Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
If you are like me, most of what you were taught in school regarding the motivation for the First Crusade is wrong. It’s wrong because it is based on biased anti-Christian Enlightenment writers like Gibbon and Voltaire. Voltaire, for example, wrote that the crusaders were motivated only by “the thirst for brigandage” and that “Christianity is the … Continue reading “Carolingian & Crusader Travel Journal: Day 7”
In a few weeks, the GSB team will embark on another journey across the pond. This time the destination is England and Scotland. We will explore early English and Scottish ecclesiastical history with the help of Columba and Bede, and we will study the English and Scottish Reformations focusing on such figures as Tyndale, Wycliffe, … Continue reading “Coming Soon: New GSB Travel Journal”
Today we depart for our Seine river cruise. I will be posting daily for the next 8 days as we journey back in time to the days of Charlemagne, Richard the Lionheart and Joan of Arc. We will be examining the past from the perspective of the kingdom of God and its destiny on the … Continue reading “Seine River Cruise Travel Journal—Introduction”
As I prepare to write and experience a new travel journal, I thought it might be fun to look back at the other travel journals I’ve done here on GSB. If you’ve not followed GSB through one of these trips this will give you an idea of what to expect as we prepare to head to the … Continue reading “Past GSB Travel Journals”