Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Today in History - July 16

1948 - Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekei in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Why Israel Wins the 1948-1973 Wars, by Dr. John Barrett [Text: Genesis 12]
The 70 Weeks  Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]

Recommended (Jewish) hymns:

Minyan Man, by The Maccabeats
I'm A Jew and I'm Proud, by Benny Ivri Anochi

1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Moon Madness, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014 [Text: Ecclesiastes 7:29] [Note: This sermon was preached in 1969, right after the Apollo moon landing]

1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Marth's Vineyard. His wife and sister-in-law are also killed (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Assassination of  President John Kennedy, by Dr. Carl McIntire (1906-20020 [Text: Isaiah 40:6-8] [Note: This sermon was preached on November 24, 1963, right after the assassination of President Kennedy]

Recommended reading:

How I Found Christ?

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