Thought for Today

  1881: First U.S. men's singles tennis championship 1888: Jack the Ripper's first victim discovered, Mary Ann Nichol 1897: Edison patents kinetographic camera, first device for producing motion pictures 1925: Margaret Meade arrives in Samoa 1946: Foghorn Leghorn premiers in "Walky Talky Hawky" 1965: Department of Housing and Urban Development established 1972: Olga Korbut wins Gold in beam and floor exercise 1994: A computer beats chess champion Garry Kasparov 1997: Princess Diana dies 1997: Titans play first game in Tennessee--Liberty Bowl.  Born: Caligula, Maria Montessori, Alan Lerner, Itzhak Perlman, Richard Gere, Larry Fitzgerald, Chris Tucker, Arthur Godfrey, Van Morrison, Frank Robinson Died: Rocky Marciano, John Bunyan,  Thought: Focused on Mark 14:38 today. Maybe this is how you are feeling about something this morning. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Today is another day in the war. Our fleshly desires are going to come at us with ...

 1146: European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time.  1905: Ty Cobb  makes his major league debut 1963: Pentagon-Kremlin "hot line" installed 1976: Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of "The Today Show" Born: Mary Shelley, Huey Long, Shirley Booth, Peggy Lipton, Cameron Diaz, Ted Williams, Andy Roddick,  Died: Vera-Ellen, Charles Bronson, Wes Craven, Mikhail Gorbachev Thought: Reading Mark 14:27-31 this morning. Asking myself how many times I have been like Peter. Have you ever found yourself in a bad situation--sometimes one that just happened, more often a situation that you got yourself into. Finding that you are really in trouble, you decide to pray. You ask Jesus to solve the problem. For me, I first ask to have the problem magically disappear. Then, I pray for some amazing intervention. Then I pray for strength to get through. then I pray that I will not be caught or blamed. But in all the prayers, I promise that I will never let this ha...

 1833: Britain abolishes slavery 1862: Second Battle of Bull Run 1898: Goodyear founded 1909: First air race--Glenn Curtiss wins 1928: W.A. Criswell ordained [Pastor of First Baptist Dallas for over 50 years] 1967: 78 million watch the last episode of "The Fugitive" 2005: Second and Third landfalls fo Katrina--1800 die, $115 billion in damages Born: John Locke, Eliot Gould, Robin Leach, Bob Beamon, Temple Grandin, Michael Jackson, will Perdue, Neil Gorsuch, John McCain, Richard Attenborough, Charlie Parker ["Bird"],  Died: Brigham Young, Lee Marvin, Archie Campbell, Gene Wilder, Ingrid Bergman  [on her birthday] Thought: Mark 14:26 brings back a lot of memories for me. The supper is complete, they sing a hymn and go out toward the Garden. My grandfather was my pastor until I went away to college. He always had the Lord's Supper at the end of the service. We would take the wine, Mogen David kosher grape wine, and the unleavened bread, purchased from Jewish mercha...

1837: John Lea and William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce  1845: First issue of Scientific American magazine 1898: Caleb Bradshaw renames his soda drink--Pepsi Cola 1963: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech 1968: Democratic Convention in Chicago 1981: President Reagan shot by John Hinckley Born: Johann Goethe, Elizabeth Ann Seton [1st American Catholic Saint], Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Scott Hamilton, Todd Eldredge, Ira Sankey [song leader for Dwight Moody],  Died: Augustine of Hippo ["Confessions" and "The City of God"], Frederick Law Olmstead [Central Park, Biltmore estate], Emmett Till, William P. Foster [long-time director of the Florida A&M Red Rattler marching band] Thought: Mark does not record the conversation between Jesus and Judas at the supper table. Mark's account simply gives Jesus warning that (a) one of the twelve will betray Jesus; (b) it will be one who is eating with Jesus, and (c) it is the one who dips i...

