Saturday, September 7, 2019

This Weekend in in History - September 7 & 8

September 7

AD 70 - A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Desire of All Nations: The True Second Temple, The Spiritual Temple, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: Matthew 5:14; Haggai 2:7]
The Destruction of Jerusalem, by Joe Morecraft III [Text: Luke 21:5-38]

1706 - War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter

1812 - French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, was fought near Moscow and resulted in a French victory (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


The War of 1812  - Commemorating 200 Years, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)

September 7

1755 - French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George 1892 (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter

1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Pledge of Allegiance Banned, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
I Pledge Allegiance, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: I Chronicles 12:18 (Audio)

1921 - Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid  trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Miss America Competition and Christians - Shall Our Daughters Model Bikinis? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1978 - Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, resulted in 700-3,000 deaths -  it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Black Friday Consumerism - So Where Do We Put All Our Stuff? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Black Friday...Bright Future, by Rev. Garth Wilson [Text: Luke 23:44]

How I Found Christ?

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