"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose." - Genesis 6:2 (Audio)
Why don't you join me in my daily Bible reading? Each day, in addition to posting the new reading assignment, I also post links to related sermons. The websites that I use to guide me through these readings is oneyearbibleonline.com, kingjamesbibleonline.org, and biblegateway.com/]
For today, read:
"Yet we in our day, much as we love to sing Amazing Grace (I suppose because we like the tune), are not inwardly amazed by grace as the Puritans were; it does not startle us that the holy Creator should receive sinners into his company; rather, we take it for granted! 'God will forgive. That's his job!' was the final scoff with which the French cynic went to meet his Maker." - J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness - The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life
Recommended hymn (in Swedish and English!)
Counting the Cost: The Day of the Christian Martyr, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
Nevada Sherriff's Group Says NSA Sitting on 'Every Call, Text, Chat and Banking Transaction' for 'Elite Pedos and Wall Street Criminals' - zerohedge.com
Excerpt from this article:
"And I remind you that no army of lawyers are going to be able to stand up to an Army Ranger battalion with fixed bayonets. We're Coming.' 'I will tell you with absolute certainty that the thing that Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff fear most is not jail, but us releasing their 10 most treasonous phone calls to their own public, he continued. 'They will be torn limb from limb on their own streets.'"
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Recommended reading:
Vice President Harris: Bill Clinton to Discuss Empowering Women - americanthinker.com
The Briefing for Monday, June 28, 2021, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
"Nike is a Brand That is Of China and For China", Says Company's CEO - zerohedge.com
Excerpt from this article:
"'We've always taken a long term view. We've been in China for over 40 years,' Donahoe said, expressing his optimism that the brand will continue to grow quickly in the world's most populous nation."
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Here is an except from Patrick Buchanan's great book, The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:
"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.
"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...
"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...
"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...
"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas? Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?"
1644 - Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge (Source)
I think it was Oliver Cromwell who said:
"You need not hope in order to undertake, and you need not succeed in order to persevere." The following sermons and podcasts are on Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War:
1974 - Vice President Isabel Peron assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argintina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill (Source)
Recommended musical:
Here are a few songs from this great musical:
The Lady's Got Potential, O What a Circus, Peron's Latest Flame
Recommended reading:
1975 - Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer (Source)
2007 - Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Trillion Dollar Left-Wing Companies: Apple, et al - The Kings of Earth Take On God, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Answering Pagan Views on Death, (2011), by Gregory A Miller [Text: Hebrews 9:27: "And as it is appointed unto men to die, and after this the judgment."]
Billy Graham Trauma Chaplains, Christian Groups, Bring Comfort to Distraught Families of 150 Missing in Florida Tower Collapse - christianpost.com
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As Christians, our hearts and prayers are with the families and friends who lost loved ones in the Florida tragedy. But we must be careful not go be so eager to provide comfort that we go farter than our Lord Jesus would have us go. Here are two sermons I recommend in light of the current events:
How to Benefit From a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray
The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2,3: "It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
The following 2 quotes come from Mere Morality: What God Expects From Ordinary People, by the late Dr. Lewis Smedes
News
#76 Question: Which is the ninth commandment?
Answer: The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
#77 Question: What is required in the ninth commandment?
Answer: The ninth commandment
requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man and of our
own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness bearing.
Answer: The
ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious
to our own or our neighbor’s good name.
"Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."1 Peter 2:10 (Audio)
The following sermons are on I Peter 2:10:
Russia Warns Disney Against Distributing Short Film Featuring Gay Character - Reuters.com
Excerpt from this article:
"Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday warned Walt Disney Co I(DIS.N) against distributing content it said was harmful to children in Russia with its release of a short film, 'Out', which features a gay main character."
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Recommended hymn:
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder (in Russian?)
Recommended podcasts:
Why don't you join me in my daily Bible reading? Each day, in addition to posting the new reading assignment, I also post links to related sermons. The websites that I use to guide me through these readings is oneyearbibleonline.com, kingjamesbibleonline.org, and biblegateway.com/]
For today, read:
There has been talk about needing a new American flag. Here are a couple of news stories on this topic:
51 Stars: What the New American Flag Would Look Like - newsnationnow.com
Opinion: For Juneteenth, America Needs a New Flag That All of Us Can Honor - marketwatch.com
Pride Month: Rainbow Flag Redesigned to Be More Inclusive - indianexpress.com
If America gets a new flag, we may need a new Pledge of Allegiance. Here is my recommendation:
"I pledge allegiance to the Rainbow flag, of the United Socialist States of America,
And to the abominations for which it stands, one regime, under satan, with no unity,
And tyranny and destruction for all."
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I (Source)
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:
1922 - The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Centenary of Northern Ireland, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: Deuteronomy 16]
1940 - Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts: