Norway is a long, mountainous fjord-indented land. It is one of four Scandinavian countries. It has a strong and wealthy industrial state from oil, mining, fishing, forest products and high-tech industries. Their average income is $94,000 per person which is 199% of the USA. They are number one in the human development index, which is composed of life expectancy, education and per capita indicators. The Lutheran Church (or Church of Norway) is the official state church. It all sounds really nice. Norway has had a powerful spiritual heritage over the last 200 years which is evident in their success. But […]
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There are over 520 ethnic groups in Nigeria. Crude oil and gas are the main exports. Yet most of this income has been wasted on corrupt rulers and illegal business. They have been independent from Britain since 1960. Preferential treatment is given to Muslims in the north while Christians in the south are discriminated against. Violent Islamist groups have persecuted Christians resulting in hundreds of churches burned and many Christians killed. Since 1999 Muslims have imposed shari’a law in the northern states where Islam is the majority. Just looking at statistics alone, Muslim countries are far worse off economically and […]
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Niger is in the middle of the Sahara Desert in Africa. It is one of the world’s poorest nations and near the bottom of the Human Development Index. Most people barely survive on agriculture and livestock. Droughts and locust plagues have devastated the land. There is religious freedom with very little restriction on missions, but tensions are high between Muslim and Christian groups. Many churches have been planted with an emphasis on humanitarian aid. Yet, Muslim groups put pressure on believers, despite the aid the Christians bring. Many believers are illiterate and have little Bible teaching available, and become isolated. […]
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New Zealand is composed of two mountainous main islands 1600 km southeast of Australia. There is a high percentage of the people living overseas for work. The majority come from British roots. There is freedom of religion but no established church. Their biggest religious threat to Christianity is not from other religions but from unbelief. In 1951, only 1 percent of the population was non-religious. In 2010, it has increased to 41 percent. Why? Have Christians become so legalistic that it is no longer a better way? Is the church too divided among themselves? Are we not embracing the message […]
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Sue McCusker is a writer, Bible teacher, and web developer who loves sharing the stories of life, hope, and faith she sees around her every day. She has written for Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and teaches the story of God in women's Bible study.
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