Saturday, July 7, 2018

This Weekend in History - July 7th & 8th

July 7

1520: Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes and the Tlaxcalans defeat a numerically superior Aztec force (Source)

Recommenced sermons and podcasts:

Church History: Christianity in Latin America, by Matt Powell

1550: Chocolate introduced (Europe) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Chocolate Christian, by Matthew Pickhaver

1963 - Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother and chief advisor of President Ngo Din Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Buddhism - What Buddhists Believe and How to Witness to Them, by Rev. Brian McClung [Text: 1 Peter 4:12-19
No Hope in the Message of the Dali Lama, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: 2 Timothy 3:7] 

July 8

1919 - U.S. President Wilson returned from the Versailles Peace Conference in France (Source)


Recommended podcast:


Versailles - The Poisonous Spirit of Vengence, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1947 - Demolition work began in New York City for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

United Nations on Abortion, Adultery, and Humanism - What Would Martin Luther Say? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

The United Nations: From Chicago to Israel, by Jim Schneider [Crosstalk America]

How I Found Christ?

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