539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The Handwriting on the Wall, by Dr. Toby B. Holt [Text: Danial 5; Danial 5:1]
Cyrus Stirred Up, by James I. Gracie [Text: Ezra 1:1]
Jehovah's Command to Cyrus, by Rev. Jonathan Langerak [Text: Ezra 1:1-4]
How Western Cultural Leaders Turn Pagan - Miley Cyrus' Story, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Recommended video:
Belshazzar, by Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
1692 - The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
A Christian Response to the Salem Witch Trials, by Rev. Matthew Trewhella [Text: Acts 19:11-19 (Audio)
The New Age Movement, by Rev. Colin Mercer
Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter
Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter
1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Pledge of Allegiance Banned, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
Pledge of Allegiance: History and Critique, by Marty Tate
Should You Say the Pledge of Allegiance? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Global Warming and Matthew Shepard: Extravagant Lies That Fool Billions, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Sunday, October 13Global Warming and Matthew Shepard: Extravagant Lies That Fool Billions, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Devlish Claims of the DaVinci Code, by Rev. Ian Brown [Proverbs 12:19 (Audio)]
1812 - War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The War of 1812 - Commemorating 200 Years, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)
The Star-Spangled Banner - The Story Behind the National Anthem, by James Walker [Text: John 12:32]
Recommended video:
1976 - The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The Vaccine Wars, by Rich Holden, Ph.D.
Cocaine, Quails, Ebola, and the CDC, by Pastor Joey Kellett [Text: Romans 13 (Audio)]
Ebola: Is God at Fault? by Pastor Kevin Boling
The Gospel in the Age of Ebola, by Rev. Turbeville [Text: Acts 9:32-43 (Audio)]
A Contagion More Deadly Than Ebola, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Matthew 27:43 (Audio)
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