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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?”
24,081 sermon illustrations through the Eastern Orthodox lens
6/6 (1862): American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi River, results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.
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.
4/22 (1944): The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
2/12 (1502): Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
3/17 (1776): American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
1/1 (1902): The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
3/17 (2004): Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.
11/11 (1919): Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
12/24 (1906): Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." - Amelia Earhart
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." - Brian Tracy
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed." - George Bernard Shaw