Today in History - March 21

March 21

630 - Emperor heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Luther, Relics, and Indulgences, by Dr. James White

1556 - On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Cantebury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantation he has made and adds, 'And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Archbishop Cranmer and Williams: The Faithful Martyr and Comic Vicar, by Rev. Ian Brown

The Black Pope and His Murdermen, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) 

Recommended reading:

Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Budget Deficit - wsj.com

1844 - The Baha'i calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Baha'i calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Baha'i Faith as the Baha'i New Year of Naw-Ruz (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Christian View of Baha'i, by Dr. Walter Martin

1919 - The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russsia (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Cuba, Castro,  & Communism, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Why Liberals Love Killers; Che Guevara and Other Heroes, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Persecution and Martyrdom of Christians by Muslims and Communists, by Dr. Peter Hammond [Text: 2 Corinthians 11:23-28; Revelation 6:9 & 10]

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

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

The Complete History of the USSR Set to the Music of Tetris

1965 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts

Small Towns Bullied by ACLU and FFRC - Do We Fear God or Lawsuits? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Will Libs Take Down MLK Jr.'s Statute? - Caution With Media Darlings, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

'The Martin Luther King Myth' - Marxists Idols for Destruction, by Peter Hammond

Recommended reading:

50th Anniversary of MLK by the US Gov't - lewrockwell.com

Recommended reading:

Endangered Speeches - How the ACLU, IRS & LBJ Threaten Extinction of Free Speech By William J. Federer / Amerisearch