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Reading Scripture as a path to Theosis — deification and union with God.
Key question: “How does this passage draw us into the mystery of God and guide us on the path of theosis?”
23,986 sermon illustrations through the Eastern Orthodox lens
11/1 (1976): Burundian president Michel Micombero is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.
7/14 (2015): NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
2/14 (1954): First Indochina War - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege.
1/20 (1991): Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
9/2 (1957): President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
6/6 (1859): Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
8/6 (1824): Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of Junín.
7/20 (1848): The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes.
7/4 (2015): Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
5/1 (1844): Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
6/19 (1982): The People's Armed Police is de facto founded; It is officially established 10 months later on April 5, 1983