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God's preferential option for the poor and oppressed, with salvation as liberation from all forms of oppression.
Key question: “How does the Gospel liberate the oppressed and challenge unjust structures in society?”
25,092 sermon illustrations through the Liberation Theology lens
9/11 (1758): Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
11/1 (1570): The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
3/15 (2011): Beginning of the Syrian revolution.
6/19 (1910): The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
10/31 (1822): Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
6/6 (1933): The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
5/1 (1894): Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
4/9 (1967): The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
12/24 (1952): First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
7/4 (1997): NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
10/12 (1773): America's first insane asylum opens.
3/15 (1990): Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
10/12 (1928): An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
9/2 (1789): The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
9/11 (1789): Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
1/1 (1965): The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
3/17 (1969): Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
10/12 (1792): The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
11/9 (2023): U.S. surgeons at NYU Langone Health announce the world's first whole eye transplant.
1/1 (1987): The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
11/11 (1839): The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
11/11 (1949): The People's Liberation Army Air Force is founded.
10/12 (1849): The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.