Thought for Today

 1215: First use of "transubstantiation" with reference to the Eucharist  1782: Britain acknowledges US independence 1864: Battle of Franklin begins 1876: Mask of Agamemnon discovered at Mycenae 1900: Front wheel drive for automobile patented 1938: Germany bans Jews from being lawyers 1956: First use of videotape on television--Douglas Edwards 1982: Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" 1993: Jacksonville announced as 30th NFL franchise 1993: "Schindler's List" premiers 1995: Operation Desert Storm ends 2004: Ken Jennings loses on Jeopardy after winning $2,520,700 2017: Longest recorded rainbow--8 hours 58 minutes--Taipei Born: Jonathan Swift, Oliver Winshester, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Shirley Chisolm [1st Black Congresswoman], Joe B Hall, Dick Clark, G Gordon Liddy, Bill Walsh, Ridley Scott, Bo Jackson Died: Oscar Wilde, Zeppo Marx, James Baldwin ["Go Tell It on the Mountain"], Tiny Tim, Evel Knievel, Jim Nabors, George HW Bush Thought:...

1864: Battle of Spring Hill TN  1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph 1887: US receives rights to Pearl Harbor 1944: First open heart surgery performed--Johns Hopkins Hospital 1953: WSIX TV begins broadcasting in Nashville [ABC] 1963: LBJ establishes the Warren Commission 1972: Atari releases Pong in a tavern in Sunnyvale CA 1987: Joe Montana completes 22 consecutive passes Born: Christian Doppler, Louisa May Alcott, C.S. Lewis, Adam Clayton Powell, Vin Scully, Russell Wilson, Don Cheadle,  Died: Puccini, Natalie Wood, Cary Grant, George Harrison, Henry Kissinger, Horace Greeley, Graham Hill [auto racer], Lou Groza [kicker],  Thought: Finishing 1 Corinthians 4 today pondering 4:20. "The kingdom of God does not consist in words, but in power." We know that we read the word of God to seek the kingdom of God. And we accept the Living Word as God. So why does Paul say that the kingdom is not words but power? To me, it seems that Paul is reminding me tha...

 1660: A group of "Thinkers" gather to hear a lecture by Christopher Wren. They agree to meet weekly and a year later are recognized as the "Royal Society”, the first scientific society. Three of the members are devout Christians: Christopher Wren, Thomas Willis and Robert Boyle. Wren was an astronomer, anatomist, meteorologist, and surveyor. He designed and built St. Paul's Cathedral. Willis was a pioneer in the anatomy of the brain discovering the "Circle of Willis," a circle of arteries at the base of the brain. Boyle is called the first modern chemist and is known for "Boyle's Law" which expresses the inverse relationship between pressure and volume in gases. He believed the study of nature provided powerful evidence of the existence of God. He funded the translation of the Bible into several languages including Irish. His will left money for a series of lectures to defend Christianity against "notorious infidels, namely atheists, dei...

  1826: Friction match invented by John Walker 1895: Nobel Prize established in will of Alfred Nobel 1896: Richard Strauss debuts "Also Sprach Zarathustra" inspired by Nietzche and later the theme for "2001, A Space Odyssey" 1924: First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2013: "Frozen" released 2017: 8 donkeys rleased from jail in India after 4 days--crime--eating plants Born: Anders Celsius, Robert Livingston [delivered oath of office to George Washington], James Agee ["African Queen" one of my favorite movies], Buffalo Bob Smith [Howdy Doody], Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, Caroline Kennedy Died: Horace, Ada Lovelace [1st compter programmer], Clement Studebaker, Baby Face Nelson, Eugene O'?Neill, Stephen Hillenburg [cartoonist-SpongeBob SquarePants] Thought: Still in 1 Corinthians 4 this morning. Paul is making his case to the church at Corinth by several comparisons in verses 3-10. I am focused on verses 12-13 and comparing myself to Paul's ...

