Thursday, June 20, 2024

Today in History - June 21

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

1973 – In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.[9]

Recommended podcasts:

  1. Pornography, Obscenity, Censorship, Part 1, by Greg L Bahnsen
  2. Pornography, Obscenity, Censorship, Part 2, by Greg L Bahnsen

1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.

Recommended musical: Evita

Here are a couple of my favorite songs from this musical:

The following is a quote taken from Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left:

"...both the Wilson and the FDR administrations were descendants - albeit distant ones - of the first fascist movement: the French Revolution...It produced the first modern dictators, Robespierre and Napoleon, and worked on the premise that the nation had to be ruled by an enlightened avant-garde who would serve as the organic, authentic voice of the 'general will.'...Robespierre summed up the totalitarian logic of the Revolution: 'There are only two parties in France: the people and its enemies. We must exterminate those miserable villains who are eternally conspiring against the right of man...[W]e must exterminate our enemies.'"

Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

  Here is Jonathan Edward's most famous sermon: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God                                                    ...