC, the U.S. general fertility rate fell to 53.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44 in 2025, another historic low. U.S. fertility has declined 23% since 2007 and 5.7% since 2021. The data also reveals that American women are choosing to have children later in life.
Sociologist Brad Wilcox stressed, “The only American families reproducing well above the replacement rate of 2.1 babies per woman are those with a married mom at home who works either part-time or not at all.”
Epidemeologist Nicolas Hulscher warned, “While falling birth rates can be attributed to economic hardship, delayed marriage, cultural shifts, and changing lifestyle preferences, the scale and persistence of this decline suggest biological impairment driven by exposure to environmental toxins such as PFAS (‘forever chemicals’), phthalates, BPA/plastics, pesticides, EMFs, heavy metals, air pollution, and most recently, mRNA injections.”
Hulscher noted that around 80% of Americans were injected with mRNA Covid shots that “damage the reproductive system.”
Joe Rogan recently stated, “America is also facing a potential population collapse…”
12. POLITICAL STORIES:
- New legislation from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) would combine the SAVE America Act with 60 days of DHS funding.
- Some Republican Senators reiterated their call to abolish the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) warned, “If we don’t do it now, the minute the Democrats get power, they will end the filibuster. They will pass their nationalization of our elections, and it’s over. Game over.”
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has refused to push for abolishing the filibuster, despite Trump’s repeated requests.
- On Tuesday, the Cook Political Report moved 5 Congressional seats towards Democrats and one towards Republicans.
- Trump-endorsed Congressional candidate Clay Fuller (R-GA) won the special election to replace Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene.
- Wisconsin’s liberals now hold a 5-2 majority after leftist Chris Taylor won a seat on the state Supreme Court.
- Less than three months after she took office, Virginia’s Governor Abigail Spanberger’s approval rating has plummeted to 47%.
- Republican Texas State Sen. and state Attorney General candidate Mayes Middleton previously authored a bill that would have effectively blocked local governments from stopping Islamic cities.
- Vice President JD Vance said his anti-fraud task force has flagged $6.3 billion in potentially fraudulent government contracts. Suspected fraudsters have 30 days to prove their legitimacy, or face prosecution.
- Teen ISIS-admiring terrorists Ibrahim Kayumi and Emir Balat have been indicted for attempting to bomb a protest and murder up to 60 civilians in New York City last month.
- U.S. men between 18 and 25 will be automatically registered with the Selective Service by December 2026, as part of a provision passed last December in the National Defense Authorization Act.
- Truth in Accounting estimates America’s national debt at $170.3 trillion, if factoring in unfunded liabilities like Social Security and Medicare. Founder and CEO Sheila Weinberg assessed, “What all these numbers represent is that the government has no idea where they’re going to get the money to pay these promises. They don’t have a plan.”
13. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- In a new in-depth report, current and former colleagues of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman call their boss “unconstrained by truth” and “a sociopath who would do anything.”
- The Conversation reports that thousands of U.S. towns and cities have rolled out automatic license plate readers at intersections, bridges, and highways, and warns that authorities “are considering deploying AI systems for mass surveillance.”
- Issues & Insights found that from 2020 to 2025, 5.4 million people moved from blue counties to one of the over 2,500 counties won by Donald Trump in the last three Presidential elections.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new podcast to “confront the lies that have made us spiritually, morally, and physically sick.”
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has discovered a new phenomenon, “AI brain fry,” a state of mental exhaustion brought on by “the excessive use or supervision of artificial intelligence tools, pushed beyond our cognitive limits.”
- In a panel moderated by Chelsea Clinton, pro-vaccine advocates lamented that vaccine intake is decreasing because “people have access to a lot more information.”
- An unsealed affidavit in the Tyler Robinson case reveals an alleged handwritten letter from Robinson to his trans lover and roommate, Lance Twiggs, stating, “If you are reading this… I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk , and I took it.”
- In a rare public video statement, First Lady Melania Trump said she was never friends with Jeffrey Epstein or his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. Melania urged, “Now is the time for Congress to act. Epstein was not alone… I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.”
