In the United States, May is officially designated as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. So, in light of this recognition that traces its origins back to 1978, I thought it would be good to use the occasion to provide you with a glimpse of the Asian and Pacific American peoples in […]
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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 […]
Christianization and the Vikings-Part 2
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.)
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 […]
4 Steps to Get Us Started: A Call for More ...
While the United States and Canada are two of the most researched nations in the world, believe it or not, we lack both the research and data on the numbers of unreached people groups living in these two countries. I am amazed that we have better information about a unreached […]