Maybe you didn't notice, but we're in the middle of a war here.

Two U.S. marines are on patrol in Baghdad, which is under U.S. control. Saddam Hussein and his armies were defeated years ago, but a dangerous insurgency continues. It is essentially impossible for the U.S. military to be defeated, but the insurgents continue to wage their war, unaware that they have already been conquered.

As the marines conduct their patrol, a well-placed roadside bomb explodes, ripping their armored vehicle apart. Both of the soldiers are critically wounded as they are thrown from the vehicle. The insurgents laugh and cheer as they rush back into the shadows, congratulating themselves on another victory against the occupying forces.

Upon hearing the explosion, four marines rush to the scene. As their wounded friends lay there bleeding to death, one of them remarks, ?You know, I always had a feeling that these two weren?t very good marines.? A second adds, ?Yeah, I know I?m not the best warrior in my division, but at least I?m not as bad as them.? Finally, a third says, ?It makes you wonder if they really were marines, or if they just had us all fooled this whole time.? The fourth empties his sidearm into the soldiers? dying bodies and they head back to their camp.

Despicable, right? Who could even imagine such an atrocity?

Now, change the story a little bit. Instead of ?two U.S. marines,? insert the head pastor and the children?s ministry director of a church. Instead of ?Saddam,? insert Satan. Instead of ?roadside bomb,? insert adultery. Instead of ?four marines? insert four Christians. Continue reading this post »