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A biblical scholar accused left-wing politicians and media figures of using Jesus to send a “historically false” and “inflammatory” political message about the war in Gaza this Holy Week. “This Easter, let’s not try to pretend Jesus was a ‘Palestinian Jew,'” historian and Aurelio Professor of Scripture emerita at Boston University Paula Fredriksen implored in her scathing op-ed for the …

“They said to one another, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?’” (Luke 24:32). This passage, from Luke’s Gospel, is part of the “Road to Emmaus” appearance of Jesus Christ following His resurrection from the dead. In the Road to Emmaus story, the …

“Wonder Years” actress Danica McKellar is gearing up to spend Easter Sunday in Southern California and is reminiscing on her journey to faith. In an interview with Fox News Digital, McKellar explained how she’s been able to reflect ahead of the holiday weekend and her two-year anniversary of finding faith, which occurred thanks to Candace Cameron Bure two years ago …

Chocolate Easter bunnies are a sweet example of European tradition re-imagined by American ingenuity and capitalist creativity. Credit first-generation German-American Robert Lincoln Strohecker, known in confectioner’s lore as the “Father of the Chocolate Easter Bunny.” The source of Strohecker’s legend was a massive 5-foot-tall (or perhaps even taller) solid chocolate rabbit he displayed outside Pennsylvania retailers in 1890 to popularize …

President Biden marked March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility and drew criticism for doing so during Easter Sunday. Orlando Magic star Jonathan Isaac joined in on ripping the president, saying on X, formerly Twitter, the White House “know[s] exactly what they are doing.” “They want you to hate! This helps no one and only promotes division,” he wrote. “They …

As President Biden faces heated backlash over marking March 31 as “Transgender Day of Visibility,” which falls on Easter Sunday this year, the White House has issued a response standing by the president’s remarks. White House spokesman Andrew Bates released a statement saying those critical of Biden’s inclusiveness message are trying to further divide the country. “As a Christian who …

A five-alarm fire interrupted Easter services at a Catholic Church in Brooklyn on Sunday, prompting a massive response from the New York Fire Department. The fire broke out at Our Lady of the Rosary Pompeii on Seigel Street in Bushwick just before 2 p.m. Video posted on X showed the flames shooting out of the church. At least six people …

Nothing against Peter Rabbit or his creator, British author Beatrix Potter, but he and his doppleganger the Easter bunny have nothing to do with the true meaning of Easter. Neither do Easter baskets, jelly beans, chocolate, bonnets, spring flowers or any other secular imagery that has taken center stage during the Lent and Easter seasons. All of that appears to …

An attorney representing the family of a girl who died when she was suddenly sucked into a swimming pool at a hotel in Houston, Texas,has revealed harrowing new details about the tragic incident and says he is suing all parties responsible for her death on behalf of her family. Aliyah Lynette Jaico, 8, was swimming in a lazy river at …

FIRST ON FOX: Easter Sunday, and the hope that the resurrection of Jesus Christ offers, is the solution to the world’s major ills, Rev. Franklin Graham told Fox News Digital in exclusive comments ahead of the most significant holiday in Christianity. “As we approach Easter, the need for Jesus Christ is so evident in the world around us,” said Graham …