Over the past few weeks I've been studying Kings and Chronicles, the Biblical records of the kings of Israel and Judah. What I know about those kings is that there were very few righteous kings and many who "did evil in the sight of the Lord." Once the kingdom split into the Northern (Israel) and …
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Who is the ISIS Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
In early-July, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first appearance to the world as the newly declared caliph (Islamic leader) of ISIS, now known as the Islamic State (or simply “IS”). According to IS spokesman, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, “The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of …
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