Monday, November 11, 2019

Today in History - November 11 & 12

November 11

1215 - The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Rome's Doctrine of Transubstantiation - The Focal Point of the Reformation, by Rev. John Greer
Transubstantiation is Blasphemy, by Dr. Alan Cairns

November 12

1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Failure of Atheism in the Soviet Union, by Peter Hammond

A musical comparison of America and the old Soviet Union...

Don McClean - American Pie Explained
The Complete History of the USSR Set to the Music of Tetris

1971 - Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam  (Source)

Recommended videos:

Billy Don't Be A Hero, by Paper Lace
Goodnight Saigon, by Billy Joel

Recommended videos from PragarU:

The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party
The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party

For a balanced view of Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal that brought him down...



How I Found Christ?

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