14. INTERNATIONAL STORIES:
- Raymond Ibrahim reports that Christians in the Muslim world were assaulted and even killed on Easter Sunday, with Nigerian Christians faring the worst.
- In a Congo Christian village, hundreds were killed and thousands injured by Islamic militants.
- In India, Christian organizations are being increasingly targeted by a law passed by the Hindu Nationalist Party that allows the government to shut down Christian ministries that receive foreign funding.
- Cuba’s Communist regime promised to release over 2,000 prisoners, as Trump’s oil blockade continues to squeeze the country.
- Leftist Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is accelerating an invasive gobalist national ID system that would require all citizens to submit fingerprints, iris scans, facial recognition data, and a digital signature.
- The European Parliament voted down a plan to expand private message surveillance, but greenlighted increased deportations.
- The Taipei Times reports that the Chinese Communist Party disciplined a record 983,000 party and government officials last year.
- Four “British nationals” named Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Hameed Mohammed Nagi, Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, and Mohammed Sultan Saleh were apprehended at the Southern border.
- Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting at the Vatican with former Obama chief strategist David Axelrod. Axelrod is an atheist who supports abortion, socialism, climate controls, globalism, and appeasement of foreign dictators.
15. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “Some big names have shifted full anti-Trump. Others are full pro-Trump and insist that he can never be criticized, and anyone who questions him or expresses any skepticism about anything he does is a traitor to the cause. Fewer and fewer prominent figures on the right are staking out the only actual sane position, which is that Trump is a politician who sometimes we will agree with and sometimes we will not agree with…” –Matt Walsh
- “If we do something you don’t like, the response should be to get MORE involved… Our civilization was not built overnight; it’s not going to be saved overnight… Stay involved.” –Vice President JD Vance
- “No free Government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.” –The Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 1776
- “Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.” –George Whitefield
- “An ideal Christian home ought to be a place where love rules… There should never be any discord, any wrangling, any angry words or bitter feelings.” –JR Miller
- “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” –Isaiah 55:10-11
FAITH, FAMILY & FREEDOM REPORT
1. FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST ABORTION KILL PILL: District Judge David C. Joseph ordered the FDA to provide an update on its safety review of the abortion kill pill within six months. The judge said Louisiana’s case against mail-order abortion pills is likely to succeed on the merits. He wrote, “FDA has an obligation to act with all deliberate speed to review its past actions and complete a thorough analysis that addresses the deficiencies it has acknowledged. The parties and the American public deserve nothing less.”
2. MEXICO HONORS UNBORN: The Mexican state of Aguascalientes ordained a “Day of the Unborn Girl and Boy,” the first of its type in the country. Humberto Montero de Alba, who introduced the measure, declared the bill was “a strategic instrument of preventive public policy, aligned with the constitutional mandate for the progressive protection of human rights.”
3. MISSISSIPPI FIGHTS ABORTION PILLS: The Mississippi Legislature passed a law that bans abortion drugs through the mail. The law penalizes those who “create, sell, barter, transfer, manufacture, distribute, dispense…medicine, drug or any other substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of terminating the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman to cause the death of the unborn child.”
4. PRO-LIFER WINS IN CALIFORNIA: The state of California dropped its years-long battle against pro-lifer David Daleiden, who went undercover to expose the horrors of the abortion industry in 2015. Daleiden responded, “As promised, the final charge has been DISMISSED and the case completely expunged.” Fox News reported, “Daleiden was sued by Planned Parenthood for damages and was ordered in 2019 to pay $2.4 million in damages and more than $13 million in attorney’s fees.”
5. TEXAS FIGHTS SHARIA LAW: Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) took legal action against the Islamic Tribunal, which has been working to spread Sharia Law across the state. Paxton declared, “Anyone or any entity that seeks to subvert the codified state and federal laws of this country will be stopped dead in their tracks. If the Islamic Tribunal is undermining the rule of law or misleading Texans…my office will ensure its operation is shut down.”
