Today in History - October 12

        A special thanks to Wikipedia.com for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

October 12

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

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

1. The Handwriting on the Wall, by Dr. Toby B. Holt [Text: Danial 5; Danial 5:1]
2. Cyrus Stirred Up, by James I. Gracie [Text: Ezra 1:1]
3. Jehovah's Command to Cyrus, by Rev. Jonathan Langerak [Text: Ezra 1:1-4]
4. How Western Cultural Leaders Turn Pagan - Miley Cyrus' Story, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
5. The 70 Weeks  Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]
6. Great Events Preceding Christ's Return: The Conversion of the Jews, by Rev. Kevin Macleod

Recommended video: Belshazzar, by Johnny Cash (1932-2003)

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

Recommended sermons and Podcasts:

1. Inquisition, Witches and Mystics, by Dr. James White
2. What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Inquisition, by Dr. Peter Hammond
3. Cotton Mather: American Puritan, by Rev. David McKay
4. Demon Possession in early America, Santan, Satanism, and the Occult, Part 1, by Cotton Mather
5. Demon Possession in early America, Santan, Satanism, and the Occult, Part 3, by Cotton Mather

1969 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion  (Source) 

Recommended sermons and Podcasts: Castro, Cuba, and Communism, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended reading:

1. Note to the Department of Education: Mao Zedong Murdered 65 Million People - redstate.comWe Must Never Forget the 100 Million Victims of Communism - dailysignal.com
2. None Dare Call it Conspiracy, by Gary Allen (1971)

Recommended video: The Complete History of the USSR Set to the Music of Tetris

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

Here are two versions of the Matthew Shepard story. You decide which one is true:

1. Matthew Shepard's Ashes Interred at National Cathedral - newser.com
2. Global Warming and Matthew Shepard: Extravagant Lies that Fool Billions, by Pastor Kevin Swanson