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• MithredathPeople

  Mithredath is a Persian personal name found in the Book of Ezra. Two individuals bear this name: the treasurer of King Cyrus, who handed over the temple vessels to Sheshbazzar, and a man who wrote to King Artaxerxes.

• HerodPeople

  Herod is the name used in the New Testament for Herod the Great and several of his descendants. It refers to multiple figures, including Herod the Great at the time of Jesus' birth, Herod Antipas, who executed John the Baptist, and Agrippa I and Agrippa II in the Book of Acts.

• LeptonBible

  The lepton was the smallest denomination of coin used in Judea in the New Testament period. In the Bible it is best known from the "two mites" that a poor widow put into the Temple treasury.

• Ju Gi-cheolPeople

  Ju Gi-cheol (1897–1944) was a Korean Presbyterian minister during the Japanese colonial period. While serving as senior pastor of Sanjeonghyeon Church in Pyongyang, he steadfastly refused to take part in Shinto shrine worship. He was imprisoned for his refusal and died a martyr in Pyongyang Prison.

• Jeremiah 21Bible

  A chapter set during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, in which King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to entreat the LORD for deliverance and Jeremiah instead announces the city's fall, declaring that those who surrender will live.

• Holy WeekFeasts & Seasons

  Holy Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period that commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the cross. Korean Protestants commonly call it Passion Week, while Catholics and Anglicans in Korea generally call it Holy Week.

• Yun Dong-juPeople

  Yun Dong-ju (1917–1945) was a poet active during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. He left behind the posthumous poetry collection *Sky, Wind, Stars, and Poetry*. Raised in a Presbyterian family in Myeongdong Village in North Jiandao, he died in a Japanese prison after being charged with anti-Japanese activities.

• Heinrich BullingerPeople

  Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575) was a Swiss Reformer. He succeeded Huldrych Zwingli and led the church of Zurich for more than forty years, and he wrote the Second Helvetic Confession.

• Song Chang-geunPeople

  Song Chang-geun (宋昌根, 1898–?), known by the pen name Manu (晩雨), was a Korean Presbyterian minister and theologian. He led the founding of Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and was abducted to North Korea during the Korean War.

• AramBible

  Aram is the Old Testament name for a Semitic people who lived in what is now Syria and northern Mesopotamia, and for the states they established. In the New Testament the region is usually called Syria.

• J. Gresham MachenPeople

  John Gresham Machen (1881–1937) was an American Presbyterian New Testament scholar. He criticized liberal theology in *Christianity and Liberalism* and founded Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

• Contemporary Persecution of ChristiansHistory

  The contemporary persecution of Christians refers collectively to the violence, discrimination, and legal and social disadvantages that Christians in various countries have suffered because of their faith from the late twentieth century to the present. A leading indicator is the World Watch List published by Open Doors.

• Gustavo GutiérrezPeople

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928–2024) was a Peruvian Catholic priest and theologian whose book A Theology of Liberation (1971) earned him the title "father of liberation theology."

• Talent MarketChristian Life

  A talent market is an event held in the Sunday schools of Korean churches at which children spend "talents," a play currency earned through attendance, Scripture memorization, evangelism, and similar activities, on snacks or school supplies.

• Ordination ExaminationChristian Life

  The ordination examination is a qualifying examination administered by a Protestant denomination to assess a candidate's theological knowledge, faith, and fitness for pastoral ministry before ordination as a pastor. It is also called the pastoral ordination examination.

• Discipleship TrainingChristian Life

  Discipleship training is a form of Christian education in which church members receive systematic instruction over a set period, through small-group Bible study, prayer, and examination of daily life, so that they may live as disciples of Jesus Christ. In Korea it spread widely as a program of lay training through Ok Han-heum and SaRang Community Church.

• Biblical ArchaeologyHistory

  Biblical archaeology is a field of study that excavates and examines sites and artifacts from the lands and periods described in the Bible in order to illuminate the historical and cultural background of the biblical record. It began in the nineteenth century and took systematic shape in the twentieth.

• Genealogy of JesusBible

  The genealogy of Jesus is the record of the ancestry of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Matthew traces the line downward from Abraham to Jesus, while Luke traces it upward from Jesus to Adam.

• Matthew 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It records a genealogy from Abraham to Jesus arranged in three periods of fourteen generations each and, focusing on Joseph, recounts how Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit and how Jesus came to be born.

• Amos 5:24Bible Verses

  Amos 5:24 is the prophet Amos's call for justice to flow like water and righteousness like a stream that never runs dry. It is widely used as a representative biblical text on social justice and is cited with differing emphases on the relationship between worship and social responsibility.