No sugar-coating here, just the brutal reality of conspiracies against political leaders: “His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.” (2 Kings 12:20). One definition of “conspire” is to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act. That definition most certainly applied in that situation! And take a look at the perspective of one to whom conspiracies were targeted. King David wrote this: “For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.” (Ps 71:10). Imagine living as a political leader knowing that you could be surrounded by conspirators just looking for the right opportunity to get rid of you! Conspiracies have been occurring for millennia and continue today. But perhaps overshadowing and outnumbering actual conspiracies are conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are defined as a belief that some influential or controlling o...