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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?”
24,059 sermon illustrations through the Eastern Orthodox lens
4/1 (1949): Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
1/1 (1001): Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II (probable).
5/8 (1886): Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
11/22 (1307): Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
5/8 (1976): The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
11/11 (1919): Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
6/19 (1964): The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
12/25 (2003): The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
7/4 (2009): The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.