Thursday, September 20, 2018

Today in History - September 20

1187: Saladin begins seige of Jerusalem (Source)

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

Second Crusade and Saladin, by Dr. Paul Ferguson
Church History: he Crusades, by Matt Powell

1378: Cardinal Robert of Geneva is elected as Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papel Schism (Source)

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

The Great Schism of 1054, by Dr. James White

1737: The finish of the Walking Purchase, which forces concession of 1.2 million acres of Lenape-Deleware tribal land to Pennsylvania county (Source)

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

David Brainard - Missionary to the Indians, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: John 7:37]
America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1909: British Parliament sanctions South Africa constitution, establishing English, Dutch as official languages  (Chronicle of the 20th)  

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

Farms and Freedom Threatened in South Africa, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Africa Now Gets the Largest Christian Population in the World, by Adam McManus
Dr. David Livingston: The Best Friend Africa Ever Had, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1920: League of Nations Council authorizes Belgium's annexation of Eupen and Malmedy  (Chronicle of the 20th)  

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

The United Nations: From Chicago to Israel, by Jim Schneider [Crosstalk America]
The United Nations on Abortion, Adultery and Humanism - What Would Martin Luther Say? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1952: Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase publish report confirming that DNA holds hereditary data  (Chronicle of the 20th)  

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

Ex-Atheist, Evolutionist Testimony - How DNA Led Him to Jesus, by Dr. Mark Eastman
Darwinian Evolution R.I.P.-DNA Study Disproves Darwinism, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Evolution and Junk DNA, by Michael Boehm and Dr. Charles Jackson
Astonishing DNA Complexity Demolishes Neo-Darwinism, by Alex Williams [Text: Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:27]

How I Found Christ?

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