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On November 2, 1983: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and its impact. Consider using it when preaching about leadership, reformation.
This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history. Consider using it when preaching about history.
This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and its impact. Consider using it when preaching about leadership.
On February 12, 2016: Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054. This historical event can serve as a powerful...
On November 22, 1940: World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history.
On March 1, 1476: Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history.
On July 25, 1909: Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and its impact.
On December 22, 1968: Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty." This historical event can serve as a powerful...
On July 26, 1956: Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and its impact.
On January 7, 1979: Third Indochina War: Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history.
On November 12, 1941: World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to −12 °C (10 °F) as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
On January 26, 1863: American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration...
On October 28, 1948: Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about God's creation and human discovery.
On October 18, 2019: Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
On January 16, 1780: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history. Consider using it when preaching about history.
On January 4, 1944: World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about persevering through trials and tribulations. Consider using it when preaching about perseverance.
On May 11, 2010: David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War. This historical event can serve as a powerful...