Today in History - April 2

1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theatre in the United States, opens in Los Angeles  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Parenting in the Digital Age - Shall Our Kids Watch Disney? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray

 [Note: The text for this 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:

The Devil's Vision & The Bible or the TV Guide

1917 - American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany (Source)

The following is a quote taken from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left:

"...both the Wilson and the FDR administrations were descendants - albeit distant ones - of the first fascist movement: the French Revolution...It produced the first modern dictators, Robespierre and Napoleon, and worked on the premise that the nation had to be ruled by an enlightened avant-garde who would serve as the organic, authentic voice of the 'general will.'...Robespierre summed up the totalitarian logic of the Revolution: 'There are only two parties in France: the people and its enemies. We must exterminate those miserable villains who are eternally conspiring against the right of man...[W]e must exterminate our enemies.'"

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Versailles - The Poisonous Spirit of Vengence, by Dr. Peter Hammond

The following quote is from Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, by Patrick Buchanan:

 "Churchill was exhilarated. Six months later, after the first battle of Ypres, with tens of thousands of British soldiers in their graves, he would say to Violet Asquith: 'I think a curse should rest on me - because I am so happy. I know this war is smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment and yet - I cannot help it - I enjoy every second.'" 

Here is some good advice from Dr. Peter Hammond:

"Beware the victor's version. Wartime propaganda morphs into peacetime textbooks....think outside the box. Don't accept the official version. Ask why..."