The following excerpt is taken from What Every Christian Should Know About Satan. Order your copy in print, Kindle, or Audible versions here.

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Who would you say is the most evil person in history? Leading candidates include:

Adolf Hitler, Germany’s chancellor from 1933 to 1945 and Fuhrer of the Nazi Party. Intelligent and creative, this talented young artist became the figurehead of a brutal regime whose actions, including the Holocaust, resulted in the deaths of more than fifty million people.

Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953. The former robber and assassin reigned with terror and violence, killing friends and enemies with impunity. He once said, “One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is simply a statistic.” Even so, he was twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Dracula. He reigned as prince in Wallachia three times between 1448 and 1462, and he managed to kill one in every five persons he was sworn to protect, mostly through sadistic means that ended with impaling.

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