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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 (1799): Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming First Consul of the successor Consulate Government.
8/6 (1942): Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1/15 (2020): The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
7/20 (1949): The Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
5/1 (1840): The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
9/11 (1777): American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
A master potter takes a lump of clay and shapes it with careful hands. The clay must be soft and pliable to be molded. Sometimes the potter must apply pressure, sometimes gentle touches. The clay that resists the potter's hands...
11/1 (1848): In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
2/12 (2016): Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
4/22 (1969): British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
9/2 (2010): Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.