Monday, December 16, 2019

Today in History - December 17

197 B.C. - The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Note: Some believe Christmas is simply the Christian version of the pagan festival of Saturnalia. Here are some sermons that take a serious look at this claim:

A Christmas Question, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
A Teenager's Christmas, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Luke 1 & 2]
Is Christmas Christian? by Rev. Brian Schwertley [Text: 2 Kings 23:4-8]
Christian Myths #1: Christmas is the Pagan Celebration of Saturnalia, by Brian Abshire [Text: Colossians 2:16-23]

1538 -  Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

While Henry VIII Reigned, by Rev. Malcolm Watts

1812 - War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Nississinewa (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The War of 1812  - Commemorating 200 Years, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)

1892 - First issue of Vogue is published (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Netflix Teen Suicide Push, Teen Vogue Pushes Prostitution, Message Bible Messes, by Pastor Jason Cooley [Text: Romans 1]

How I Found Christ?

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