  1716: First lion exhiited in America [Boston] 1789: First national Thanksgiving in America 1825: First college fraternity [Kappa Alpha] 1842: University of Notre Dame established 1865: Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice in Wonderland" 1896: Amos Alonzo Stagg creates the football huddle [University of Chicago] 1917: National Hockey League forms 1922: Howard Carter opens King Tut's tomb 1934: Karl Barth surrenders to the Nazis 1942: "Casablanca" premiers 1948: First Polaroid camera sold--$89.75 1962: First recording session for the Beatles 1973: Rosemary Woods testifies she accidentally erased a portion of the White House tapes 1983: Brink's robbery at Heathrow Airport-26 million pounds of gold, plus diamonds and cash] 2003: Last Concorde flight Born: John Harvard, William Cowper, Ellen G White [Seventh-Day Adventist], Mary Edwards Walker [only female to receive Medal of Honor during War of Northern Aggression],  Bat Masterson, Willis Carrier [air conditioning],...

 1535: Order of Ursuline Nuns formed for the education of girls and care of the sick and needy 1792: First Farmer's Almanac published 1841: 35 survivors of the Amistad mutiny return to Africa 1863: Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN 1920: First Thanksgiving parade--Philadelphia 1949: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on the music charts 1974: IRA outlawed in Britain 1979: First broadcast by Pat Summerall and John Madden [pairing lasts 22 years] 1986: Iran-Contra Affair surfaces as President Reagan reveals arms deal 1990: Lech Walesa elected President of Poland 2014: Protests erupt when policeman sho shot teenager in Missouri is not charged Born: Franz Gruber ["Silent Night"], Andrew Carnegie, Karl Benz, Carrie Nation, Ruolph Hess [Auschwitz], Joe DiMaggio, Ricardo Montalban, Joe Gibbs, John F Kennedy, Jr., Bernie Kosar, Donovan McNabb, Barbara and Jenna Bush, Amber Hagerman [Amber Alert] Died: Isaac Watts, Robert Lowery, Kennesaw Mountain Landis, Bill Robinso...

  1783: Annapolis Maryland becomes US capitol until June 1784 1863: Battle of Chattanooga begins 1876: Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form intercollegiate football association 1897: Pencil sharpener patented 1921: President Harding signs the Willis Campbell Act prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes 1923: "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B DeMille premiers in the US 1936: First issue of Life Magazine 1939: Polish Jews required to wear the Blue Star of David 2009: Susan Boyle releases her first album, "I Dreamed a Dream" Born: Franklin Pierce, Billy the Kid, Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, Hal Lindsey, Charles Schumer, Miley Cyrus Died: Walter Reed, [mosquitos transmit yellow fever], Reverend Grady Nutt, Roald Dahl, Roy Acuff, Larry Hagman Thought: Yesterday I was praying to see things from God's perspective and choose His wisdom over the "wisdom" of the world. In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul tells us how to do that. Here is what...

1842: Mt St. Helens erupts, would happen again in 1980 1910: Steel shaft golf clubs patented  1927: Frist snowmobile patent issued 1928: Ravel's "Bolero" premiers 1930: Elijah Muhammad forms the Nation of Islam in Detroit 1954: US Humane Society forms 1963: John Kennedy assassinated 1966: Steve Spurrier wins Heisman 1968: First interracial TV kiss--Captain Kirk and Uhura 1990: Margaret Thatcher resigns 1995: "Toy Story" released Born: Abigail Adams, George Eliot, Charles de Gaulle, Wiley Post, Rodney Dangerfield, Geraldine Page, Jamie Lee Curtis, Scarlett Johansson, Billie Jean King, Boris Becker, Robert Vaughn, Mariel Hemingway, Mark Ruffalo,  Died: C.S.Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Blackbeard, Mae West, Arthur Sullivan [Gilbert & Sullivan], Jack London, Shemp Howard [3 Stooges], Anthony Burgess, Emil Zatopek [4 Olympic Golds], Mary Kay Ash [cosmetics],  Thought: Reading 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 today and thinking about perspectives. We often talk about people who vie...

 164 BC: Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jerusalem and rededicates the Temple 1620: Mayflower Compact 1899: President McKinley meets with five clergy after the acquisition of the Philippines. He says he did not want the acquisition, but God spoke to him as he prayed on his knees. So, "There is nothing left for us to do but take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could by them as our fellow-men for whom Christ died." I pray for Presidents like that. 1922: Rebecca Felton sworn in as first female senator [Georgia] 1931: "Frankenstein" with Boris Karloff released 1959: Nixon and Jack Benny perform a duet 1973: 18.5 minute gap in White House Tapes revealed 1977: First Concorde flight 1980: "Who shot JR" episode seen by 83 million 1980: MGM Grand fire kills 84 1989: Smoking on domestic flights banned Born: Voltaire, Stan Musial, Marlo Thomas, Tweety Pie [first appearance i...

