The world is flattening, but this is not a new phenomena. The birth of Christ took place in a flat world created by the Roman Empire. These two articles from our archives describe Christmas then and now in the context of a flat world, and present the challenges to communicating the message in a flat world.

A Flat World and the Christmas Story, Part 1
The phenomena of a flat world is not new. The global Roman Empire created a flat world that was the setting for the first Christmas.

A Flat World and the Christmas Story, Part 2
The first authors who chronicled the life of Christ provide a model to communicating to diverse global cultures and the next generation.