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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
11/9 (694): At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
12/7 (1936): Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
9/11 (9): The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
11/22 (1963): U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn...
A Dominican named Guala is responsible for the negotiations.
2/14 (1852): Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
1/1 (1863): American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
11/9 (1918): Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
12/25 (1814): Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
12/25 (1776): American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.