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God's absolute sovereignty, covenant theology, and Westminster Confessional standards.
Key question: “How does this text display God's sovereign grace and purpose, and ultimately bring glory to His name?”
24,403 sermon illustrations through the Reformed/Presbyterian lens
7/4 (2004): Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote.
The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
2/14 (1961): Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
11/9 (1851): Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
12/24 (971): Battle of Ayn Shams: The Fatimids under Jawhar defeat the Qarmatians at the gates of Cairo, putting an end to the First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt.
7/20 (2019): Soyuz MS-13 is launched to the International Space Station on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
3/15 (1922): After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
2/14 (1903): The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
3/17 (1860): The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
2/14 (1849): In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.