Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Today in History - October 12

539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Handwriting on the Wall, by Dr. Toby B. Holt [Text: Danial 5; Danial 5:1]
Cyrus Stirred Up, by James I. Gracie [Text: Ezra 1:1]
Jehovah's Command to Cyrus, by Rev. Jonathan Langerak [Text: Ezra 1:1-4]
How Western Cultural Leaders Turn Pagan - Miley Cyrus' Story, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1492 - Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in the Bahamas (Source)

Recommended reading:

 Sympathy for the Devil: Columbus Day and Why it Matters - townhall.com

Excerpt from this article:

"This hatred for Columbus and the misunderstanding of what it is he did is nothing new. In fact, the earliest criticisms of Columbus were made about a century ago by the old Democratic party institution, the Ku Klux Klan."

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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

Why Americans Don't Like the Pilgrims Anymore - Thankful for the Pilgrims, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1692 - The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The New Age Movement, by Rev. Colin Mercer
How Does a Christian Evaluate Witchcraft, Fantasy, Yoga, and Science? by Pastor Kevin Swanson [Text: I Samuel 28 (Audio) (2012)

Principalities and Haunted Houses, by Pastor Mike Hoggard

Satan's Temptation of Eve, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Genesis 2:15-3:6 (Audio)

Halloween - What's Behind the Mask? by Jim Schneider [Crosstalk America]
Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter
A Christian Response to the Salem Witch Trials, by Rev. Matthew Trewhella [Text: Acts 19:11-19 (Audio)

1998 - Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days aftger he was beaten outside of Laramie (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How I Found Christ?

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