Friday, June 15, 2018

Today in History - June 16

632: Origin of Persian (Yezdegird) era (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Esther Becomes Queen of Persia, by Rev. Dr. Roger Dean Anderson [Text: Esther 2; Deuteronomy 17:14-40]
The Jews Living in Persia - History, by Dan Caffese

God Preserves His People in Persia, by Pastor Carl A. Schouls [Text: Esther 6:1]

1963: Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israel's Prime Minister. David Ben-Gurion was Israel' first Prime Minister (Source)

Recommended podcast:

Ben Gurion Declares Israel a State
, by Daniel E. Woodhead

Note: This is a fascinating podcast. Mr. Woodhead does take a shot at what he calls "Replacement Theology" and seems to lay some of the guilt for the Holocaust at their doorstep. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around - many who called themselves Christians chose to keep silent while Hitler murdered 6 million Jews But before you write off "Replacement Theology" why don't you listen to the following sermon on Daniel 9:20-27:

The 70 Weeks Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle

For further study:

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair
The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom
Faith & Victory in Dachau, by Jacobus Overduin



How I Found Christ?

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