Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Today in History - November 27

1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusades at the Council of Clermont (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts

Second Crusade and Saladin, by Dr. Paul Ferguson

1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703 (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts

The Case of the Moving Lighthouse, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: John 8:12; John 9:5; John 12:46]

1835 - James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London: they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts

4 Things Every Christian Should Know About the Equality Act - christianheadlines.com
When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

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."

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Recommended reading:

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

1940 - In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents (Source)

Tortured for Christ: Richard Wurmbrand's Amazing Testimony



Note: You can also get this movie, and a group study guide based on this movie, by going to  torturedforchrist.com

1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer is born (died 1970) 

Recommended sermons and podcasts

The Beatles, by Robert W. Reed (2009) ["There's much more to the Beatles other than 'I want to hold your hand'"]

1944 - Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts

The Briefing for June 24, 2015 (Alger Hiss, Allen Weinstein, Supreme Court, Justice...), by Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr

Note: As Dr. Mohler points about in the podcast about, Historian Allen Weinstein set out to write a book about Alger Hiss proving his innocence. After much researvh, he was forced to conclude that he was in fact a Soviet Spy - just like Joe McCarthy said he was a half a century earlier - and - just like Gary Allen said he was in 1971, and John A. Stormer said in 1964.

How I Found Christ?

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