World Regions

"So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city" (Genesis 11:8).

Long ago, an ancient civilization revolted against God, gathering together and attempting to build a tower to the heavens. In response, God divided their languages and caused them to scatter across the globe. Now, millennia later, each world region has its own unique history...and shared future. Find out more below, or focus on a specific region with the links on the right.

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World News and Trends: Seventh-day confusion

Strict Sunday observance is deteriorating in Britain.
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World News and Trends: Trouble in Anglicanism

Mainstream churchgoing has declined in England for two decades.
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World News and Trends: America exports lethal lifestyles

Skyrocketing deaths from cancer and heart disease can be blamed in part on bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles promoted in and by the United States, according to this year's World Health Organization annual report.
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World News and Trends: American abortion rate drops to 20-year low

The Centers for Disease Control report that 1994 marked a 20-year low in the abortion rate among women in the United States, with 21 of every 1,000 women 15 to 44 years old undergoing an abortion that year.
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World News and Trends: Monarchy under fire

As we approach Century 21 we see a world exceedingly troubled by national strife and political instability. Long-standing institutions come under increasingly severe scrutiny by entertainers and journalists.
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World News and Trends: Major species in jeopardy

What must God think of mankind's stewardship of the earth and that so many major animal species are now in danger of extinction?
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World News and Trends: British rule over Gibraltar threatened

At the beginning of 1947 most of the British Empire was still intact, but the next 40 years saw a rapid unraveling of the empire on which it once could be said the sun never set. Threatened now are its...
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World News and Trends: Conflict sharpens over European Middle East role

In the first half of this century European involvement figured heavily in the Middle East during both world wars and their aftermath.
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World News and Trends: Bacteria, parasites, viruses threatening U.S. water

Microscopic waterborne organisms are replacing potential cancer-causing chemicals as the primary threat to drinking water in some U.S. cities, according to health officials.
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World News and Trends: Northern Irish peace also in jeopardy

The situation in Northern Ireland fares no better than that of the Middle East.
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World News and Trends: Middle East peace process in deep trouble

Arab-Israeli dispute continues to grow, leaving little room for peace talks.
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World News and Trends: U.S. Society Pays High Price for Crime

Crime costs the United States at least $450 billion annually, according to the first U.S. Justice Department report to try to calculate the cost of domestic violence and child abuse along with other crimes including murder, robbery and rape.
Men holding guns in a row - World News and Trends: New Three-Pronged Axis on the
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World News and Trends: New Three-Pronged Axis on the Rise in Europe?

From Europe to the environment, here's a look at the latest headlines and their significance from a Biblical standpoint.
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U.S. Election-Year Challenges Beyond President's Control

In this election year, suddenly old problems are reemerging that seem beyond the president's control. Problems in the Far East, Russia and the Middle East are back with us as if they had never gone away.
Wall and dome in Jerusalem - Jerusalem 3000: An Uncertain Celebration
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Jerusalem 3000: An Uncertain Celebration

As Israel celebrates Jerusalem 3000, it is clear that political complexities have tied a Gordian knot the like of which only divine intervention can sever.
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When Will Peace Come to the Middle East?

Terrorism is not the only threat to peace in the Middle East. Wars fought using traditional methods have abounded in this blood-stained century.
Big Ben and nightly traffic - World News and Trends: Britain's Need to Return to
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World News and Trends: Britain's Need to Return to the Bible

To preach the gospel in Britain effectively today, we as christians must pray and ask God to soften the hearts of the people to receive it.