 303: Because prisons are full, Diocletian offers amnesty to Chrisians who will sacrifice to Roman gods 1789: New Jersey is first state to ratify Bill of Rights 1850: Fanny Crosby accepts Christ at a Methodist revival service after a dream in which a friend makes her promise to meet him in heaven. Leaping at the altar, she shouts "Hallelujah" 1866: Howard University founded 1902: Tour de France created 1914: Photographs first required for passports 1917: First successful use of a tank in combat 1945: Nuremberg Trials begin 1962: Russia agrees to remove rockets from Cuba 1984: SETI formed [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence] Seems like we need STI--Search for Terrestrial Intelligence Born: William Painter [invented crown cork bottle cap and opener], Kennesaw Mountain Landis [1st MLB commissioner], Edwin Hubble, Alistair Cooke, Robert Kennedy, Estelle Parsons, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Richard Dawson, Dick Smothers, Joe Biden, Duane Allman, Judy Woodruff, John Bolton, Dierks ...

  1493: Columbus discovers Puerto Rico 1861: Julia Ward Lowe commits the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper 1863: Gettysburg Address 1872: First patent for an adding machine 1959: "Rocky & His Friends" premiers 1965: Kellogg Pop Tarts created 1975: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" premiers Born: George Rogers Clark, James Garfield, Billy Sunday, Hiram Bingham [re-discovered Machu Picchu], Tommy Dorsey, Peter Drucker, Indira Gandhi, Roy Campanella, Larry King, Jack Welch, Dick Cavett, Ted Turner, Dan Haggerty, Calvin Klein, Allison Janney, Meg Ryan, Jodie Foster, Kerri Strug Died: Man in the Iron Mask, Franz Schubert, Emma Lazarus ["Give us your tired, poor . ."], Samuel Stone ["The Chruch's One Foundation"], Ted Fujita [tornadoes], Mike Nichols, Charles Manson, Della Reese, Mel Tillis Thought: Some things seem hopeless. We get defeated, disgusted, discouraged and lose hope. Our team loses and loses. It seems hopeless. W...

  1302: Pope Boniface VIII declares that outside the Holy Catholic Church there is neither salvation nor remission of sin 1307: William Tell allegedly shoots an apple off his son's head 1497: Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope 1626: St. Peter's Basilica consecrated [replaced the original consecrated in 326] 1865: Mark Twain publishes the "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" 1872: Susan B Anthony arrested for voting illegally 1883: Railroads create standard time zones in the US 1902: Morris Michtom names teddy bear after Theodore Roosevelt 1916: Battle of the Somme ends after 1 million killed or wounded 1928: "Steamboat Willie" released [1st Mickey Mouse cartoon with sound] 1956: Khrushchev says "we will bury you" 1959: "Ben Hur" premiers 1963: Touch Tone phone introduced 1978: 918 members of the Peoples Temple die with Jim Jones in Guyana 1990: First Solheim Cup--US ladies win 1999: Bonfire at Texas A&M collapses kil...

 1824: Fifth Avenue in Ney York opens for business 1871: National Rifle Association chartered 1914: Federal Reserve System opens 1925: American Association for the Advancement of Atheism forms 1965: Disney launches Epcot Center 1973: Nixon authorizes the Alaskan Pipeline 2002: First case of SARS recorded in China 2019:  500th Anniversary of the founding of Havana Born: Tiberius [Caesar during Christ's ministry], WC Handy, Burgess Meredith, Corey Pavin, Zina Garrison, Diana Krall [jazz piano], Maggie Gyllenhaal Died: Dr. Bob Smith [co-founded of Alcohol Anonymous], Clark Gable, Sam Rayburn, Milton Friedman, Melvin Laird,  Thought: Reading Romans 14:13 today. Determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. This is a great way to test if my life is giving evidence of God's will. Am I putting a stumbling block in front of a brother or sister. Paul connects this to whether we truly love our brothers. If I truly love, I am willing to sacrifice so...