  1883: Krakatoa explodes killing 40,000. The explosion was heard in Perth, 2800 miles away--10 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb. Caused year without summer and global temperatures dropped for the next 5 years. 1894: Congress passes graduated income tax--struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional 1955: First Guinness Book of World Records. Developed by the Brewery after an argument about the fastest game bird in Europe--a collection of things people might argue about in the bar.  1964: "Mary Poppins" released Born: Charles Rolls, C.S. Forester, Lyndon Johnson, Bernhard Langer, Tuesday Weld, Barbara Bach, Breanna Stewart Died: Titian, W.E.B. Dubois, Robert Shaw, Haile Selassie, Stevie Ray Vaughan Thought: Reading Mark 14:12-16 today. Just thinking about a few words--"they found it just as He had told them." [14:16] What comes to your mind when you read those words? A few days earlier, they had found the colt just as He had told them. Now they find a ro...

1498: Michelangelo commissioned to create the Pieta 1682: William Halley first observes the comet named for him 1873: First free kindergarten in the US opens 1968: Beatles release "Hey Jude" as a single in the US Born: Albert Sabin, Mother Teresa, Geraldine Ferraro, Katherine Johnson, Melissa McCarthy, Macaulay Culkin, Branford Marsalis Died: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Andrew Mellon, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Simon,  Bob Barker Some quotes from Mother Teresa: Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the beginning of love. God does not require us to succeed, He only requires that we try. If you judge people, you have no time to love them Love cannot remain by itself--it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service If you can't feed 100 people, feed one Intense love does not measure, it just gives The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. Though...

1349: 6,000 Jews killed in Mainz, blamed for spreading Black Death  1456: Printing of the Gutenberg Bible completed 1662: Act of Conformity requires use of Book of common Prayer--Puritans ousted from their pulpits 1814: British capture Washington 1847: Charlotte Bronte completes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" 1891: Motion picture camera patented 1893: 1,000 die as tornados hit Savannah and Charleston 1932: Amelia Earhart completes first trans-continental flight by a woman 1989: Pete Rose banned for life 1992: Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida 2006: Pluto demoted to dwarf planet 2022: Biden announces forgiveness of student loans Born: Robert Herrick ["Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a-flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying"], William Wilberforce [introduced bills to end slavery for 18 years; English slave trade abolished in 1807, slaves freed in 1831], Yasser Arafat, Mike Shanahan, Cal Ripken,  Died: E.G. Marshall, Rich...

 79: Vesuvius erupts 1305 William Wallace executed 1617: First one-way streets--London 1796: African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated 1850: First American Women's Rights Convention  1942: Last calvary charge in history, Italian calvary charges Russian infantry 1946: "The Big Sleep" premiers 2005: Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas 2007: Hashtag invented and first used Born: Gene Kelly, River Phoenix, Vera Miles Barbara Eden, Kobe Bryant,  Died: Rudolph Valentino, Bobby Bonds,  Thought: Reading Mark 13:1-13 this morning. Jesus has begun His response to the question of when the Temple will be destroyed. Some words from the Lord I need to hear in thinking and living in these days: Don't be mislead. [13:5] Many are in the world with words and ideas to mislead us, to cause us to step off His path, to miss the Way. False teachers who claim to be religious or even Christian. False doctrines that claim to be for our good, for fairness, for justice. False lifesty...

 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard the III killed. Last British monarch killed in battle 1865: First US patent for liquid soap 1902: Teddy Roosevelt is first President to ride in a car while in office 1906: First Victrola manufactured 1945: Viet Nam conflict begins as HoChi Minh leads a coup 1950: Althea Gibson is first black to compete in US national tennis competition 1965: Juan Marachal hits John Roseboro with a bat 2003: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for refusing to remove 10 Commandments from the Supreme Court Building 2022: Anthony Fauci announces he will step down as director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Born: Dorothy Parker, Norman Schwarzkopf, James Corden, Claude Debussy, Carl Yastrzemski, Bill Parcells,  Died: Huey Newton, Colleen Dewhurst,  Thought: Take a look at Mark 12:17 with me this morning. Another familiar saying of the Lord, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's...

