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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?”
24,057 sermon illustrations through the Anabaptist lens
2/12 (1909): The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
9/2 (1912): Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
12/7 (1842): First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1/20 (1841): Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British during the First Opium War.
1/15 (1876): The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
1/1 (153): For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.
12/25 (1809): Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
4/9 (1991): Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
11/9 (1921): The National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista or PNF) is founded in Italy.
2/14 (1947): The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary.
11/11 (1620): The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
11/9 (1945): Soo Bahk Do and Moo Duk Kwan martial arts are founded in Korea.
2/14 (1949): The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
4/22 (1977): Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
6/19 (1961): Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
11/9 (1905): The Province of Alberta, Canada, holds its first general election.
7/4 (1951): William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
7/4 (2005): The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2/14 (1779): American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
5/8 (1899): The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
9/2 (1789): The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
4/9 (1967): The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.