Thursday, October 17, 2024

Today in History - October 18

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

614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.

  1. Recommended sermons and podcasts: 
  1. Magna Charta: Blackstone, Mayflower Compact, Part 1, by Mark Liddle
  2. Magna Charta: Bradford, Mayflower Compact, Part 2, by Mark Liddle

1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.

Recommended Music: 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.'"

1653 – Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Dutch merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1713)

Recommended sermons and podcasts: 

  1. Jan Van RieBeeck and the Attack on South Africa History, by Dr. Peter Hammond
  2. Jan Van RieBeeck Father of the Nation, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1662 – Matthew Henry, Welsh minister and scholar (d. 1714)

Here is a Quote from Matthew Henry: "A wicked generation is a generation of Vipers, and ought to be told so!" - Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)[20]

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Coming Death of Just About All Rock and Roll Legends, by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr
Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Michael Jackson - Are the Beatles Bigger Than Jesus? by Pastor Kevin Swanson

But God..., by Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981)

     But God... , by Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) The text for this sermon is Ephesians 2:4 : "But God, who is rich in mercy, for...