Today in History - January 3

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

1911 - A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then Home Secretary Winston Churchill (Source)

Sermons and podcasts:

• Darkest Hour - The Legend of Winston Churchill
• Was Winston Churchill Really the Greatest Briton of All Time?

Recommended quotes:

• "Churchill was exhilarated. Six months later, after the first battle of Ypres, with tens of thousands of British soldiers in their graves, he would say to Violet Asquith: 'I think a curse should rest on me - because I am so happy. I know this war is smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment and yet - I cannot help it - I enjoy every second.'" -  Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, by Patrick Buchanan
• "Beware the victor's version. Wartime propaganda morphs into peacetime textbooks...think outside the box. Don't accept the official version. Ask why..." - Dr. Peter Hammond

1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro (Source)

Sermons and podcasts: Castro, Cuba, and Communism, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended reading:

1. Note to the Department of Education: Mao Zedong Murdered 65 Million People - redstate.com
2. We Must Never Forget the 100 Million Victims of Communism - dailysignal.com

2015 - Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in northeast Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people (Source)

Sermons and podcast: War on Christians in the Middle East, by Dr. Peter Hammond