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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 (1778): American Revolutionary War: US forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
5/8 (1978): The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
11/1 (1956): The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala. Delhi was established as a union territory.
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.
7/4 (2009): The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
4/1 (1999): Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
4/1 (1789): In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
1/20 (2009): Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
9/2 (1561): Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
11/22 (1943): World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.