1.0Commonsense Christianityhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/commonsensechristianityCarolyn Hendersonhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/commonsensechristianity/author/chendersonI Was Born in Babylon - Commonsense Christianityrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LQUaRw1Brq"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/commonsensechristianity/2014/07/i-was-born-in-babylon.html">I Was Born in Babylon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/commonsensechristianity/2014/07/i-was-born-in-babylon.html/embed#?secret=LQUaRw1Brq" width="600" height="338" title="“I Was Born in Babylon” — Commonsense Christianity" data-secret="LQUaRw1Brq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The 6th century, B.C., was a tumultuous one for the Hebrew people. Always beset and troubled by enemies, the Jewish state, barely holding out in the territory of Judah and its capitol city, Jerusalem, was finally and fully conquered by the Babylonian Empire in 586 B.C. The land was emptied out, and the people were…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/commonsensechristianity/files/2014/07/Aphrodite_watermark_SteveHenderson.jpg