Thursday, August 6, 2020

Today in History - August 7

1782 - George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit too honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Would George Washington have Succeeded from the Union with Robert E. Lee? by Christian Historian Bill Potter
George Washington: A Biographical Sketch, by Rushdoony, R.J.

1786 - The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


1978 - U.S.President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Jimmy Carter: Jesus Would Approve Gay Marriage - The Religion of Autonomy, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2015)
Jimmy Carter Study Bible on Homosexuality: Jesus Never Said a Word About It, by Pastor Sean E. Harris

How I Found Christ?

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