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Like Father, Like Son

17 July 2022 By David Trounce 2 Comments

Father and Son - Sermo Humilis

In biblical culture it was typical of sons to follow in the professional of their fathers. Carpenters tended to produces sons for carpentry. Shepherds tended to produce sons for shepherding. And while it's important to admit that God makes exceptions to this pattern, there is a … [Read more...] about Like Father, Like Son

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.