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Law and Gospel, justification by faith, sacramental theology.
Key question: “How does this distinguish Law from Gospel?”
16681 illustrations found
On January 12, 1976: The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights). This historical
On January 12, 1962: Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. This historical event can serve as a powerful ser
On January 12, 1848: The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leadership
On January 12, 1808: John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo
On January 12, 1942: World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly le
On January 12, 1916: Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann become the first German aviators to earn the Pour le Mérite, receive the German Empire's highest military award, for achieving eight aerial victor
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 July 20, 1810: Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the gift of freedom and liberation. Consider
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 January 13, 1972: Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. This historical event can s
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 May 8, 1360: Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good). This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly lead