Sunday, December 8, 2019

Today in History - December 9

1688 - Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading forcing flight of James II from the country (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


Recommended reading:


1775 - American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 1
The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 2
The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 3
The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 4
The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 5
The American Mind in 1776, Joe Morecraft III, Part 6

Recommended video:


Famous Quote by John Paul Jones:

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Daniel Webster, by BJU Students and Faculty

1917 - World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine (Source)

Recommended sermon:

The Road to Emmaus, by Rev. Calum Lain Macleod

The text for this sermon is Luke 24:25,26 (Audio):

"Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the  prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?"
--------------------------------

There have been many, many prophecies that have already been literally fulfilled. Here are 2 sermons on just 2 such prophecies:

2,300 Days, by Derek Carlsen [Text: Daniel 8:13-14,24-26 (Audio)]
The 70 Weeks  Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]

Here is another sermon you may want to listen to:

Recommended (Jewish) song:

I'm A Jew and I'm Proud, by Benny Ivri Anochi

If you're Jewish and you're not convinced Jesus is the Messiah, check out the following video on Isaiah 53:


Is the Bible True and Reliable? Isaiah 53 and the Dead Sea Scrolls




1946 - The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctor's Trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Abortion: The New Holocaust, by Rev. Roger Higginson
The Holocaust of Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text: I Thessalonians 1:7-9 (Audio)]

Recommended video:


Note: This is a hard video to watch, both because of its subject matter, but also because of the song that goes along with it. It is a great song, but the audio quality is not very good. I suggest you watch the whole video, but when they come to the song, turn the volume down and just read the lyrics below!

A Malediction:

The judges sat outside the law
And in their pride no evil saw
In setting teeth to Satan's jaw
And feeding him our children.

A curse, a curse, the law it cries
A curse, a curse, on mankind's pride
A curse on him who would deny
God's image in mankind.

When viewed in terms of cost and ease
An unborn child is a disease
A holocaust soon fit to please
Our own convenience.

Torn from out their mother's womb
Denied the sky, denied the tomb
Conceived in lust to their own ruin
A sacrifice to pleasure.

A Curse, a curse their blood cries out
A curse, a curse the heavens shout!
A curse on him who dares to flout
God's image in mankind.

The doctors with their blood-red hands
Who loved their money more than man.
With greed their god they lay their plan
The butchers of mankind.

Oh, rid us of this evil Lord
And turn our hearts by cross or sword
Our nation cannot long afford
To live beneath your anger.

A Curse, a curse upon their heads
O, save them Lord, or slay them dead!
And fill our country with your dread

And turn away your anger.

How I Found Christ?

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