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• Matthew 27Bible

  This chapter records the events from Jesus' being handed over to the governor Pilate for trial, through His crucifixion and death at Golgotha, to His burial in a tomb. It also includes the death of Judas, the release of Barabbas, and the posting of a guard at the tomb.

• Continual Burnt OfferingBible

  The continual burnt offering was the regular burnt offering of Old Testament Israel in which the priest burned one young lamb every morning and another every evening. It is prescribed in Exodus 29 and Numbers 28.

• 2 Samuel 1Bible

  2 Samuel 1 is the chapter in which David learns of the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, has the Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul put to death, and composes the "Song of the Bow," a lament for the two men.

• Psalm 145Bible

  Psalm 145 is a twenty-one-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "David's Psalm of praise." It celebrates the greatness and grace of God the King, his everlasting kingdom, and his care for all creatures.

• Bible SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Bible Sunday is a Sunday set aside to reflect on the value of Scripture and to pray and give offerings for the translation and distribution of the Bible. In Korea, churches observe it each year on the second Sunday of December, with the Korean Bible Society leading the observance.

• Psalm 56Bible

  Psalm 56 is a lament whose superscription attributes it to David when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Amid the threats of his enemies, the confession "In God I have put my trust; I will not fear" recurs as a refrain.

• Anna NitschmannPeople

  Anna Nitschmann (1715–1760) was an eighteenth-century woman leader of the Moravian Church. Chosen as an eldress of the Herrnhut community before the age of fifteen, she led its women members, and in 1757 she became Zinzendorf's second wife.

• Idelette de BurePeople

  Idelette de Bure was a sixteenth-century woman from the Low Countries and the wife of the Reformer John Calvin. After the death of her first husband, an Anabaptist, she married Calvin in Strasbourg in 1540. She died in Geneva in 1549.

• HivitesBible

  In the Old Testament, the Hivites are presented as descendants of Canaan and as one of the so-called "seven nations" that inhabited the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The people of Shechem and Gibeon are identified as Hivites.

• Saint PatrickPeople

  Saint Patrick (Patricius, 5th century) was a missionary and bishop from Roman Britannia who brought Christianity to Ireland. He is the patron saint of Ireland and is commemorated on March 17.

• Reformation SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Reformation Sunday is a Sunday commemorating the sixteenth-century Reformation, symbolized by Martin Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses on October 31, 1517. Korean Protestant churches generally observe it on the last Sunday of October.

• John NeviusPeople

  John Livingston Nevius (1829–1893) was an American missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian) who served in China for about forty years. The mission methods he presented during an 1890 visit to Korea became established as the "Nevius Mission Policy" and laid the foundation of the early Presbyterian Church in Korea.

• Quiet TimeChristian Life

  Quiet Time (QT) is a personal devotional practice of reading a passage of Scripture, meditating on it, and praying at a set time each day.

• ThanksgivingFeasts & Seasons

  Thanksgiving is a Protestant observance in which believers thank God for the year's harvest and for the grace they have received. Korean Protestant churches generally observe Thanksgiving Sunday on the third Sunday of November.

• 1 Samuel 27Bible

  First Samuel 27 tells how David, fleeing Saul's pursuit, takes refuge with his six hundred men under Achish, the Philistine king of Gath. He receives Ziklag, stays in Philistine territory for a year and four months, raids the surrounding peoples, and deceives Achish.

• Christian Education SundayChristian Life

  Christian Education Sunday is a Sunday on which a church reflects on its ministries of faith education, including the church school, prays for teachers and students, and renews its commitment to this work.

• John 8:58Bible Verses

  John 8:58 is the verse in which Jesus says, "Before Abraham was, I am." It is frequently cited as evidence of Christ's preexistence, meaning his existence before coming into the world, and of his deity. Interpreters differ over the meaning of the expression "I am" (ego eimi).

• Deuteronomy 24:16Bible Verses

  Deuteronomy 24:16 is a provision of the Mosaic Law forbidding that children be put to death for the sins of their parents, or parents for the sins of their children. The verse expresses the principle of individual responsibility for sin. It is frequently cited in discussions of its relationship to the phrase "the third and fourth generation" in the Ten Commandments and in debates over the generational curse theory.

• Acts 4:12Bible Verses

  Acts 4:12 records Peter's declaration before the Jewish supreme council: "Neither is there salvation in any other." It is a leading text for the confession that Jesus Christ alone is the way of salvation, and it is frequently cited in discussions of the salvation of adherents of other religions and of those who have never heard the gospel.

• Philippians 3:7–10Bible Verses

  A passage in which the apostle Paul declares that he counts the Jewish credentials he once prized as "loss" and "dung" compared with the knowledge of Christ. Because it contrasts the righteousness of the law with the righteousness of faith, it is frequently cited as a basis for the doctrine of justification.