Sunday, December 24, 2023

Today in History - December 25

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

1776George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.[21]

Recommended sermons and podcasts: George Washington - The Providence of God and Three 'Nos' in the Founding of America, by Dr. Harry Reader

1837Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.[26]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1868Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.[27]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Lincoln and Johnson, Part 1 and Part 2, by Dr.James M Philips

1962 – The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

24 Unsettling Facts About Nuclear Weapons - msn.com

25 Insane Facts About the Hiroshima Bombing - msn.com

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Recommended reading:  Hollywood's Oppenheimer Biopic a Historical Travesty - dailysignal.com

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

 The following quotes are from Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing the Rising Sun:

  1. "In the blast that follows, a fireball spreads out over the target zone. It travels at one hundred times the speed of sound, rendering it silent. One-millionth of a second later, the people of Hiroshima began to incinerate."
  2. "But Enola Gay is safe. All twelve men on board are alive. In six hours they will celebrate with whiskey and lemonade and spend the night far from the hell they have just created."
  3. "The next day the chilling results of what the young officer saw from the air are reported on Japanese radio: 'Practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death."
  4. "[President] Truman's face lights up. 'This is the greatest thing in history...'"
  5. "'Thank God for the atomic bomb' is a common refrain among American soldiers and sailors, who have been dreading the blood-bath sure to come if American troops invade the beaches of Japan. To many of them, the bombing of civilians is not an issue - it's payback for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."
  6. "Oppenheimer soon leaves the stage, but not before bringing the house down with his final comment: 'My only regret is that we didn't develop the bomb in time to use it against the Germans.'"
Recommended sermon (for such a time as this!): The Holocaust of Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9:  "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power..."

And Why Are We Accepting This?