Friday, August 28, 2020

This Weekend in History - August 29 & 30

August 29

1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded (Source)

Recommended reading:

Goodyear Tires Pull to the Left - canadafreepress.com
Goodyear Hands a Political Trump For Trump - americanthinker.com
Looks Like the Goodyear Policy is Even More Discriminatory Than Originally Reported - townhall.com

1970 - Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar (Source)

Recommended reading:

Who [Not] to Vote For in 2020

1997 - Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service (Source)

Recommended sermon:

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:


August 30

AD 70 - Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

When Jesus Went to Jerusalem in 70 AD, by Joe Morecraft, III [Text: Luke 17:20-37]
Why Was Jerusalem Destroyed in AD 70? by Rev. Jason Van Bemmel [Text: Luke 21:20-38]

How I Found Christ?

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