Franklin Graham Delivers Chilling Easter Message
Apr 9, 2015 0:16:53 GMT -5
Post by PurplePuppy on Apr 9, 2015 0:16:53 GMT -5
Franklin Graham Delivers Chilling Easter Message
B. Christopher Agee — April 6, 2015
While Christians around the world celebrate Christ’s resurrection each year at Easter, one prominent American evangelist noted that the holiday can also be a time of reflection on the palpable anti-Christian attitude at work even within U.S. borders.
“Untold millions of Christians around the world are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” said Rev. Franklin Graham during his Easter message Sunday.
For some, however, the act of worshiping Jesus is far more costly than others.
He explained that “millions in many countries risk their freedom and their very lives to worship Him and claim His name.”
Nevertheless, Graham noted that they continue to disregard these threats, whether from radical Islamic groups or other virulently anti-Christian sources.
He continued by acknowledging that American citizens are increasingly on the receiving end of such rhetoric despite constitutionally protected religious liberty.
“Even in America there has recently grown an ugly, anti-Christian bias and intolerance that is changing our nation from the inside out,” he said, “opening doors for all kinds of discrimination and loss of religious freedom that we hear about daily in the news.”
Religious freedom has been a front page issue in recent weeks after a law designed to protect business owners from being forced to violate their beliefs was criticized by some activist groups as anti-gay.
Pope Francis offered a similarly themed Easter message, chastising Christians who “see our brothers persecuted, decapitated, crucified for their faith in [Jesus], under our eyes and often with our complicit silence” during his prayer.
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B. Christopher Agee — April 6, 2015
While Christians around the world celebrate Christ’s resurrection each year at Easter, one prominent American evangelist noted that the holiday can also be a time of reflection on the palpable anti-Christian attitude at work even within U.S. borders.
“Untold millions of Christians around the world are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” said Rev. Franklin Graham during his Easter message Sunday.
For some, however, the act of worshiping Jesus is far more costly than others.
He explained that “millions in many countries risk their freedom and their very lives to worship Him and claim His name.”
Nevertheless, Graham noted that they continue to disregard these threats, whether from radical Islamic groups or other virulently anti-Christian sources.
He continued by acknowledging that American citizens are increasingly on the receiving end of such rhetoric despite constitutionally protected religious liberty.
“Even in America there has recently grown an ugly, anti-Christian bias and intolerance that is changing our nation from the inside out,” he said, “opening doors for all kinds of discrimination and loss of religious freedom that we hear about daily in the news.”
Religious freedom has been a front page issue in recent weeks after a law designed to protect business owners from being forced to violate their beliefs was criticized by some activist groups as anti-gay.
Pope Francis offered a similarly themed Easter message, chastising Christians who “see our brothers persecuted, decapitated, crucified for their faith in [Jesus], under our eyes and often with our complicit silence” during his prayer.
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