Saturday, August 22, 2020

This Weekend in History - August 22 & 23

August 22

1642 - Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

I think it was Oliver Cromwell who said:

"You need not hope in order to undertake, and you need not succeed in order to persevere." The following sermons and podcasts are on Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War:

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)

1894 - Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Why Christ Excels Gandhi, Muhammad, and Darwin, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Changed by Hope - Broken Societies, Faithful God, by Rev. Jeremiah Montgomery [Text: I Peter 1:13-21]

1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogata, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Pope and the Papacy

August 23

1572 - French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Huguenots, by Peter Hammond

1799 - Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond

A Physicist once said:

"I'd rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned," - Physicists Richard Feynman (1918-1988)  

Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The Vatican and ET: CERN, Opening the Gate of Hell, by Charles Lawson
Death Ritual at CERN, by Pastor Mike Hoggard
CERN: Portal of Baphomet, by Pastor Mike Hoggard

Inside the World's Largest Science Experiment

How I Found Christ?

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