Saturday, May 26, 2018

Today in History: May 26 & May 27

May 26

17 AD: Germanicus of Rome celebrated a victory over the Romans (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Church and the Roman Empire, by Aaron Wright
Re-Emergencer of Roman Empire - By Consent (UK Leave EU Now!), by Rev. Noel Hughes
Conditions in New Testement Backgroud, by Rev. John Greer
The Rise, The Ruler, and Ruin Of Europe, by Rev. Daryl Abernethy

1538: Geneva threw out John Calvin and his zealots. Calvin was exiled from Geneva for 3 years and lived in Strasbourg (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Reformer John Calvin, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)
John Calvin and Holy Living, by Dr. Joel Beeke
John Calvin, Sovereignty & Predestination, by Dr. Joel Beeke
First Person Presentation of John Calving, by Dr. Edward Panosian

1853: John Wesley Hardin was born in Bonham, Texas. The 19th century outlaw John Wesley Hardin was named after John Wesley, who started the Methodist movement in 1738 (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Religion Without Regeneration - The Personal Testimony of John Wesley, by Rev. Ian Brown

May 27

1679: Habeas Corpus Act Passes in England, which strengthened a person's right to challenge unlawful arrewst and imprisonment (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Tyranny - Who Needs Habeas Corpus? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1940: British and Allied forces began the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during WWII (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Dunkirk: Separating Fact from Fiction, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Miracle of Dunkirk, by BJU Students and Faculty
The Prayer That Won WWII, by Rev. Gordon Dane

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)