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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?”
24,022 sermon illustrations through the Eastern Orthodox lens
1/15 (1777): American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
12/25 (1000): The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
11/11 (1675): Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
3/17 (1958): The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.
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.
11/9 (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government.
11/9 (1851): Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
11/9 (1967): Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.
1/15 (1822): Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.