  1831: Nat Turner, a Baptist preacher, leads a rebellion.  1858: First Lincoln-Douglas debate 1878: American Bar Association forms. 1888: William Burroughs invents the adding machine 1897: First Oldsmobile produced 1942: "Bambi" premiers 1947: First Little League World Series 2015: On a train between Amsterdam and Paris, Ayoub El Khazzani shoots a man and is prepared to kill others [9 mm pistol and carbine with 8 magazines]. Three American servicemen subdue him.  2012: A total eclipse of the sun  Born: Count Basie, Jack Buck, Wilt Chamberlain, Kenny Rogers, Usain Bolt,  Died: Leon Trotsky, Ernest Thayer ["Casey at the Bat"], Civilla Durfree Martin [She wrote many hymns. "God Will Take Care of You," "His Eye is on the sparrow," And "The blood will Never Lose Its Power"] Thought: Reading a much preached upon passage today, Mark 11:25. When you pray, if you have anything against anyone, forgive. I have to ask myself, when I pray do I exam...

 1619: First known slaves arrive in America at Fort Monroe Virginia 1741: Vitus Bering sights Alaska 1866: President Johnson declares War Between the States over 1882: Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" premiers in Moscow 1920: American Professional Football Association forms with Jim Thorpe as president--later NFL 1940: Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." I think he is wrong--that quote applies to the cross.  2000: Tiger Woods wins third major in 2000, PGA Born: Benjamin Harrison, Isaac Hayes, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Demi Lovato, Robert Plant, Jim Reeves, Al Roker, Paul Tillich [theologian who wrote "Systematic Theology", "The Courage to Be", and "Dynamics of Faith"] Died: Phyllis Diller, Jerry Lewis, Elmore Leonard Thought: Take a look with me at Mark 11:3 this morning. This is part of the story about Jesus sending disciples to get a colt for the entry...

1839: Louis Daguerre's photographic process published "free to the world" as a gift from the French government  1909: Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens 1934: First All-American Soap Box Derby Born: Charles Hires [root beer], Orville Wright, Malcolm Forbes, Gene Roddenberry [Creator of Star Trek, but also a decorated combat pilot with 89 combat missions],  Coco Chanel, Bill Clinton, Matthew Perry, Mary Joe Fernandez, Bill Shoemaker Died: Augustus Caesar [Caesar when Jesus was born], Groucho Marx, Blaise Pascal [mathematician, probability theory, and devout Christian], Linus Pauling Thought: Reading Mark 10:46-52 this morning. We all are familiar with the story of blind Bartimaeus. A blind man sitting by the road near Jericho as Jesus walks by. I notice his cry--"Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." He must have heard about Jesus. Perhaps he had heard about His healing of the blind, deaf, dumb, lame, possessed. Maybe he had even heard about some of His teaching...

1590: John White returns to Roanoke Island and finds no trace of colonists he left there three years earlier  1876: Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" premiers 1890: First ascent of Mt. Rainier 1891: Electric starter for automobile patented  1903: Joseph Pulitzer gives $1 million to Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize begins 1945: Korea divided at the 38th parallel 1946: "Animal Farm" published by George Orwell 1957: Richie Ashburn foul balls hit Alice Roth twice in the same game--1st breaks her nose, second hits her on the stretcher taking her out of the park.  1969: Hurricane Camille strikes the gulf Coast--259 deaths 1998: Bill Clinton admits to "improper physical relationship" with Monica Lewinsky Born: Davy Crockett, Mae West, Leslie Groves [Manhattan Project], Francis Gary Powers, Samuel Goldwyn, Maureen O'Hara, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn Died: Frederick the Great, Billy Fiske [1st American killed in action in WWII], Ira Gershwin Though...

1501: Michelangelo awarded contract for statue of David 1691: Yorktown founded 1777: Battle of Bennington. In 1891, Benjamin Harrison dedicates the Bennington Monument. Jan and I visited it several years ago.  1896: Gold discovered in the Klondike 1898: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster 1969: First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1988: IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence Born: T.E. Lawrence, Menachem Begin, James Cameron, Madonna, Steve Carrell, Tony Trabert Died: Babe Ruth, Bela Lugosi, Elvis Presley, Idi Amin, Aretha Franklin Thought: Yesterday, I was thinking about the child-like ability to believe the impossible--those things I cannot see, hear or understand, solely because God said so. Mark records Jesus speaking of the impossible a couple of times in chapters 9 and 10. Back in chapter 9, when Jesus came down from the mountain of transfiguration, He encountered a man with his son who was possessed by a spirit. Some of the disciples had t...

