Monday, August 20, 2018

History: 3 things That Happened on August 21

1. 1791: A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, Beginning the Haitian Revolution (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Voodoo Religion of Rock Music, by Pastor Jason Cooley
Voodoo, Mardi Gras, Slavery & the Mississippi, by Yvonne Sanborn Waite, D. Hum
Haiti: Its Character and Crisis, by Rev. Gordon Dane

2. 1924: Dutch, following Swedish accord of three days ago, agree to halt liquor trade to U.S. (Chronicle of the 20th)

Note: "Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933" (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


3. 1960: Somalia and Ethiopia clash in bloody border fighting (Chronicle of the 20th)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How the Gospel Came to Ethiopia, by Rev. John Sawtelle
Behold a Man of Ethiopia, by Rev. Roger Higginson




How I Found Christ?

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