A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com
1539 – Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
Recommended sermons & podcasts:
- Counter Reformation: The Council of Trent, by Brian Borgman
- The Council of Trent, by Rev. David Mook
- Is the Roman Catholic Church a Christian Church? by Dr. Ian Brown
1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
Recommended sermons, reading and podcasts:
- Inquisition, Witches and Mystics, by Dr. James White
- Exorcist Warns Against Attending Taylor Swift Concerts Due to Witchcraft - lifesitenews.com
- Neo-Paganism and Wicca, by James Peterson
- Countering Halloween Witchcraft with Biblical Reformation, by Dr. Peter Hammond
- The "Christianizing" of the Occult, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
- How to Benefit from a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray
- Colossians 2:1-15, by Rev. Paul Den Butter
1898 – Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.[5]
Here is a short excerpt from Howard Zinn's The Twentieth Century (referring to the Spanish-American war):
"A volunteer from this state of Washington wrote: 'Our fighting blood was up, and we all wanted to kill 'n***rs.' ...This shooting human beings beats rabbit hunting all to pieces.' It was a time of intense racism in the United States. In the years between 1889 and 1903, on the average, every week, two Nigroes were lynched by mobs-hanged, burned, mutilated. The Filipinos were brown-skinned and strange looking to Americans...Our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children prisoners and captives. Active insurgents and suspected people from lads ten up, the idea prevailing that the Philippino as such was little better than a dog..."
"A volunteer from this state of Washington wrote: 'Our fighting blood was up, and we all wanted to kill 'n***rs.' ...This shooting human beings beats rabbit hunting all to pieces.' It was a time of intense racism in the United States. In the years between 1889 and 1903, on the average, every week, two Nigroes were lynched by mobs-hanged, burned, mutilated. The Filipinos were brown-skinned and strange looking to Americans...Our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children prisoners and captives. Active insurgents and suspected people from lads ten up, the idea prevailing that the Philippino as such was little better than a dog..."
1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
