Today in History - July 20

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

70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: When Jesus Went to Jerusalem in 70 A.D., by Joe Morecraft III [Text: Luke 17:20-37]

1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

TV's Power of Suggestion - The Other 13 Reasons Netflix Won't Dare to Mention, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray. Note: The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio): "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues.

2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

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

2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

O.J. Simpson Passed away recently. Late night comedy host, Gutfeld, had this to say. "O.J. Simpson passed away after a short battle with cancer. Nicole Simpson passed away after a short battle with O.J."

The following two quotes are from books written by Ann Coulter and John Grisham. I don't recall which books I found them in:

• Ann Coulter: "[The death penalty is]...'a primitive act of retribution'...What is primitive about being arraigned, formally charged, tried, convicted by a jury, having that conviction upheld on appeal, and then being executed in a manner far gentler than their victims?...('Okay, it will only sting for a minute, Mr. Bundy!')"
• John Grisham:  "In white America, prisons are good places where bad men pay for their crimes. In black America, prisons are often used as warehouses to keep minorities off the streets."

The following is on the back cover of In Contempt, written by Christopher Darden, one of O.J. Simpson's prosecutors from the 1990s:

"I never got a chance, of course, to cross-examine him. And I didn't want to anymore. I just wanted to talk to him, to make sure he knew he hadn't fooled all of us, and that his 'Dream Team' hadn't fooled most Americans. I wanted to tell him that there was another court that would hear his case one day, with a judge who would separately try racist cops and murderers. A court where everyone will have to account for his actions alone. A court where the only witnesses will be Ronald Goldman and Nicole Brown."