Why were books banned during the Cultural Revolution? Why did Solon leave Athens? Why was Voltaire exiled and sent to prison? Why did Emperor Kangxi ban Christianity? Why did Constantine move the capital of Rome to Constantinople? Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the Pungi?
Soon I must return to fight against the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia, and after that the spirit prince of the kingdom of Greece will come.English Standard VersionThen he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of ...
15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. ...
Passover, one of Judaism's most revered holidays, honors the ancient Israelites' freedom from slavery in Egypt.
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and ...
Number one: The Incarnation of the Son of God. Number two: The Inspiration of the Scripture. Now If I were to ask you, "Do you believe the Bible is the Word of God?" I am sure that all theChristianswill say, "Yes, we believe the Bible is the Word of God." ...
At Dilmun, Gilgamesh meets Utnapishtim, the Sumerian Noah, who was granted immortality for riding out the great Flood sent by the gods. He tells Gilgamesh about the plant of immortality. Getting to it, the plant has leaves like razors, cutting him; but Gilgamesh is powerful, pulls it up, ...
Less than an hour earlier, Napoleon had sent eight battalions of his elite Imperial Guard into the attack up the main Charleroi-to-Brussels road in a desperate attempt to break the line of the Anglo-Allied army commanded by the Duke of Wellington. But Wellington had repulsed the assault with...
Trump was candid right up front about who his masters were. Marine Le Pen has not been a strawman for the Jews in any way. She speaks like Chancellor Hitler did so far as loyalty to her country and love of countrymen, just not quite as candid as he. Like Putin, she lives for ...
were while in power in Mainland China. Only in exile in Taiwan did they get back to being functional nationalists, with massive US support and with a society that the Japanese had modernised without regard for what the Taiwanese wanted. It also helped that the local landlords had no ...