May Easter Bless Our Republic

“[O]ur Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God … conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity.”

One might think this is from a sermon of a religious leader, but it’s actually from the White House, specifically from President Trump’s message for Holy Week 2025.

Many Christians are finding this a refreshing change from past presidents, who, at times, would omit specific references to Jesus on the occasion of Easter, or specific references to God on the occasion of Thanksgiving.

Why the contrast?

It may have something to do with how willing our leaders are to do what the Founders did, namely, to acknowledge “the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God, from Declaration of Independence.

In other words, it comes down to this simple truth, which everyone needs to know and live, and which is at the core of religion: “There is a God, and it isn’t me!”

Some want to make God in their own image, determine their own truth, write their own commandments. This is moral relativism, or more accurately, moral chaos. Nobody wins in that scenario, and there’s no such thing as repentance.

But Christians realize that Faith is not a matter of slapping a religious label on whatever lifestyle we want to embrace or philosophy we want to live by.

Faith means acknowledging the truth that comes from God and embracing what He wants us to know and do. It means accepting some very specific things accepting Christ’s saving death), rejecting other very specific things (like abortion), and repenting of some very specific sins.

That’s why President Trump’s message is so refreshing. If we are celebrating the Resurrection of a specific person, Jesus Christ, it means that everything He taught is true. Rising from the dead, after having been crucified for His message, is a pretty strong vindication of that message.

And when the leader of a nation indicates that we are celebrating someone who “freed us from sin,” that gives some pretty clear guidance to a people who, because they govern themselves, need to know the difference between what’s good for the people and what will destroy them.

May this Holy Week and Easter be a blessing for our great Republic.

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