Saturday, June 9, 2018

This Weekend in History - June 9 & 10

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June 9

68: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to avoid Roman imposed death by flogging (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals Oppose Same-Sex Marriage - The Atrocities of Nero, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)
Persecution From Nero to Domitian, by Matt Marino (2012)
Paul Unashamed Before Nero, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: Philippians 1:12-26]

1983: Landslide Reelection Victory for Margaret Thatcher (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

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A Woman on the $20 Bill - Maraget Sanger or Margaret Thatcher? by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2013)
A Tribute to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1993: The science fiction film Jurassic Park had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Dinosaur Delusion: Dinosaurs, Dragons, and the Bible, by Brain Osborne/Answers in Genesis
Dragons and Jurassic Park, by Ken Ham
Six Days and the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham
Jurassic Prank: A Dinosaur Tale! by Dr. Tommy Mitchell
The Relevance of Physics, Cosmology & Astronomy for Young Earth Creationists, by Kieth Wanser

Note: This last lecture has one short segment - about 30 to 60 seconds - where the audio is not too good.

June 10

323 B.C.: Alexander the Great died (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Alexander the Great: Foreshadowing the Antichrist? by Dr. John Douglas
Alexander, Antiochus, and Antichrist, by Chris Anderson
How God Used Alexander the Great, by Wedell Stokes
Xerxes, Alexander, and the Church, by Rev. Bill Marshall
Church History: The Intertestamental Period, by Andrew Webb

The Ram, The Goat and the Little Horn, by David McCullough

1692: Salem Witch Trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged and Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts. for "Certaine detestable arts called witchcraft and sorceries" (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

 A Christian Response to the Salem Witch Trials, by Matthew Trewhella [Text: Acts 19:11-19]
The Witch, Feminism, & Human Sacrifice - Why America Loves Witches and Hates the Puritans, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter

Recommended novels by Frank Peretti:

This Present Darkness
Piercing the Darkness

How I Found Christ?

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