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Radical discipleship, pacifism, and the church as a distinct counter-cultural community.
Key question: “How does this text call the community of faith to live as a distinct, counter-cultural witness to the Kingdom?”
23,986 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
7/20 (1960): The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
4/9 (1989): Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
9/11 (1980): A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
10/31 (1517): Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
1/20 (1401): The Taula de canvi (Catalan: "Table of change"), described as Europe's first-ever public bank, began operations inside Barcelona's Llotja de Mar.
1/1 (1772): The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, are issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
1/20 (1991): Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.