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AK-47 in one hand and a Bible in the other, Amen

 

For 12 years, the machine gun preacher has been on the battle field rescuing children whose lives were disrupted by the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army( LRA).

The former drug dealing, outlaw biker turned preacher is now putting his life and resources on the line to rescue children caught in conflict zones in South Sudan. It may sound like the trailer from a Hollywood bravado flick but I gleaned that passage from a review of a captivating memoir ‘Another Man’s War: The True Story of One Man‘s Battle to Save Children in the Sudan’. Rev. Sam Childers is an American leading armed rescue missions to save children caught in the LRA conflict.

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