Monday, November 25, 2019

Today in History - November 26

1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Notre Dame Cathedral Burns - The Skeleton of Dead Faith, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Fire and Churches Under Fire, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Notre Dame Cathedral Fire and the Attack on Christian Civilization, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1863 - United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years (Source) [Note; On October 3, 1789 - Georg Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year (Source)]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Coming Before God With Thanksgiving, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes [Text: Psalm 100]

1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years 
(Source)]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Does King Tut Rest in Peace? by Yvonne Sanborn Waite, D. Hum
God Versus Pharaoh, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: Exodus 8]


How I Found Christ?

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