This Weekend in History - August 21 & 22

 August 21

1831 - Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Reparations for Slavery, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Exposing and Opposing Slavery Today, by Dr. Peter Hammond
David Livingstone - The Best Friend Africa Ever Had, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended reading:

The Welfare State Did What Slavery Couldn't - zerohedge.com

1918 - World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins(Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How News of the Somme Came Home, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: 2 Samuel 18:32,33; 19:1-4]

The Battle of the Somme, by  Rev. Thomas Martin [Text: John 15:13] 

August 22

1642 - Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

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:

Oliver Cromwell: Saint, Soldier, Statesmen, by Dr. Alan Cairns (Text: Hebrews 8)

Oliver Cromwell, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Oliver Cromwell and His Russet-Coated Heroes, by Bill Potter

The Life and Labors of Oliver Cromwell, by Rev. Colin Mercer

Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England, by Rev. Ian Goligher (Text: 1 Samuel 18:12)

1654 - Jacob Barsimon arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America (Source)

Recommended video:

Carolyn Glick: Episode 14 – Ben and Jerry’s join the Jew haters

An Israeli soldier said recently: 

"Someone on Twitter said the Palestinians don't have an Iron Dome. But that's not true. Their Iron Dome is this: Don't fire rockets at Israel and Israel won't fire rockets at you!"

The Bible says, "Let no man deceive you by any means, but that day shall not come unless there come a falling away first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above God."- 2 Thessalonians 2:3,4a (Audio)

For more on this "Falling Away", check out the following podcast by Pastor Kevin Swanson:

 Millennials - Only 2% Christian - Time for a Worldwide Council

The Bible also 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 is 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)]

Great Events Preceding Christ's Return: The Conversion of the Jews, by Rev. Kevin Macleod

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

Recommended video:

Ben Shapiro: Jew-Hatred Is So Hot Right Now (Video)

1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti (Source)

From My Gospel Project:

Please Consider Making A Contribution to Samaritan's Purse on Behalf of the Victim's of the Earthquake in Haiti

2003 - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

In God We Trust...or Not, by Pastor Kevin Swanson & Judges Roy Moore