1562 - Sixty-three Huguenots and massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- Killing God's Saints for Worship: Soul and King Louis XIV, by Keith Dewell
- The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter
- The French Huguenots, by Peter Hammond
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:
- Oliver Cromwell: Saint, Soldier, Statesmen, by Dr. Alan Cairns (Text: Hebrews 8)
- Oliver Cromwell, by Dr. Peter Hammond
- Oliver Cromwell and His Russet-Coated Heroes, by Bill Potter
- The Life and Labors of Oliver Cromwell, by Rev. Colin Mercer
- Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England, by Rev. Ian Goligher (Text: 1 Samuel 18:12)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Inquisition, by Dr. Peter Hammond
- Unmasking the Truth About Witches, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
- A Christian Response to the Salem Witch Trials, by Rev. Matthew Trewhella [Text: Acts 19:11-19 (Audio)
- Satan Considering the Saints, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
- Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul den Butter
1953 - Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses, he dies four day later (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Castro, Cuba, and Communism, by Dr. Peter Hammond
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