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Biblical simplicity, contemporary relevance, practical application.
Key question: “What is the plain meaning and practical application of this text?”
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On November 24, 1221: Genghis Khan defeats the renegade Khwarazmian prince Jalal al-Din at the Battle of the Indus, completing the Mongol conquest of Central Asia. This historical event can serve as
On November 23, 1943: World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche
On November 24, 1863: American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confedera
On November 24, 1941: World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the gift of freedom and libe
On November 22, 1943: World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discu
On November 24, 1962: Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin. This historical event can serve as a p
On November 23, 1944: World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War. This historical event can serve as a powerful
On November 23, 1971: Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time. This historical event can serve a
On November 24, 1542: Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon ill
On November 24, 1190: Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about godly leader
On November 23, 1808: French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works through the events of history. Con
On November 23, 1939: World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about how God works t
On November 23, 2019: The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration abo
On November 23, 2006: A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
On November 24, 2016: The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil w
On September 12, 1942: World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army troops. T
On November 24, 1940: World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illu
On November 25, 571 BC: Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration
On November 25, 1034: Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. This historical event can serve as a powerful ser
On November 25, 1510: Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sul
On November 25, 1947: New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon i
On November 25, 1952: Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle"
On November 29, 1863: American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in th
On November 27, 2004: Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustration about the endurin