The United States has the most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $57,300. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers, pharmaceuticals, and medical, aerospace, and military equipment; however, their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. Based on a comparison of GDP measured at purchasing power parity conversion rates, the US economy in 2014, having stood as the largest in the world for more than a century, slipped into second place behind China, which has more than tripled the US growth rate for each year of the past four decades.

Yes, despite being one of the most, if not the most, blessed nation in the world in financial wealth and religious freedom, the United States remains spiritually apathetic and given to selfish pursuits of the flesh. This can be seen in the face that America remains the world’s largest consumer of cocaine (shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean), Colombian heroin, and Mexican heroin and marijuana; major consumer of ecstasy and Mexican methamphetamine; minor consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; largest money-laundering center in the world.

People in the United States need to hear about Jesus and His redemptive love just as much as anyone around the world.

Sources: CIA’s The World Factbook, The Joshua Project, U.S. Department of State