Facing the Viking Terror Threat--Today

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It is not difficult to draw parallels to current events. For instance, notice how Europeans reacted to the threat of Vikings--the terror threat in their time:
"Remember, the kings and dukes of Europe were busily pursuing their own goals–trying to get the other people’s land–instead of obeying God’s commands to govern rightly the lands they already had! This selfishness made them distracted, weak, disorganized...and foolish. When the first raids came they seemed to think they were a fluke and would never happen again; they went on their merry way, feathering their own nests. But don’t we do the same? Aren’t we out for what Francis Schaeffer calls “personal peace and affluence?” Aren’t we more focused on feathering our own nests than quelling the world’s growing dangers? Don’t we assume trouble will come to other, faraway people: surely our shire can’t be touched! Doesn’t modern philosophy say there is no one to fear since there really is no evil (or else it would have to acknowledge the need for a Savior as well as the existence of a God who has the right to determine what is good and evil)? Well, let the 800s be a lesson to us: if we are selfish and distracted and weak, those who are cruel–and there are cruel people in this world–will take advantage. Remember what the Book of Ecclesiastes tells us: nothing is new under the sun."-- http://www.truthquesthistory.com/store/pdf/middleages.pdf .