Thursday, March 19, 2020

Today in History - March 19

1813 - David Livingston, explorer and missionary, is born (dies in 1873)  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Henry Morton Stanley - The Greatest Journalist of All Time, Part 1, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Henry Morton Stanley - Through the Dark Continent, Part 2, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1895 - Auguste and Louis Lumiere record their first footage using their newly patented cinemotgraph (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


Here is another related podcast by Pastor Swanson:


Maybe the question we should be asking ourselves is this:

Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray

[Note: The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio):

"And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues."

Recommended poems:


1920 - The United States Senate rejects the treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919 (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


1931 - Gambling is legalized in Nevada (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Evils of Gambling, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: Proverbs 13:11]

Recommended quote:

“Maybe the best definition of investing is gambling with the odds in your favor. The people on the short side of the subprime mortgage market had gambled with the odds in their favor. The people on the other side – the entire financial system, essentially – had gambled with the odds against them. What’s strange and complicated about it is that pretty much all the important people on both sides left the table rich.” - The Big Short




1962 - Highly influential arrest Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

For the Love of Money, Part 1, by Matthew Henry  [Text: I Timothy 6; I Timothy 6:2]
For the Love of Money, Part 2, by Matthew Henry  [Text: I Timothy 6:2b-10]

Recommended reading:

How I Found Christ?

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