Saturday, July 6, 2019

Today in History - July 6 & 7

July 6

1348 - Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Captured ISIS Laptop Contains Bubonic Plague, WMD Information, by Pastor Sean E. Harris
The Plague of Our Own Heart, by Rev. Ian Macleod [Text: 1 Kings 8:38-40]

1415 - Jan Hus is convicted as a heretic and then burned at the stake (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Lollards, Hus and the Council of Constance, by Dr. James White
600th Anniversary of the Commencement of the Council of Constance Which Condemned Jan Hus, by Rev. Brian McClung [Text: Revelation 12:11]

1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Louis Pasteur: A Great Creation Scientist, by Ken Ham

1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Michael Jackson - Are the Beatles Bigger Than Jesus Now? by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)
The Beatles, by Robert W. Reed (2009) ["There's much more to the Beatles other than 'I want to hold your hand'"]


July 7

1953 - Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador (Source)

For more on "Che"...

Trump Vs. Che Guevara on Gay Pride - A Media Comparison - townhall.com
Students Celebrate Marxist Che Guevara (Video)
Why Liberals Love Killers: Che Guevara and Other Heroes, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Failure of Atheism in the Soviet Union, by Peter Hammond

A musical comparison of America and the old Soviet Union...

Don McClean - American Pie Explained
The Complete History of the USSR Set to the Music of Tetris

How I Found Christ?

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