Friday, July 22, 2022

Today in History - July 23

 1148 - Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade (Source)


Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Second Crusade and Saladin, by Dr. Paul Ferguson

Church History: the Crusades, by Matt Powell

1847b - After 17 months of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Manhattan Declaration, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2009)

Excerpt from this podcast:

"Well, it is a problem when you call the LDS (Mormons) our brothers. It is like saying We and the Baal worshippers are going to get together because we're really fighting against the Molech worshippers. See, because the Molech worshippers, they're sacrificing children and we think that's an abomination, and we get a few Baal worshippers to go with us. Now we're going to call them our brothers? I think we ought not..." 

How I Found Christ?

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