 1620: Mayflower leaves England with 102 Pilgrims 1635: First recorded North American hurricane hits Plymouth Colony 1911: P&G unveils Crisco shortening 1914: Panama Canal opens 1939: "The Wizard of Oz" premiers. What a great year at the movies: "Gone with the Wind,""Wuthering Heights," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Stagecoach", "Intermezzo", "The Little Princess". "Drums Along the Mohawk", "Dark Victory" 1969: Woodstock begins Born: Napoleon, Julia Child, Oscar Peterson [jazz], Melinda Gates, Phyllis Schlafly, Ethel Barrymore, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lawrence Died: MacBeth [killed in battle although Shakespeare says otherwise], Will Rogers, Wiley Post Thought: Reading Mark 10: 13-16 this morning. Here is what I am learning from these verses: Children are precious to the Lord. People are having fewer children. Couples are deciding not to have children--don...

1848: Oregon Territory created 1935: Social Security Act becomes law 1937: Appalachian Trail completed  1945: V-J Day 1980: Democratic Convention nominates Jimmy Carter Born: Doc Holiday, Steve Martin, Gary Larson [Far Side], Halle Berry, Mike Vrabel, Danielle Steel, Sarah Brightman, Magic Johnson Died: David Farragut, William Randolph Hearst, Enzo Ferrari Thought: Reading Mark 9:33-37 today. ESPN and other sports networks spend much time debating who is the greatest, who is the GOAT. Sports radio could not exist if people were not arguing about who is the greatest. We argue about who was the greatest president, military commander, singer, movie star. Who was the greatest band of all time, the greatest guitarist, pianist, yes, even preacher. The Olympics have raised this same question--is Simone Biles the greatest gymnast?  Three disciples had been on the Mount of Transfiguration. The other disciples could not heal the boy possessed with an evil spirit. [9:14-29] Jesus tried t...

 1521: Cortez captures the last Aztec Emperor 1587" Manteo is the first Native American baptized by Protestants in America 1923: US Steel adopts the 8-hour work day 1942: Manhattan Project begins 1961; Construction of Berlin Wall begins 1981: Last Walton's episode 2008: Michael Phelps wins three Gold Medals in one day Born: Annie Oakley, Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hogan, Fidel Castro, Janet Yellen, Betsy King Died: Florence Nightingale, HG Wells, Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Ira Sankey [musician and singer for Dwight Moody crusades], Elizabeth Prentiss [Wrote "More Love to Thee"] Thought: Still pondering the transfiguration in Mark 9 this morning. Yesterday, I was thinking about the conversation Jesus had with Moses and Elijah as they discussed His coming departure at Jerusalem where He would accomplish His mission. Now I would really like to know what Moses and Elijah said about the departure. Along with Enoch, the departures of Elijah and Moses are unique in the Bible. ...

  30 BC: Cleopatra dies by asp bite 1658: First American police force--New Amsterdam [New York] 1851: First America's Cup Race 1865: Joseph Lister performs first antiseptic surgery--and we now have Listerine 1908: First Model T Ford produced 1930: Clarence Birdseye patents process for quick freezing 1955: Eisenhower raises minimum wage to $1.00 Births: Cecil B DeMille, George Soros, Jane Wyatt, Casey Affleck, Pete Sampras Died: William Blake, George Stephenson [Father of the railroad], Loretta Young, Lauren Bacall, Henry Fonda, Anne Heche Thought: Recently, the President announced that he was withdrawing from the race. The announcement came after days of meetings between the President and his advisors. This was one of those occasions where we might say, "I wish I had been a fly on the wall." What did they really say? What was the topic of conversation? How did the various attendees react? Today I am reading Mark's account of the transfiguration in 9:1-13. And I would ...

 1675: Foundation stone laid for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich 1787: Mozart completes "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" 1793: Louvre officially opens as The Museum Central des Arts 1846: Congress passes act creating the Smithsonian Institution 1897: First synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid at Bayer labs--aspirin 1943: Patton slaps a soldier 1954: Groundbreaking for St. Lawrence Seaway 1996: Bob Dole selects Jack Kemp as running mate. Jack and his wife were guests in the Forty Niners box in a Monday night game against Atlanta following the defeat in November. Really enjoyed the evening talking to Jack and our other guest, John Mackey 2014: Racial unrest in Ferguson MO after shooting of Michael Brown 2020: Derecho hits Midwest leveling cornfields and killing 2 Born: Henri Nestle, Herbert Hoover, Rosanna Arquette, Antonio Banderas, Edmund Randolph [1st Attorney General and 2nd Secretary of State], Rhonda Fleming, Jimmy Dean, Bobby Hatfield [Righteous Brothers], Ja Morant Died: Cleopa...

