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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?”
24,437 sermon illustrations through the Reformed/Presbyterian lens
8/6 (1819): Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
7/4 (1744): The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
6/6 (1982): 1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." - Amelia Earhart
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." - Brian Tracy
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed." - George Bernard Shaw
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu
6/6 (1993): Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1/1 (1956): Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
10/31 (1913): Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
7/4 (993): Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.