Monday, October 21, 2019

Today in History - October 22

451 - The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcast:

The Doctrine of Kenosis or Kenotic Christology, by Traever Guingrich [Text: Philippians 2:5-8]

1784 - Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcast:

Satanic Invocation in Alaska, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)

The Crown of Gold Above Your Head, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Romans 5:1-11]

Recommended video:

North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
When it's Springtime in Alaska, it's Forty Below - Johnny Horton

Recommended reading:

Why the "Purchase" of Alaska Was Far From "Folly" - history.com
Greenland: Trump's Folly? - realclearpolitics.com

1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcast:

The World's Great Thinkers, or Jesus? Dead Philosophers Answered, by Steven Holland
Sartre and Heidegger, by Dr. R. C. Sproul (1939-2017)

2013 - The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 (Source)

Recommended reading:

4 Things Every Christian Should Know About the Equality Act - christianheadlines.com

Excerpt from this article:

"In a statement on the ADF website Kramer wrote, 'Essentially, the Equality Act gives people of faith an ultimatum: Change your faith-based practices or face  government punishment."
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More recommended reading:

1987 LGBT Demands Become Law in Equality Act - americanthinker.com

Recommended sermons:

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

Recommended podcasts:

Ignoring US Supreme Court's Obergafel - Time to Ditch State Marriage Licence? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Equality Act Advances and State Department to Advance LGBT - Jim Schneider of Crosstalk interviews Matt Staver of The Liberty Council

Excerpt from this last podcast:

"[The Equality Act] is the LGBT agenda on Steroids...but keep in mind Nancy Pelosi says this is only the beginning."

How I Found Christ?

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