1173: Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins 1483: Sistine Chapel opens 1854: Thoreau publishes "Walden"  1898: Rudolf Diesel receives patent for internal combustion engine 1945: "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki 1969: Manson gang kills Sharon Tate and others 1974: Nixon resigns 2023: Lahaina destroyed by fire killing 97 Born: John Dryden, Whitney Houston, Melanie Griffith, Ken Norton, Bob Cousy, Rod Laver, Deion Sanders, PL Travers [created Mary Poppins], Harry Mills [Mills Brothers], Robert Shaw ["Jaws"], Chris Haney [created "Trivial Pursuit"], Michael Kors, Hoda Kolb, Anna Kendrick, Vivek Ramaswamy,  Died: Sharon Tate, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jerry Garcia, Bernie Mac,  Thought: Yesterday I was struck by the placement of the story of the man whose sight was gradually restored right after Jesus asking the disciples if they did not yet see, hear and understand. Amazing that the next thing Mark records is in 8:27-30. It is almost as if Jesus is saying...

1786: Congress selects the dollar as the US monetary unit 1844: Brigham Young elected as successor to Joseph Smith 1911: Size of House of Representatives set at 435 1966: South African Broadcasting bans Beatles songs after Lennon says that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus  1974: Nixon announces he will resign on August 9 1992: "Dream Team" wins Olympic Gold 2021: US women win the 7th consecutive Olympic Gold in basketball 2022: FBI search Mar-a-Largo Born: Dustin Hoffman, Ken Dryden, Roger Federer, Dr. Bob Smith [AA founder], Esther Williams, Webb  Pierce, Connie Stevens, Deborah Norville, Bruce Matthews,  A'ja Wilson Died: Fay Wray, Patricia Neal, Glen Campbell, Olivia Newton-John, Cannonball Adderley, Barbara Bel Geddes ["Dallas"],  Thought: Interesting that the Spirit led Mark to place the story in 8:22-26 right after the questions Jesus raised in the boat in 8:14-21. Jesus has just asked the disciples if they are blind, deaf or have hardened hearts. T...

1946: First US commemorative coin for African American released [Booker T Washington] 1964: Gulf of Tonkin resolution 1984: US wins first ever Olympic Gold Medal in women's basketball 1990: Operation Desert Shield begins Born: Nathanael Greene, Louis Leakey, Charlize Theron, Mata Hari, Don Larsen, BJ Thomas, Alan Page, Patrick Kennedy [lives only 3 days], Sidney Crosby, Jalen Hurts Died: Oliver Hardy, Peter Jennings, David McCullough,  Thought: Yesterday we were thinking about hearing and seeing. Turn with me to Mark 8, especially 8:14-21. The first part of chapter 8 is the story of feeding 4,000 with 7 loaves and a few small fish. After the miracle and the collection of 7 baskets of leftovers, the disciples get into the boat with Jesus. Jesus is trying to teach them about the leaven of the Pharisees, but the disciples are concerned that they have only one loaf of bread. Now notice what Jesus says: Is your heart hardened? Don't you understand yet? [8:17] Can't you see and h...

 1890: First person executed by the electric chair 1890: Cy Young pitches first major league game 1926: Gertrude Ederle is first woman to swim the English Channel 1945: Bombing of Hiroshima 1948: Bob Mathias wins Olympic Gold in the decathlon 1952: Satchel Paige pitches a 12 inning shut-out at age 46 1960: Chubby Checker does the "Twist" on Bandstand starting a dance craze 1964: World's oldest tree [at least 4,862 years old] accidentally cut down in Nevada 1965: LBJ signs Voting Rights Act 1991: Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing World Wide Web. Sorry Al Gore. 2015: First "Daily Show" with Jon Stewart Born: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edith Roosevelt, Alexander Fleming, Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol, David Robinson Died: Anne Hathaway [Shakespeare's wife], Rick James, Louise Suggs, Harry Reasoner, Marvin Hamlisch,  Thought: Yesterday, I was praying for a heart transplant from the Lord. Today, I am reading Mark 7:31-37. Here Jesus encounters a man who was deaf a...

