Today in History - May 15

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

1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.

Recommended sermons and podcasts

1. Inquisition, Witches and Mystics, by Dr. James White
2. The Rise of Gay GB and the Pink Inquisition, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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Recommended reading: 

1. PM Netanyahu to the World: 'We Will Fight Alone if We Have To: Never Again is Now' - israelnationalnews.com
2. Hugh Chunk of Gen Z: Israel Has No Right to Exist as a Nation in the Mideast - wnd.com
3. Biden Smears Opponents as Nazis While Democrat Voters Riot for Jewish Genocide - thefederalist.com

Recommended podcasts:

1. Suddenly, 2024 has become 1933 with global hatred of the Jew and the nation of Israel reaching levels not seen since Adolf Hitler and WWII - Nowtheendbegins.com
2. Anti-Semitism on Campus,  by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
3. Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, by Rev. David McMillian  [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]

2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.[9]

Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

1. A Biblical Response to the Supreme Court Decision, by Dr. David P. Murray (2015)
2.  Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals Oppose Same-Sex Marriage - The Atrocities of Nero, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)