Saturday, September 28, 2019

This Weekend in History - September 28 & 29

September 28

48 - BC Pompey is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy upon arriving in Egypt (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Pompey to 70 AD, by Ken Griffeth

1928 - Alexander Flemming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Ten of the Top Scientific Facts in the Bible - Living Waters ministries
Medical Ethics, Part 1, by Dr. Del Bailey
Medical Ethics, Part 2, by Dr. Del Bailey
Medical Ethics, Part 3, by Dr. Del Bailey
Medical Transgendering of Children, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
American Boy Disease - ADHA/ABD - 20% Diagnosed and Drugged, by  Pastor Kevin Swanson

1951 - CBS makes the first color television available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

TV's Power of Suggestion - The Other 13 Reasons Netflix Won't Dare to Mention, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray

[Note: The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio):

"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues."


Recommended poems:


September 29

522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills Magian usurper Gaumata, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

King Darius, by Rev. Ron Barnes [Text: Daniel 6 (Audio)]

1567 - War of Religion breaks out in France - Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How I Found Christ?

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