(voice-over) and music from michael w. smith with choir and orchestra. ♪ blessed easter to each and every one. he is risen and he is risen indeed. i'm coming to you from rome, italy. michael w. smith will be joining me in just a few minutes. he's put together a very special music team. you say, "franklin, why are you in rome?" well, jesus was born in the roman empire. he ministered in the roman empire. in bible times, rome was the center of political, economic, and military power. rome ruled the world. jesus had many encounters with roman citizens. one in particular was a centurion. he had a friend, a servant, who was deathly ill, and he asked if jesus would heal him. and jesus said, "i'll go," and the centurion said, "no, you don't have to. >> jesus said i will go and youa don't have to, just say the word and my servant will be healed and all you have to do and say the word. another roman was pilate, the governor. jesus had been betrayed. the jewish elders were jealous. they were afraid of him. they plotted his murder and they

you can wash right map again with a g b a, but it's like michael w smith more lives analysis. you put them king some might say 70 years is a reasonable life. i pray michelin that may be full of, of, and both happy or sad. all know, and jamie reisdorf maternity and glorious achievement was misty in the historic sense. so he said in tears, his new alley, and instantly lish, me where you live with you. july 13th marks the 70th anniversary of events, the meaning and significance of which the still debated in both poland and you grain them of justice ah by from about bill with the teacher. the announcement of our on april, the 8th 2013 is just before the 70th anniversary, the divided the ukrainian nation with an ideological stand off 28 senators with the law and justice party. they submitted a draft to the polish senate film proposing that july. the 11th should be a memorial day in poland. i to honor the memory of the victims of massacres of poles and valencia, and other parts of western ukraine in world war 2 wiki, published i was up at the unit on april. the 11th in the same year

michael w. smithlle put together an orchestra and choir and it's going to be the best easter program on fox news this year. i promise. [laughter] but now that's a message of hope. you know, the world is in such trouble you spend so much of the program talking about problems in asia and taiwan. we see what's happening in afghanistan. the withdrawal and now what'sing with the taliban are doing we look, of course, in the middle east and we look in europe, and we just say what hope is there? well, the only hope for this world is god. and god made us he created us but we've turned our back on him and we're separated from him by sin. and so easter is about god's love about god's so loving the world that he gave his only begotten son who ever should believe and have ever lasting life sending his son took sins to the cross and shed his blood and on the third day easter which we celebrate today, jesus rose from the dead. and the first ones to see this were the romans. the romans soldiers witnessed resurrection

(voice-over) and music from michael w. smithssed easter to each and every one. he is risen and he is risen indeed. i'm coming to you