 1305: William Wallace captured by the British 1861: First personal income tax imposed-3% on earning over $800 1864: Battle of Mobile Bay--David Farragut says, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" 1884: Cornerstone of Statue of Liberty is laid 1914: First electric traffic light in USA installed in Cleveland 1936: Jesse Owens wins his third gold medal--200 meters in a world record time 1957: American Bandstand premiers on network TV Born: Guy de Maupassant, Neil Armstrong, Marine Le Pen, Maureen McCormick, Herb Brooks [Miracle on Ice], Patrick Ewing, Joseph Merrick [Elephant Man] Died: Fredrich Engels, Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, Toni Morrison Thought: Join me in reading Mark 7:14-23 today. I am focused on verses 20-23. These verses make me consider how I look at those things that defile me and others. Now honestly, I do not use the word "defile" often. The dictionary defines the word to mean spoil, impair, debase, pollute, poison, desecrate, profane, or make im...

  1492: Columbus sails for the New World 1829: Rossini's "William Tell" premiers in Paris 1900: Firestone Tire & Rubber founded 1923: Calvin Coolidge becomes President on death of Warren G Harding 1936: Jesse Owens wins Olympic Gold in 100 meters in front of Adolph Hitler 1943: Patton slaps a GI in the hospital 1948: Satchel Paige debuts with Cleveland at age 42 1975: Superdome dedicated 1984: Mary Lou Retton wins individual all-round Gold, first American to win a gymnastics medal in the Olympics Born: Elisha Otis, John T Scopes,  Martin Sheen, Martha Stewart, Tony Bennett, Tom Brady,  Anne Klein, John Landis,  Died: Joseph Conrad, Carolyn Jones, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, William Fargo, Colette, Flannery O'Connor, Lenny Bruce, Ida Lupino, Bubba Smith,  Thought: Reading Mark 7:1-13 today. Jesus and His disciples have an encounter with the Pharisees. The issue is the traditions of men and the doctrines of God. Reading this calls to my mind whether I am more conc...

1610: Discovery of Hudson Bay--Henry Hudson  1776: Formal signing of Declaration of Independence by 56 people 1790 First census 1865: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" published by Lewis Carroll 1934: Hitler becomes commander of German armed forces 1943: PT-109 sinks  1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident--North Vietnam fires on USS Maddox 1985: Delta flight crashes at Dallas--137 die 2017: Bitcoin Cash created Born: Pierre L'Enfant, Frederic Bartholdi, Myrna Loy, Carroll O'Connor, Peter O'Toole, Wes Craven, Mary Louise Parker, Billy Cannon,  Died: Horace Mann, Wild Bill Hickok, Enrico Caruso, Alexander Graham Bell, Warren G Harding, Paul von Hindenburg, Thought: Yesterday, we read Mark's account of the feeding 5,000. [6:33-44] Now look at 6:52. The apostles had not gained any insight from 5 loaves, but their hearts were hardened. This really hit me. I wonder if Jesus looks at me and says--I have revealed myself to you, I have provided, protected, sustained. I ha...

  1774: Oxygen discovered 1781: Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown 1831: London Bridge opens 1834: Slavery Abolition Act comes into effect banning slavery in British Empire 1900: First Michelin Guide published 1927: First recording by the Carter Family 1936: Hitler opens the Berlin Olympics 1941: First Jeep produced 1944: Anne Frank's last diary entry 1946: Atomic Energy Commission established 1972: Woodward & Bernstein's first Watergate article published 1996: George RR Martin publishes "A Game of Thrones" 2007: I-35  bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis collapses 2023: Donald Trump indicted on charge of preventing the peaceful transfer of power Born: Claudius, William Clark, Herman Melville, Jerry Garcia, Jack Kramer,  Died: Mark Antony, Anne Stuart, Calamity Jane, Francis Gary Powers, Corazon Aquino,  Thought: In the middle of Mark six is the story of the feeding of 5,000 men plus the women and children. We have read this story many times and it is record...