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In Depth: Persecution of Nigeria's Christians

May 22, 2013

IN-DEPTH: Persecution of Nigeria's Christians [Excerpts] The publicly reported Christian casualties in Nigeria last year were greater than the Christian casualties of Pakistan, Syria, Kenya and Egypt combined. In fact, Nigeria alone accounted for almost 70 percent of Christians killed globally. This makes Nigeria the most lethal country for Christians...Read more

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Questions and Responses

Question: Are we in the U.S. exempt for any particular reason from persecution? Or do you think it is going to take place here?

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Question: I am struggling with the terms “surrender” and “submission.” We have all heard the saying that when we become Christians we surrender or submit to Christ. And to a certain extent this is true. I can’t even find the word “surrender” in the New Te

Question: You have referred to the Albigenses as true Christians, yet every encyclopedia I’ve looked into says they...believed in a good god and an evil god, that they were involved in ritual suicide and immorality. How could you make such a blunder?

Question: In your December article you wrote that Switzerland and Sweden both turned away Jews trying to escape Hitler’s ovens....I lived in Sweden during all the war years...and never heard of...this....

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