Today in History - July 12

  100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general is born (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

 Tax Breaks or Welfare? Caesar's Funds, Caesar's Control, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Caesar Augustus: The Roman Context of the Birth of Christ, by Brian Branam [Text: Luke 2:1]

The Jews Under Ptolemaic and Seleucid Rule, by Dan Caffese

AD 70 The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the second temple (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1191 - Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Phillip Augustus, ending the two year siege of Acre (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Second Crusade and Saladin, by Dr. Paul Ferguson

Church History: the Crusades, by Matt Powell

1543 - King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Henry VIII, Persecutor, Edward VI, Reformer, by Joe Morecraft, III

The Biggest Change Since Henry VIII Took the Church from the Pope, by Dr. Alan Cairns

1948 - Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramia  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1937 - Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter is born (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Bill Cosby Trial and Bachelor in Paradise -  The Pretense of Moral Outrage, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Bill Cosby Freed From Prison, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)