6. CHRISTIANS DEFEAT ISLAM IN TEXAS: A Texas Court ruled in favor of Dallas Christians who had been sued by Islamists in Texas for evangelizing near a mosque. The court filing read, “They want to exercise their rights to free speech and to respect every person, regardless of what they believe, because each person is made in the image of God, and Christians are commanded to love their neighbors as they would love themselves.”
7. INDIANA TARGETS PREDATORS: Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) signed a bill to increase punishment for child predators. Braun declared, “These laws put stronger protections around children online, give parents more control, and strengthen Indiana’s ability to crack down on predators and child exploitation. We are going to keep using every tool we have to protect kids, support families, and put predators who target children online behind bars.”
8. HEGSETH ALLOWS MILITARY MEMBERS TO CARRY: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that United States military personnel will now be allowed to carry while on base. Hegseth stated, “Uniformed service members are trained at the highest and unwavering standards. These war fighters entrusted with the safety of our nation are no less entitled to exercise their God-given right to keep and bear arms than any other American.”
9. CITIZENS WIN VICTORY OVER 5G: A Court ruled against Verizon’s plan to build a cell tower in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, after the community rallied to oppose the plans. Miriam Eckenfels of Children’s Health Defense explained, “Protective wireless ordinances work, which is why all communities should have them or advocate for one.” Local citizen Mike Amantea said, “The tower people said there’s no harm, but you never know.”
10. NEW LEGISLATION WOULD PROTECT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) introduced the Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act, a bill that would bar the government from forcing organizations to compromise their religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality. Moore said the bill prevents the government from “weaponizing tax-exempt status or federal funding eligibility against these organizations.”
11. CALIFORNIA LOSES GENDER IDEOLOGY CASE: The state of California was ordered to pay $4.5 million after it promoted gender ideology in schools without notifying parents. Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society reacted, “California threw everything it had at this case. It lost at summary judgment, lost at the Supreme Court, and now Californians will foot the bill for their government officials’ refusal to respect the fundamental rights of families.”
12. BOISE REMOVES LGBTQ FLAG: The city of Boise, Idaho, has finally removed its Pride flag from City Hall, after Idaho instituted a law banning non-official flags from government buildings. The law reads, “A governmental entity that fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) per flag for each day such flag is displayed.”
14. CHRISTIANITY IS GROWING: New polling shows that Christianity and interest in religion are increasing across the United States. Per Slay News, “Approximately 66% of adults now say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus that remains important in their lives, a sharp rise from 54% in 2021 and 2022.”
14. PASTOR FACES OFF WITH GUNMAN: Darthanian Nichols, pastor of Breaking Chains Outreach Ministries, was able to deescalate a situation with an armed gunman at a funeral he was officiating. Nichols recalled how the Lord gave him miraculous strength and focus to handle the situation, saying, “He gave me wisdom when I needed it, peace when I shouldn’t have had it, clarity when everything was chaotic, and courage when fear was present.” Following the harrowing event, 10 people came to Christ.
15. PAKISTANI LEGISLATOR TAKES STAND FOR CHRISTIANITY: Christian Legislator Falbous Christopher introduced a bill that would make it illegal for anyone to carry out a forced conversion. Christopher explained, “While legislation is essential, its real impact will depend on effective implementation, coordination among institutions, and protection mechanisms for vulnerable individuals, especially women and girls.”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
Saved By The Blood by S. J. Henderson
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Now ransomed from sin and a new work begun,
Sing praise to the Father and praise to the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
My sins are all pardoned, my guilt is all gone!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
I’m saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The angels rejoicing because it is done;
A child of the Father, joint-heir with the Son,
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
The Father He spake, and His will it was done.
Great price of my pardon, His own precious Son;
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
All hail to the Father, all hail to the Son!
All hail to the Spirit, the great Three in One!
Saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
My sins are all pardoned, my guilt is all gone!
Glory, I’m saved! Glory, I’m saved!
I’m saved by the blood of the Crucified One!