 1492: Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco 1533: Pizarro captures the Incan capital, Cusco 1777: Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation 1791: Georgetown University opens as first Catholic university in US 1864: Sherman leaves Atlanta on the March to the Sea 1904: King Gillette patents the Gillette Razor Blade 1932: "A Night at the Opera" with the Marx Brothers is released 1939: FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial 1956: Elvis has his acting debut in "Love Me Tender" 1959: Clutter Family murdered in Kansas--Truman Capote writes "In Cold Blood" 1963: Valium created 1980: "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" opens at Disney World Born: William Pitt the Elder, Georgia O'Keeffe, Erwin Rommel, Lorena Ochoa, Curtis LeMay, Judge Joseph Wapner, Ed Asner, Petula Clark,  Died: Johannes Kepler, Lionel Barrymore, Margaret Mead, Oswald Chambers, Stokely Carmichael, Adrian Rogers, Roy Clark,  Thought: Looking at Romans 1...

 1666: Samuel Pepys reports on the first blood transfusion--between dogs 1784: Samuel Seabury named a bishop in the Anglican Church in Scotland; a year later he became the first bishop in America; and 5 years later organized the Anglicans in America as the Episcopal Church 1792: George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay 1851: Herman Melville publishes "Moby Dick" 1883: "Treasure Island" first published in book form 1889: Nellie Bly begins her attempt to travel around the world in 80 days--makes it in 72 days, 6 hours 1908: Albert Einstein presents the quantum theory of light 1910: First airplane flight from the deck of a ship 1935: Jews lose citizenship in Germany 1968: Yale announces it will accept coeds Born: Robert Fulton, Claude Monet, Leo Baekeland [Bakelite plastics], Jawaharlal Nehru, Mamie Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, Prince Charles [now King Charles], Condoleezza Rice, Janice Cox Thrailkill Died: Charles Carroll [last surviving signer of ...

619: Second Council of Seville rules that hymns from texts not taken directly from Scripture are allowable 1644: Massachusetts outlaws Baptists as "troublers of churches"  1789: Ben Franklin writes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes" 1902: Joseph Conrad publishes "Heart of Darkness", previously released in serialized form 1952: First sale of false fingernails 1982: Vietnam War Memorial Wall opens, listing over 58,000 killed or missing Born: St. Augustine of Hippo,  Robert Louis Stevenson, Louis Brandeis Died: Thomas Chippendale, Edward Mote [wrote "My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"], Francis Thompson [wrote "Hound of Heaven"], Karen Silkwood Edward Mote also wrote another song we sing. Working as a carpenter, he wrote four verses and put them in his pocket. A week later, he visited the dying wife of his pastor and sang the four verses he had written. The pastor asked for a copy of the verses, so we now sing, "On Christ the so...

  1660: John Bunyan arrested for unlicensed preaching and sent to prison. During various imprisonments he wrote "Pilgrim's Progress." 1704: Matthew Henry writes in his diary that he intends to prepare a commentary on the Scripture. He completes through Acts before his death; friends use his notes to complete the remaining books. 1859: Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze act [designed the garment that bears his name] 1880: "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace is published 1933: First known photo of the Loch Ness Monster 1933: Nazi Party receives 92% of the vote in German election 1946: First drive-up bank tellers [Chicago] 1954: Ellis Island Immigration Station closed 1966: Buzz Aldrin takes first "selfie" in space 1968: Supreme Court invalidates laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools 2001: America Flight 587 crashes on takeoff from JFK killing 260 2015: Barack Obama poses for the cover of Out Magazine [Gay] Born:...

