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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?”
24,338 sermon illustrations through the Reformed/Presbyterian lens
Calvin Jones, and James Crowe form the Ku Klux Klan.
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.
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.
10/12 (1945): World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States.
9/11 (1275): An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.
11/1 (1800): John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
7/4 (1998): Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
4/22 (1876): The first National League baseball game is played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia.
1/20 (2021): Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At the time of his inauguration, he became the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States.
7/4 (1947): The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
9/11 (1780): American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
11/1 (1956): The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
11/9 (1965): A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.