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The immediate, experiential work of the Holy Spirit and the expectation of spiritual gifts.
Key question: “How does this text reveal the present-day work and power of the Holy Spirit?”
25,762 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens
11/1 (1688): William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
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.
11/11 (1919): Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
11/1 (1512): The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
5/8 (2025): The 2025 papal conclave elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.
11/1 (1870): In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
4/9 (1454): The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.
6/6 (1859): Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
10/12 (1964): The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
1/1 (1902): The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
1/20 (1265): The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".