Monday, November 13, 2023

Today in History - November 14

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

332 BCAlexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.[1]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:
  1. Intertestamental Period I: Medo-Persia and Greece Under Alexander, by Pastor David McManus
  2. Esther Becomes Queen of Persia, by Rev. Dr. Roger Dean Anderson [Text: Esther 2; Deuteronomy 17:14-40]
  3. The Jews Living in Persia - History, by Dan Caffese

  4. God Preserves His People in Persia, by Pastor Carl A. Schouls [Text: Esther 6:1]
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.[10]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

  1. I Feel Like Communism is Better - Millennial Worldviews (Podcast), by Pastor Kevin Swanson
  2. Cuba, Castro, and Communism (Podcast), by Dr. Peter Hammond 
  3. How to Destroy a Nation: America vs the Soviet Union, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)
  4. Recommended sermon: The Cold War, by Rev. Roger Higginson [Text: Matthew 24:12: "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."]
1969Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

Recommended sermon: Moon Madness! by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014)

The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:29 (Audio): "Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."

2012Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.

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Recommended video: Ben Shapiro talks about Israel vs Hamas and why he would never support Biden over Trump (video)

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Recommended reading:  Universities Celebrate the Mass Murder of Jews - frontpagemag.com

Excerpt from this article: "Of course barbarians hate Israel! Surrounded by enemies, Jews transformed an unforgiving desert into a first-rate civilization. Did anyone imagine the Holocaust would temper the bitter jealousy? That's like heterosexual white coeds claiming to be "binary" to earn woke street cred. You're still pretty, and they still hate you."

Recommended video: Over 9 Million Israelis Have Just Put All 5 Fingers Down


 Recommended reading:  Dear Jew Hater: Thank You for Uniting the Jews - jewishjournal.com

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Recommended sermon:  Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, by Rev. David McMillian 

The text for this sermon is Psalm 122: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."

Here are a couple of Jewish songs that I really like:

  1. Minyan Man, by The Maccabeats
  2. I'm A Jew and I'm Proud, by Benny Ivri Anochi

Recommended sermon: I'm a Jew. Hope You Are Too! by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is Romans 2:28 & 29"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God."

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The Bible also says: "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved..." - Romans 11:25,26a

More recommended sermons:
  1. The 70 Weeks Prophecy, by Rev. John Sawtelle [Text: Daniel 9:20-27 (Audio)]
  2. The Restoration and Conversion of the Jews, by Pastor Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: Romans 11:25-27; Ezekiel 37:1-10]

News Roundup and Comment

  News Roundup and Comment , by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America