If you missed part 1, you may find it HERE. While I am certain that over the years, there were genuine conversions to the faith once for all delivered to the saints, most historians describe many tales of forced conversions and baptisms. In such cases, it is better to write […]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The other day my family and I went to our local Half-Price Books where I found a copy of The Vikings by Else Roesdahl. I have been doing some recent reading on the spread of the gospel to Scandinavia and how the gospel transformed a barbaric people, who eventually sent […]
The Christianization of the Vikings-Part 1
Last week, the Wall Street Journal posted a very interesting article on the population shifts that have occurred in certain U. S. cities. The article reported findings of decadal growth and declines in metropolitan areas with 500,000 or more people. Las Vegas grew the fastest, followed by Raleigh, Ft. Myers, […]
Fastest Growing U. S. Metro Areas (500,000+ pop.)
Of course, when my family and I visited Mouse-Land over Spring Break, we had to ride “It’s a Small World”–twice. My socio-anthropological tendencies helped make this attraction worth the $50,000 price tag to visit the Magic Kingdom. “It’s a Small World” satisfied my multicultural desires for the day. While I […]
It’s a Small World
Last week, my family and I visited Epcot in Orlando. It had been several years since my previous visit. We had a great time on the rides and visiting the World Showcase area in the park. One particular attraction caught my imagination. Spaceship Earth–the ride that is found within the […]
Innovation in Missions
If you have kept up with this series, you will recall that I have used the limitations in my own research to point to the need for more and better urban research in the United States and Canada. And while I have attempted to keep the focus on the urban […]
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