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64 (and particularly Revelation 12) has to say. Well, I can’t really include Bible analysis here. However, I can at least tell you the story of St. George and the Dragon: In the days of the Roman Empire, there was a town along the northern coast of Africa. The town was beautiful, prosperous, and happy—until the day the dragon showed up. The dragon caused great devastation, but the people soon found that they could make a kind of truce with the dragon. If every night they left out a sheep, the dragon would take it and lave them alone. Unfortunately, the town eventually ran out of sheep. Well, the dragon could still be placated. Leave out a child, and the dragon would devour it and leave the rest of them alone. But whose children would be sent to the dragon? It was decided by lot: on whatever child the lot fell, that child was sent to the dragon. One by one, the children of the town were devoured. And then one day the lot fell on the king’s daughter, a beautiful princess. She, too, was left for the dragon. But this time, there was a difference. Just as the dragon was about to devour her, St. George rode up on his white horse. George killed the dragon, converted the town to Christianity, and, eventually, married the princess. Now this is just a story—but it is (as they say) a just story, a story that teaches some fundamental truths. Most people confronted by a dragon try a compromise solution. They offer up a sheep here and a sheep there, trying to live at peace. The problem is, that, once one makes these kinds of compromises, the dragon will take more and more, until, finally, the dragon will want that which is most precious to you—and you’ll find yourself unable to protect even that. The last bit of advice I have for you is to remember that, when you step onto a university campus, you are stepping on onto an intellectual (and sometimes spiritual) battleground— fighting against some pretty fierce dragons. Sometimes the battle against the dragon is fought in the classroom, but, quite often, the battle is being waged within your own heart. And, as with all