Ten U.S. states have legalized assisted suicide. Now, Americans are watching anxiously to see if Illinois will become the 11th.

Exactly 250 years ago, this Saturday, American militias confronted British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, in the opening skirmishes of what became known to history as the American Revolutionary War. But these men weren't concerned with making history. They were patriots, risking their lives to preserve what they understood to be the rightful freedoms of their country.

Christ's crucifixion, drenched in agony, stands as a pivotal moment in human history. On the cross at Calvary, divine love, justice, and mercy converged in a singular act of redemption. Far from an accident or a tragedy beyond His control, Christ's death was the deliberate culmination of His mission as the God-Man. Yet, even in His final moments, He faced the scorn of mockers who taunted His power and authority.

It has been said that a person can live about 40 days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for a few seconds without hope. For Good Friday, I am reading Ezekiel 37 in the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan. How providential! Because Ezekiel 37 is about hope restored.

The story of Jesus Christ's life, passion, death, and resurrection is unequivocally the most consequential story in the whole of human history, literally defining the course of the world over the past 2,000 years. To many Christians, the story is intimately familiar, repeated time and time again - especially in the days leading up to Easter Sunday - and recounted and analyzed in countless sermons and homilies, theology and philosophy books, and even documentaries and podcasts.

The growing movement among states to require age verification before accessing pornographic websites has reached groundbreaking heights as Missouri is set to become the first state in the nation to require dual age verification on both the site itself and the internet device accessing the site.