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The present-day operation of all spiritual gifts and the experiential dimension of the Holy Spirit.
Key question: “How is the Holy Spirit actively manifesting His power and gifts in the church today?”
23,625 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens
When soft winds and sunny skies With the green earth harmonize, And the young and dewy dawn, Bold as an unhunted fawn, Up the windless heaven is gone,-- Laugh--for ambushed in the day,-- Clouds and whirlwinds watch their prey.
2/12 (1404): The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen-Geist Spital in Vienna.
7/20 (1997): The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
1/15 (1970): Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
7/4 (2015): Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
8/6 (1777): American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
6/6 (1859): Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
5/8 (1788): King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.