Saturday, April 4, 2020

Today in History - April 4

397 - Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint dies (born in 338) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Ambrose, Chrysostom, and Church State Relations, by James Williamson
Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, by Blake Hart

1660 - Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for Crimes committed during the English Civil War and Interregnum  - (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Oliver Cromwell: Saint, Soldier, Statesmen, by Dr. Alan Cairns (Text: Hebrews 8)
Oliver Cromwell, by Dr. Peter Hammond
Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England, by Rev. Ian Goligher (Text: 1 Samuel 18:12)


1967 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech in New York City's Riverside Church (Source)
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate is assassinated (born in 1929) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

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





1980 - Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist dies (born in 1917)  (Source)

Here is one of my favorite Red Sovine songs:

Phantom 309


2020 - China holds a national mourning day for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. Our Nation Laid in God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Jeremiah 9:9 (Audio)]
2. When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text: Acts 4:19,20]
3. Amos 3, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk (Preached in 1978)

Note: There is a very short - maybe 20 seconds or so - issue with the audio quality.  Don't let that keep you from hearing this important - and very timely message from Rev. Pronk!


How I Found Christ?

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