1620: Mayflower Compact signed 1647: First compulsory school attendance law in America--Massachusetts 1750: First college fraternity formed--Williamsburg 1793: William Carey lands in India to begin his missionary career 1807: Washington Irving is the first to call NYC--Gotham 1865: Mary Edward Walker awarded the Medal of Honor--Army's first female surgeon 1909: Construction of naval base at Pearl Harbor begins 1918: WWI Armistice--11th month, 11th day, 11th hour 1921: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier dedicated 1926: Route 66 established 1938: Kate Smith sings "God Bless America" for the first time 1940: Willys unveils the Jeep 1972: Dow moves above 1000 for the first time Born: Dostoyevsky, George Patton, Kurt Vonnegut Died: Nat Turner, Soren Kierkagaard, David Lipscomb [one of the founders of Nashville Bible School, now Lipscomb University], Liliuokalani [last Queen of Hawaii], Typhoid Mary, Alexander Calder, Yasser Arafat Thought: Romans 12:1-2 are oft quoted and important v...

  1572: John Knox preaches his last sermon 1799: Napoleon becomes dictator of France 1821: First college of pharmacy in the US holds its first class--Philadelphia 1862: US Grant issues order prohibiting Jews from serving in his army 1872: Great Boston fire destroys 1000 buildings 1904: First airplane flight lasting more than 5 minutes 1906: Theodore Roosevelt is first sitting President to visit a foreign country 1938: Al Capp creates "Sadie Hawkins Day' in "Lil' Abner" comic strip 1969: "Bridge over Troubled Water" recorded by Simon & Garfunkel Born: Gail Borden [invented condensed milk], Spiro Agnew, Carl Sagan,  Died: Barton Stone [founded movement that became Disciples of Christ and Christian Church], Neville Chamberlain, Dylan Thomas, Charles de Gaulle, John Mitchell [Attorney General], Stieg Larson ["Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"] Thought: Reading a favorite passage today, Romans 11:33-36. Think about the depth of the riches of the wis...

392: Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity the state religion 1519: First meeting of Moctezuma II and Cortes  1701: William Penn presents the Charter of Privileges guaranteeing religious freedom in Pennsylvania 1895: William Rontgen produces and detects x-rays Born: Vlad the Impaler, Edmond Halley, Bram Stoker, Margaret Mitchell, Alfre Woodard, Gordon Ramsey, David Muir, Patti Page Died: John Milton, Doc Holliday, Alex Trebek Thought: Reading the first 4 verses of Romans 10 today. I see in my life and the world around me an issue raised by 10:3. Do I find myself seeking to establish my own righteousness rather than subjecting myself to the righteousness of God in Christ. Today we hear a lot about "my truth" as if I could be the author of truth. And, of course, my response is that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I can say I have my own truth, but it is a product of the deception of the father of lies. I see people justifying all manner of conduct based upon...

 1805: Lewis and Clark sight the Pacific Ocean 1811: William Henry Harrison defeats Tecumseh Confederation at Tippecanoe--becomes presidential campaign slogan--Tippecanoe and Tyler too 1814: Chinese convert Peter Wu Guosheng executed after converting 128 family and friends to Christ. Last words, "Heaven, heaven, my true home." 1874: First cartoon depicting elephant as a Republican 1876: Meharry Medical College opens 1880: Edgar Young [EY] Mullins baptized. Became minister, author of Baptist Faith and Message and President of Southern Seminary 1916: Jeannette Rankin elected first woman Representative in Congress 1918: Robert Goddard demonstrates solid propellant rockets 1931: Mao Zedong proclaims Chinese People's Republic 1932: First broadcast of "Buck Rogers" on radio 1983: Bomb explodes at US Capitol 1991: Magic Johnson reveals he has HIV 2012: Maine, Maryland and Washington legalize same-sex marriage Born: Marie Curie, Leon Trotsky, Billy Graham, Al Hirt, Jean...

 1789: Father John Carroll named first Catholic Bishop in the US. 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected President 1913: Mahatma Gandhi arrested for leading miners' march in South Africa 1917: Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia 1928: Colonel Jacob Schick patents the first electric razor 1947: "Meet the Press" debuts Born: Sulieman the Magnificent, Adolphe Sax, John Philip Sousa, James Naismith, Ray Conniff, Mike Nichols ["The Graduate"], Pat Dye, Sally Field, Maria Shriver, Ethan Hawke, Pat Tillman, Emma Stone Died: Catherine the Great, Tchaikovsky, George Williams [founded YMCA], Billy Sunday, Gene Tierney Thought: Today I am reading Romans 8:26-39. The preceding verses have told us that we and all creation longs for His coming [8:19-25]. While we wait, we have the Holy Spirit to:     Help our weakness [8:26]. While we await His coming, we may have doubts and fears [Satan's tools]. We may need wisdom and guidance. We may need strength and hope. So the Spirit help...

