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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?”
24,021 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
7/20 (1592): During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration.
1/20 (1265): The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".
11/22 (1307): Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
11/1 (1520): The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
4/1 (1999): Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
3/15 (1672): King Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, granting limited religious freedom to all Christians.
1/20 (1954): In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.