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Radical discipleship, pacifism, believer's baptism.
Key question: “How does this call us to follow Jesus in daily life?”
16492 illustrations found
On January 12, 1991: Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illu
On January 12, 2004: The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about showing Christ-like compassion
On January 13, 1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England. Thi
On January 13, 1842: Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 m
On January 13, 1849: Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works throug
On January 13, 1435: Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement by the Spanish of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands who had converted, or were converting to, Christianity, is promulgated by Pope Euge
On January 13, 1793: Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how
On January 13, 1815: War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon
On January 13, 1953: An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the t
On January 13, 1895: First Italo-Ethiopian War: The war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration abo
On January 14, 1943: World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. This historical event can serve as a po
On August 28, 1996: Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Servi
On January 13, 1893: The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the gift of freedom and libera
On January 13, 1893: U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illu
On November 5, 1911: After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how
On January 13, 1935: A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to no more being a "region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France". This historical event can serve
On January 13, 1942: World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration abo
On January 14, 1814: Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illust
On August 28, 2009: NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about God's creation and human discovery. Consider using it w
On January 14, 1784: American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illust
On January 14, 1797: The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French heg
On January 13, 1991: Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon
On January 13, 2018: A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration a
On May 7, 1864: American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards. This historical event can serve as a po