Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Today in History - March 4

 AD 51 - Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth) (Source

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Persecution from Nero to Domitian, by Matt Marino

Nero's Persecution of Christians, AD 64 - 1,950th Anniversary, by Rev. Brian McClung [Text: Matthew 5:10-12]

The Pope, Chris Rice, and CCCU - Endorsing Nero's Program, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1797 - John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4 (Source

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: A Friendship That Changed the World, by Historian Bill Potter

1861 - The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted (Source

The Truth About the Confederate Battle Flag, by Pastor John Weaver [Text: Numbers 1]
Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1986 - The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus  (Source

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Moon Madness, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014 [Text: Ecclesiastes 7:29] [Note: This sermon was preached in 1969, right after the Apollo moon landing]
Recommended reading:
Excerpt from this article:
"It was dormant for more than 20 years, exhibiting very little fluctuation in light. then one day, it woke up, baffling astronomers around the world. A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A has just started flashing 75 times brighter than it has ever been seen before."
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The Bible says:
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handiwork." - Psalm 19 (Audio)

The Gospel Written in the Sky, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Psalm 19:1]
The Revelation of Scripture, by Dr. David P. Murray [Text: Psalm 19:1]
Recommended reading:



How I Found Christ?

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