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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?”
24,095 sermon illustrations through the Eastern Orthodox lens
2/12 (1909): The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
7/20 (1940): California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
2/14 (1920): The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
10/12 (1994): The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
5/8 (1821): Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
4/1 (1960): The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
7/4 (993): Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
1/1 (1956): Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
2/14 (1912): The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
6/6 (1993): Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1/1 (1901): The Southern Nigeria Protectorate is established within the British Empire.
3/15 (2019): Fifty-one people are killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings.
10/12 (2012): The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
7/4 (1832): John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
11/11 (1992): The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
1/20 (1523): Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
11/1 (1923): The Finnish airline Aero O/Y (now Finnair) is founded.
1/20 (1649): The High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I begins its proceedings.
1/1 (1822): The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
7/4 (1827): Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
10/12 (1892): The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.