1653 - Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament (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:
1689 - Deposed Monarch James II of England lay siege to Derry (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1789 - George Washington arrives at Gray's Ferry, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Civil War Story, by BJU Students and Faculty
The Civil War of the Soul, by Dr. Brian DeVries
Would George Washington Have Seceded With Robert E. Lee? by Historian Bill Potter
Why The South Lost the War Between the States, by Historian Bill Potter
Civil War and Reconstruction, by George S. Whitten, Sr. [Text: Galatians 3:28; Matthew 7:12]
1792 - France declared war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary war (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond
"...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.'"
1999- Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado (Source)
The father of one of the victims of Columbine later wrote the following poem: "Your laws ignore our deepest needs
You’ve stripped away our heritage
You’ve outlawed simple prayer
Now gunshots fill our classrooms
And precious children die
You seek for answers everywhere
And ask the question 'Why?'
You regulate restrictive laws
Through legislative creed
And yet you fail to understand
That God is what we need"
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Rahm Emanuel
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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Rahm Emanuel
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rahmemanue409199.html
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Rahm Emanuel
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rahmemanue409199.html
I heard one pastor say the following:
"You may not like guns, and you may not like God. But if someone is breaking into your house the first thing you're going to do is call someone who has a gun. And the next thing you're going to do is pray that they get there in time!"
