Dear KHCS Family,

How long will it take America to wake up and realize we are at war in 2007? How long will it take for Christians to quit hitting the snooze button and realize the issue over which we are at war is religious ideology?

Over the next three newsletters we plan to bring to light information which will more clearly define this current conflict. In the remainder of this month’s letter we will look at what has happened to this point to validate the state of war in which we are engaged. Next month we will look at the basic pillars of the Muslim religion which motivates their young believers. In August we will look at what is on the agenda of the attackers.

Are we at war? Are we hitting the snooze button and just putting off the inevitable waking up to realize the war has already begun? Take a look at the facts:

1) In 1979 Iranian students attacked and seized the American Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of captives over 400 days until the very day Ronald Reagan took office as President.

2) In April of 1983 the U S Embassy in Beirut was attacked and 63 people killed.

3) In October 1983 the U S Marine Corp headquarters in Beirut was attacked, killing 241 American soldiers.

4) In December of 1983 the U S Embassy in Kuwait was attacked.

5) In September of 1984 the U S Embassy in Beirut was again attacked.

6) In April of 1985 U S soldiers in Madrid were attacked.

7) In August 1985 the U S Air Force Base in Rhein-Main was attacked, killing 22.

8) In October 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and an American in a wheelchair was executed.

9) In 1986 TWA Flight 840 was attacked with 4 killed.

Are you still a little drowsy? Let us continue:

10) In 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 was downed over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259, mostly Americans.

11) In 1993 two CIA agents were killed in Langley, Virginia.

12) In 1993 the World Trade Center was attacked with a basement bomb, killing 6 and injuring over 1000 New Yorkers.

13) In 1995 the U S military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was attacked, killing seven.

14) In 1996 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia a U S Air Force barracks, Khobar Towers, was attacked with 19 killed and 500 injured.

15) In 1999 the U S Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were attacked simultaneously on one summer day with 224 killed.

16) In 2000 the USS Cole was bombed in Aden, Yemen, leaving 17 U S soldiers dead and score wounded.

17) September 11, 2001! You fill in your own details here. Remember where you were, what you were doing, etc., but most importantly remember how you felt when you realized what was being done!

In spite of the preponderance of the above listed evidence we still have a multitude of Americans, even a huge number of elected officials who seem to overlook one very basic truth regarding our current situation – we are at war! Many would prefer to hurry back in retreat to the sands of our own shoreline, find a very softly packed beach, and bury our heads in the sand.

Regardless of what anyone wants to classify it, we have an enemy who classifies all Americans and particularly Christians as infidels. Furthermore, through their belief in jihad, all infidels should be either converted or eliminated.

Paul Sperry, in his book Infiltration, writes when describing the perfect enemy we face, “American is fighting a perfect enemy, one protected by religious freedoms and racial sensitivities. And we have a less than perfect understanding of what motivates the enemy, and how it is aided and abetted by a religious support network that exploits American culture and tax laws and is patiently infiltrating the American system to overturn it from within.” (p. 328).

Are we trying to instigate an uprising against Muslim people? No - Not at all. To paraphrase something you probably will recognize – Jesus loves them, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.

Rather than writing a small book we will be looking into this subject in detail over the next few months. What do they believe? What is their goal? What do they want? How should we as Christians react? Stay tuned!

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