Sunday, August 9, 2020

Today in History - August 10

1897 - German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

A Headache Aspirin Could Not Cure, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton [Text: 1 Samuel 17]

1969 - A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Confession of a Mass Murderer - Charles Manson Vs. Charles Tex Watson, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Charles Manson Has Gone to the Final Judgment, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes) (2017)

1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony (Source)

Recommended reading:

A Glance, A Nod, Silence, and Death - theguardian.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Chris Joy, meanwhile, had come all the way from Alaska to spread the word of his own radio channel by holding up a placard declaring: 'Happy Death Day, Burn in Hell" from 'KZND, Alaska's New Rock Alternative.'"

Timothy McVeigh's last words were to quote from the poem Invictus: "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Why don't you compare the poem Invictus, with the Christian alternative, poem, My Captain?

Invictus and My Captain

How I Found Christ?

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