Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont on the 1970s
sitcom “Sanford and Son,” died Friday from complications of
cancer at his home in Palm Springs, California.
In 1984 Wilson was ordained as a minister in the Church of
God in Christ and was an active Christian evangelist for
much of his adult life.
Sanford and Son (1972–1977) on NBC.
Stars Demond Wilson and Redd Foxx.
On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones
lead hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at
their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South
American nation of Guyana.
Many of Jones’ followers willingly ingested a poison-laced
punch while others were forced to do so at gunpoint.
The final death toll at Jonestown that day was 909; a third
of those who perished were children.
James Warren Jones
(May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978)
Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on the
door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517.
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Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546)
Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter,
professor, and former Augustinian friar.
Martin Luther taught that justification is not earned by any
human acts or intents or merit; rather, it is received only
as the free gift of God’s grace through the believer’s faith
in Jesus Christ.
William Franklin Graham Jr.
(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018)
Billy Graham was a evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister,
and civil rights advocate whose broadcasts and world crusades
featuring live sermons became well known in the mid-to-late 20th century. Throughout his career, spanning over six decades,
Graham rose to prominence as an evangelical Christian figure
in the United States and abroad. He died Feb. 21 at his home in
Montreat. He was 99.
On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar
Martin Luther approached the door of the Castle Church in
Wittenberg, Germany, and nailed a piece of paper to it
containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin
the Protestant Reformation.
In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption
of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice
of asking payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness
of sins.
By the time Luther died, of natural causes, his revolutionary
beliefs had formed the basis for the Protestant Reformation,
which would over the next three centuries revolutionize
Western civilization.
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