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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?”
24,184 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens
7/4 (2015): Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
11/9 (1936): American fashion designer Ruth Harkness encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.
2/12 (1947): Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
5/1 (1328): Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.
6/19 (1990): The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
1/1 (1739): Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island, is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
4/9 (1989): Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
10/31 (1943): World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
(Julian calendar)
7/4 (1776): American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
7/14 (1958): In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader.
4/1 (1572): In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
1/15 (1970): Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.