Recent articles and announcements remind us how dangerous ISIS has become, and why we should pay more attention to these radical Muslim terrorists that used to be described as merely a JV team.

Graeme Wood’s article in The Atlantic explains “What ISIS Really Wants.” He says “that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic. Yes, it has attracted psychopaths and adventure seekers, drawn largely from the disaffected populations of the Middle East and Europe. But the religion preached by its most ardent followers derives from coherent and even learned interpretations of Islam.”

He goes on to add that: “Muslims can reject the Islamic State; nearly all do. But pretending that it isn’t actually a religious, millenarian group, with theology that must be understood to be combatted, has already led the United States to underestimate it and back foolish schemes to counter it.”

Also of concern is a recent announcement about the influence of ISIS even here in the United States. FBI Director James Comey recently spoke to the National Association of Attorneys General. In the midst of his talk, he made this startling statement: “We have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states.  . . . This isn’t a New York phenomenon or a Washington phenomenon. This is in all 50 states and in ways that are very hard to see.”

Let me mention two Christian books that explain ISIS in detail. Jay Sekulow and others wrote The Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Cannot Ignore. He has been on my radio program and many other media to talk about the threat we face from ISIS. Charles Dyer and Mark Tobey have written The ISIS Crisis.

When I spoke on ISIS recently, someone in the audience suggested that we place these books in every congressional office. Not only should our elected representatives read these books, you need to read them as well.