1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
Recommended reading: Sympathy for the Devil: Columbus Day and Why it Matters - townhall.com
Excerpt from this article: "This hatred for Columbus and the misunderstanding of what it is he did is nothing new. In fact, the earliest criticisms of Columbus were made about a century ago by the old Democratic party institution, the Ku Klux Klan."
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- Columbus, by BJU Students and Faculty (A radio drama)
- America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Recommended reading: 'Ironically, the same court that decreed that Dred Scott, a slave, was property, had granted to the corporation, a non-man, the sacred rights of citizenship...The Fourteenth Amendment provided that no state shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' It was to be a shield of freedom to protect the emancipated slave against abuses from the states. But the Fourteenth Amendment soon became a formidable weapon used to subject both black and white to the will of corporate America. We have not often heard that story." With Justice for None - Destroying an American Myth, by Gerry Spence (Attorney)
Recommended sermons and podcast: Exposing and Opposing Slavery Today, by Dr. Peter Hammond
More recommended reading:
2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
Recommended sermon: A Biblical Response to the Supreme Court's Ruling, by Dr. David P. Murray (2015)
