Welcome to Politics by Faith. This is where we take the news of the day and we bring it to the Bible.

So we can walk away with peace and perspectives. New headlines every day. But Ecclesiasi says there's nothing new under the sun.

So thanks to be in her to get the true story. Before we get to the main story of the day, I know we've been a lot of back and forth about Iran and is there a peace

deals. Is there not a peace deal? Is the straight open? Is the straight not open? What's going to

happen? And as I'm recording this, J.D., Jared, and Steve are headed to Pakistan and we've heard

that Iran is not going to be there, but then the Pakistani officials

said that they think there will be a deal made. And Trump said, if there's not a deal made by

Wednesday night, which was the two-week ceasefire, then bombs are going to be dropped on every

single bridge and power plant in the country. No more Mr. Nice guy. So it's a mess, but it's like,

I don't even know what's happening. And like, no one does. No one know exactly what's happening. So it's a mess, but it's like, oh, I don't even know what's happening.

And like, no one does.

No one knows exactly what's happening.

But it's reminding me of this quote that I read here in this book, Defenders of the West,

by Raymond Ibrahim, about the deceit that Muslims throughout the Crusades, and still today, continue to show.

Here's the book right here.

Defenders of the West by Raymond Ibrahim.

This is about the second crusade.

As for the Muslim's term of surrender, when first payment was due Saladin asked for more time

and was given an additional three weeks until August 20th very specific it was this is like 1147 to

1149 it was widely believed and certainly consistent with the wily sultan's modus operandi

that he was intentionally delaying for strategic

purposes in the meantime salad and sent the king frequent gifts and messengers gaining time with deceitful

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