This passage of Mark records the last events of Jesus’ passion before His crucifixion, the last blows of the colossal battle between Jesus and the forces of sin, the world, and the power of the devil before Jesus defeated them all with His sacrificial death on the cross.

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Somalia is an often unremarked corner in the ever-expanding conflict with Islamic fundamentalism. Yet, in the recent months, a growing fundamentalist insurgency in Somalia has made significant headway in securing Mogadishu for Islamic fundamentalism, the necessary step in making Somalia into the next Islamic state.