Sunday, December 13, 2020

Today in History - December 14

1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on teh death of her father, James V of Scotland  (Source)

John Knox has been quoted as saying (About Mary, Queen of Scots): "If you strike not the root, the branches will grow again."

For information on Mary's more well-known relatives, Mary Tudor (ada Bloody Mary), Queen Elizabeth I, check out the following:

Church History: English Reformation, by Matt Powell
Antichrist Rages in England: Bloody Mary: God's Tool of Reformation, by W. J. Mencarow [Text: Revelation 11, 18]
Bloody Mary, Part 1, by Rev. John Sawtelle
Bloody Mary, Part 2, by Rev. John Sawtelle
Elizabeth I, Part I, by Joe Morecraft III
Elizabeth I, Part II, by Joe Morecraft III

1981 - Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights (Source)

The following is from - In Trump We Trust, by Ann Coulter (2016):

"ISIS sounds important because it's foreign, but it has very little impact on most Americans' lives. (For my younger readers: The Middle East has been a hellhole for a thousand years, and will continue to be a hellhole for the next thousand years). If your representative is talking about ISIS, he is planning to outsource your job and move Syrian refugees into your neighborhood." 

From today's Headlines...

4th Arab Country Signs Peace Deal With Israel - wnd.com [Posted on My Gospel Project on Thursday, December 10, 2020]

The Bible says:

"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles come in. And so all Israel shall be saved..."Romans 11:25,26a (Audio)

Recommended sermons:

The 70 Weeks  Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]

There are many who believe we may be very close to the time when this "blindness" is lifted and Jews all over the world will accept our Lord Jesus as their long-awaited Messiah! And when that happens - and it will happen! - the following Jewish hymn may be slightly rewritten so it could be included in our Christian hymnbooks - Minyan Man

1985 - Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (Source)

Recommended reading:

Crazy Horse Memorial Honors Native Americans - and Freedom - thenewamerican.com
The Trail of Tears Facts - cherokeemuseum.org
Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama Retells The Trail of Tears - cherokeehistorical.org

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Truth About Cortez and Columbus (The Systematic Destruction of America), by Pastor Kent Black

2017 - The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4  billion (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:


Here is another related podcast by Pastor Swanson:


Maybe the question we should be asking ourselves is this:

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:

How I Found Christ?

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