Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Today in History - August 28

1189 - Third Crusade: The Crusades begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusighan (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Second Crusade and Saladin, by Dr. Paul Ferguson
Church History: the Crusades, by Matt Powell
Holy Roman Empire and Monasteries, by James White
Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire, by Matt Marino

1521 - The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Jews Under the Ottoman Empire, by Daniel E. Woodhead
Ottoman Empire, by Dr. Fred DeRuvo (2014)


1833 - King William IV gives Royal Assent to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, although slavery remained legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act 1843 (Source)

Recommended reading:

Lynn Wardle: Slavery and Elective Abortion - Morally Equivalent - cnsnews.com

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Exposing and Opposing Slavery Today, by Dr. Peter Hammond
The Union's War Against Women and Children, by John Weaver
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Slavery & Segregation
Differing Viewpoints North and South
Tension in American History Between Salvation and Slavery
The Fugitive Slave Act & Examples of Northern Resistance of Returning Escaped Slaves
Slavery and Racism Conclusion 
The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party (Video) - PragurU


1879 - Cetswayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Covenant and Conflict - The Spiritual Liberation of the Zulu, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1963 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream Speech (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


Recommended reading:

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Bombshell the Media Refuses to Handle

How I Found Christ?

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