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Soul liberty, congregational autonomy, believer's baptism.
Key question: “How does this affirm individual conscience and congregational discernment?”
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On October 16, 1968: Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about God's cre
On October 28, 1835: The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about th
On October 16, 1973: Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the pursuit of peace in a broken world.
On February 5, 1967: Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is formally proclaimed, with Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao being appointed as its leaders. This historical event can serve as
On October 16, 1998: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God wo
On August 17, 1918: Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership and its impact. Consider us
On November 8, 1965: The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piec
On May 5, 1609: Daimyō (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. This historical event can serve as
On May 5, 1945: World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God wor
On May 6, 1945: World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the eve
On May 6, 2001: During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about God's creation and human di
On May 5, 1862: Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God
On May 5, 1945: World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustrati
On May 6, 1945: World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through t
On May 7, 1274: In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the Pope. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God
On May 5, 1809: Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about
On May 6, 1916: Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the meaning of true s
On May 7, 1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon
On May 7, 1920: Polish-Soviet War: Kyiv offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kyiv only to be driven out by the Red
On May 5, 1877: American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. This historical event can serve as a
On May 6, 1997: The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illu
On May 6, 1984: One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the meaning of true sacrifice
On January 25, 1941: Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. This historical event can s
On June 5, 1947: Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. This historical event can