Saturday, August 4, 2018

5 Things That Happened on August 4th

1.  1873: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Calvary, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clashed for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people, near the Tongue River. Only one person was killed (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
J.S. Murrow: 72 Years A Missionary to the Indians in Oklahoma, by Laurence Justice

Recommended videos:

Please, Mr. Custer
One Tin Soldier: The Legend of Billy Jack

Recommended reading:

The Whistler, by John Grisham. This novel centers around a crooked judge, organized crime, and a casino, Here is an excerpt from this great book:

"'You've spoiled me, Claudia, and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to find another judge so easily corruptible.'
'Let's hope not.'
'Getting religion in your later years?'
'No, I'm just tired of working. I had to take a child away from its mother today...So as she's leaving, the mother announces in open court, 'Hey, no big deal, I'm already pregnant again.'
'What an awful way to make a buck.'
'I'm tired of it. Stealing from the Indians is much more enjoyable.'"

2.  1909: National strikes begin in Sweden (Chronicle of the 20th Century)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Shining the Gospel Light in Sweden, Part 1 - Melissa Carlson & Ken Keltner
Shining the Gospel Light in Sweden, Part 2 - Melissa Carlson & Ken Keltner

Recommended video:

I  Enjoy Being a Swede

3.  1948: Democrats Ban Race Segregation in National Headquarters (Chronicle of the 20th Century)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Risk of Anti-White Rhetoric, by Pastor Kevin Boling
The Biblical Answer to Racism,  by Pastor Kevin Boling
We Need Each Other, by Saiko Woods
One Blood, by Dr. Voddie Baucham

Recommended videos:

The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party, by Dinesh D'Souza


4.  1993: Japan has admitted that its troops forced tens of thousands of women into sexual slavery from the beginning of its invasion of China in 1932 until the end of World War II in 1945 (Chronicle of the 20th Century)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Taking on the Worst of Child Sex Slave Trafficking - Child Rescues in Cambodia, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Recommended reading:

What to Do if You Suspect a Child is Being Sexually Abused
Melania Trump: 'Era of Allowing Brutality Against Women and Children is Over'

How I Found Christ?

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