Today in History - October 29

539 BC - Cyrus the Great (founder of the Persian empire) entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land (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)

1390 - First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people (source)

Recommended reading:

Why is the Occult on the Rise? - christianpost.com

No Separation of Satan and State: Satanic "Christmas" Displays Aren't Progress - thenewamerican.com

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The New Age Movement, by Rev. Colin Mercer
How Does a Christian Evaluate Witchcraft, Fantasy, Yoga, and Science? by Pastor Kevin Swanson [Text: I Samuel 28 (Audio) (2012)

Principalities and Haunted Houses, by Pastor Mike Hoggard

Satan's Temptation of Eve, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Genesis 2:15-3:6 (Audio)

Halloween - What's Behind the Mask? by Jim Schneider [Crosstalk America]
Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter
A Christian Response to the Salem Witch Trials, by Rev. Matthew Trewhella [Text: Acts 19:11-19 (Audio)

Recommend reading:

1863 - Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross (source)

Recommended reading:

Should Christians Donate to the Red Cross? Why There is Good in the World, by Pastor Kevin Swanson