April 14th
1865: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1994 Confederate Heritage Conference: Lincoln and Lennin, by George Grant
Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian? Emancipator or Centralizer? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Impact of Lincoln and Washington, by Jim Schneider
Gettysburg and the Gospel, by Pastor Kevin Boling
1939: The John Steinbeck "The Grapes of Wrath" was first published (Source)
1865: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1994 Confederate Heritage Conference: Lincoln and Lennin, by George Grant
Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian? Emancipator or Centralizer? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Impact of Lincoln and Washington, by Jim Schneider
Gettysburg and the Gospel, by Pastor Kevin Boling
1939: The John Steinbeck "The Grapes of Wrath" was first published (Source)
1536: English King Henry VIII expropriated minor monastaries (Source)
Recommended podcasts and sermons:
Henry VIII and Puritanism, by Joe Morecraft III
Henry VIII, Perscutor and Edward VI Reformer, by Joe Morecraft III
The Biggest Change Since Henry VIII Took England From the Pope, by Dr. Alan Cairns [2007]
Reformation in England: From Henry VIII to Edward VI, by Pastor John Sawtelle
April 15th
1415: Jerome of Prague, a friend of Bohemian reformer Jan Hus, is seized by church authorities meeting at the Council of Constance. Under duress, Jerome recanted his Wycliffe-influenced beliefs and accepted the authority of the pope. However, when a crowd was assembled to hear him repeat the recantation, he changed his speech and eloquently defended both Wycliffe's teaching and the recently executed Hus. Jerome was subsequently burned at the stake."
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Lollards, Hus, Council of Constance, by Dr. James White
John Hus - A Biographical Sketch, by Arden Hodgens
John Wycliffe - Morning Star of the Reformation, by Dr. Alan Cairns
Note: Forbes magazine, March 06, 2013, has an interesting article comparing two of the largest Bible translation organizations in the world today, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Pioneer Bible Translators:
The Big Business of Wycliffe Bible Translation and Why They Might Lose Money
1452: Italian painter and scholar Leonardo da Vinci is born in Florence, Italy. Among his most famous religious works are Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, and St. John the Baptist (No, he did not write The DaVinci Code!).
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Devilish Claims of The Da Vinci Code! by Rev. Ian Brown
2nd John and the Da Vinci Code, by Rev. Hans Overduin
The Da Vinci Code Refuted, by Yvonne Sandborn Waite, D.Hum.
