Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Today in History - April 19

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

AD 65 - The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals Oppose Same-Sex Marriage - The Atrocities of Nero, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)
  1. Persecution From Nero to Domitian, by Matt Marino (2012)
  2. Paul Unashamed Before Nero, by Rev. Ian Goligher [Text: Philippians 1:12-26]
1713 - With no living heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female - (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter

1971 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiring in the Tate-LaBianca murders (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:
  1. The Confession of a Mass Murderer - Charles Manson Vs. Charles Tex Watson, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
  2. Charles Manson Has Gone to the Final Judgment, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
1987 - The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracy Ulman Show, first starting with Good Night (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: The Church of England Recruits the Simpsons, Dr. Alan Cairns (2017)

2011 - Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961(Source)

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

Recommended reading:

Grace for Purpose: Mel Gibson Drops This Bombshell and No One Is Mentioning It

  I Saw the Dead , by Dr. David P. Murray The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is  Revelation 20:11-15 : "And I saw a great white thron...