  1895: First US patent for gas-powered automobile--George Selden 1935: Parker Brothers releases Monopoly 1955: The date Marty McFly returns to in "Back to the Future" 1956: "Nat King Cole Show" premiers 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini calls the US "The Great Satan" 2009: Major Hassan kills 13 and wounds 43 at Fort Hood Born: Natalie Schafer [Mrs. Howell on "Gilligan's Island"], Roy Rogers,  Vivien Leigh, Ike Turner, Elke Sommer, Art Garfunkel, Peter Noone, Bill Walton, Tatum O'Neal, Jerry Stackhouse, Bubba Watson, Odell Beckham Jr. Died: George M Cohan, Johnny Horton ["Battle of New Orleans"], Max Sennett, Ward Bond, Guy Lombardo, Al Capp, Fred McMurray, Bobby Hatfield [Righteous Brothers], Jill Clayburgh Thought: Pondering Romans 8:14-17 this morning. Those being led by the Spirit of God are sons of God, not slaves, but adopted children permitting us to say Daddy to God. Now think with me about that. God chose to adopt me. If I were ...

 1646: Massachusetts imposes the death penalty for anyone denying that the Bible is God's Word 1794: The London Missionary Society is formed 1841: First wagon train arrives in California 1862: Gatling Gun patented 1873: Dentist John Beers patents the gold crown 1879: James Ritty patents the cash register to prevent bartenders from stealing 1898: Pan Xiushan, first Christian convert of the Hmu tribe in china, martyred with William Fleming, the missionary for whom he translated 1904: First stadium built specifically for football--Harvard 1921: Hitler establishes the Brown Shirts 1922: King Tut's tomb discovered 1939: First air-conditioned automobile--Packard 1979: 90 hostages taken at the Embassy in Tehran Born: Will Rogers, Gig Young, Walter Cronkite, Ruth Handler [Barbie], Art Carney, Darla Hood [Little Rascals], Laura Bush, Ralph Macchio, Jeff Probst, Matthew McConaughey, Puff Daddy, Dez Bryant Died: Felix Mendelssohn, George Peabody, Cy Young, Yitzhak Rabin, Michael Crichton,...

 1533: John Calvin escapes Paris by lowering on bedsheets 1783: Washington bids farewell to his army 1824: Popular vote for President first recorded as Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams. As a republic, counting the popular vote is unnecessary as the electors are chosen by the States in whatever manner the State deems appropriate. 1880: James Garfield elected President. Accepted Christ at age 18, preached his first sermon in 1853. Rose to the rank of Major General during the War Between the States and was known for telling those under his command of their need for a personal relationship with Christ. Wish and pray for more Presidents like that. 1898: First cheerleader at a college football game--Minnesota 1917: Balfour Declaration supports a Jewish State in Palestine 1944: Auschwitz begins gassing inmates 1947: US wins Ryder Cup with Ben Hogan as captain 1947: Howard Hughes flies the Spruce Goose 1948: Truman upsets Dewey 1983: Martin Luther King holiday established Born: Daniel Boo...

835: Pope Gregory IV decrees All Saints Day  1755: Lisbon earthquake kills 50,000 1834: First published reference to poker as a riverboat game 1894: Vaccine for diphtheria announced 1922: Ataturk conquers Constantinople proclaiming the Republic of Turkey, ending Ottoman Empire 1959: Fiberglass mask worn by NHL goalie for the first time 2012: Scientist announce they have detected light from the "first" stars formed 500 million years after the Big Bang--a theory I disagree with. Born: Gary Player, Tim Cook, Stephen Crane, Lyle Lovett,  Died: Ezra Pound, Phil Silvers, Walter Payton Thought: Reading Romans 6:1-11 today. Paul reminds us that if we have been baptized into Christ, we have been baptized into His death and raised with Him from death to walk in newness of life. And if we are united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will share with Him in the likeness of His resurrection. [6:4-5]. Most of the time when I read this, I think about resurrection from the grave--meet...