Economic system in which the central, or national,
government plans the economy. All property is owned by the community

War with no direct fighting spanning much of 20 th century….etc

When Eastern Europe became Communist under the Soviet
Union, it was said that an Iron Curtain had divided Europe because the west could not
really access these communist countries. Division of communist and capitalist parts of
Europe.

The inner circle are the countries nearest
heart of Soviet Union/Russia. Here, it is more dangerous to be Christiand and persecution
is strongest. The outer circle are communist countries that are a little bit further removed
from the center of communism and as such, while there is opposition and persecution,
there is more freedom and space to live and work as a believer.

First Man in Space

Businesses and individuals have the freedom to pursue their own economic interests, buying and selling goods on a competitive market, which
naturally determines a fair price for goods and services.

Open

We see
a variety in the book. Typically the governments limit access to Bibles, disincentivize
church attendance, provide alternatives to church for community, makes life hard for
pastors, and punishes people who are too religious or seem more devoted to religion than
to the state.

He basically relies
a lot on hearing God “speaking” to him and makes decisions based on that. I argued in
class that this was not a good way to operate because he ignores the counsel of others, the
clear direction of circumstances, and other aspects of wise Christian decision making and
makes his inner voice a final authority (essentially on par with scripture). He even at one
point resorts to pointing to a passage in the Bible at random and using that to discern
God’s will.

Open

An authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, political ideology characterized by a dictator, emphasis on the military, suppression of opposition, regimentation of
society, and often racial purity.

Open

He goes to war for the Dutch (he is Dutch) in
Indonesia and gets shot in the leg and sent home. Depressed and in the hospital, he is
invited to a church rally/revival and goes. At the time he just makes fun of it, but it works
on him for awhile until he ultimately goes to church and accepts Christ.

Basically Andrew sees a lot churches and congregations in which
many people share a single Bible because of the shortage of them. Tried to emphasize to
the kids the value of having a Bible.

WW1

Sees religion as an “opiate of the masses”
which makes people content with being oppressed. Also means that people have a
higher power than the state.

Open

He goes to communist countries on short visits
delivering smuggled Bibles and other materials while trying to encourage and preach at
churches in the area. He goes to many different countries and sneaks in material for them.

He realizes that there
is too much work for him to do on his own. He needs help.

Leader of communism in Russia during WWI. He leads the Communist revolution in Russia and overthrows old government.

The government is expected to fairly redistribute everything, but people with so much
power always seek to maintain their power rather than give it up for equality. Lots of
corruption.

Largest nuclear catastrophe in history. In Ukraine, Soviet power
plant explodes and Soviet attempts to cover it up only make things worse.

He starts out smuggling tracts but then switches
to Bibles once he sees the huge need in communist countries in which Christians are
persecuted and Bibles are very sparse.

Essentially
Andrew is very regularly away from his wife and kids but does not have any major qualms about this. It seems like Andrew is kind of a bad husband and parent.

He saw a pure form of capitalism in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer as they were
more and more heavily oppressed.