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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
10/12 (2005): The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
5/8 (1919): Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
11/9 (1965): A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
8/6 (1890): At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
12/25 (597): Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
9/11 (1776): British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
4/22 (1864): The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
4/22 (1969): British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
6/6 (1925): The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.