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• John MiltonPeople

  John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet and polemicist. He wrote Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the fall of Adam and Eve, and served in the republican government during the Puritan Revolution.

• SalamisBible

  Salamis was a port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, where Paul and Barnabas first preached the gospel on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:5).

• Richard BaxterPeople

  Richard Baxter (1615–1691) was an English Puritan minister and writer. He is known for his pastoral ministry of household visitation and catechetical instruction in the parish of Kidderminster and for his book The Reformed Pastor.

• John NewtonPeople

  John Newton (1725–1807) was an English Anglican clergyman and hymn writer. A former captain of slave-trading ships, he underwent a conversion, wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace," and later took part in the movement to abolish the slave trade.

• Karl RahnerPeople

  Karl Rahner (1904–1984) was a German Catholic theologian and Jesuit priest. He served as a theological expert at the Second Vatican Council and is widely known for his concept of the "anonymous Christian."

• EkklesiaBible

  Ekklesia (ἐκκλησία) is a Greek word meaning "assembly" or "congregation." In the New Testament it is usually translated "church."

• ClaudiusPeople

  Claudius was a Roman emperor of the mid-first century AD. He is named twice in the book of Acts, which records a famine during his reign and his order expelling the Jews from Rome.

• Gustaf AulénPeople

  Gustaf Aulén (1879–1977) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop. In *Christus Victor* he classified theories of the atonement, which explain the meaning of salvation through the cross, into three types.

• Huldrych ZwingliPeople

  Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was a reformer who led the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland. He is regarded as the starting point of the Reformed tradition, including Presbyterianism, and is known for the "memorial view" of the Lord's Supper, which understands the sacrament as a rite commemorating the death of Christ.

• 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.

• George FoxPeople

  George Fox (1624–1691) was an English itinerant preacher who founded the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers. He emphasized the "Inner Light" received without the mediation of clergy, silent worship, and pacifism.

• Romans 11:2Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul declares that, despite the unbelief of most of Israel, God has not cast away "his people which he foreknew," and then appeals to the example of Elijah. It is frequently cited in discussions of the meaning of God's foreknowledge and of the future of Israel.

• 2 Peter 2:9Bible Verses

  A verse in a passage warning against false teachers, stating that the Lord delivers the godly out of temptation and reserves the unjust under punishment until the day of judgment. Because it concludes the examples of Noah and Lot, it is often cited as a comfort in suffering, and it is also mentioned in discussions of the state after death.

• 2 Peter 2:20–22Bible Verses

  A passage that warns, with reference to false teachers and those they have led astray, that anyone who becomes entangled again in the pollutions of the world after coming to know Christ ends up worse off than at the beginning. It is frequently cited in debates over whether a true believer can fall away from salvation.

• 2 Corinthians 3:17Bible Verses

  In this verse, set within his contrast between the old covenant and the new, Paul says that "the Lord is that Spirit" and that "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The verse is frequently cited and discussed in treatments of the relationship between Christ and the Holy Spirit and of the meaning of Christian liberty.

• 1 Timothy 2:4Bible Verses

  This verse states that God "will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." It is a perennial text in the debate between Calvinism and Arminianism over predestination, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "all men."

• 2 Corinthians 8:9Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul, urging a collection for the saints in Jerusalem, says that Christ, though rich, became poor for the sake of believers. It is frequently cited as a text on the incarnation and as a basis for generous giving, and interpreters differ over the meaning of "rich."

• 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul urges believers, since the day of the Lord comes "as a thief in the night," to live watchfully and soberly as children of light rather than speculating about its timing. It is frequently cited and debated in discussions of the timing of the Second Coming and of the relationship between the Rapture and the Great Tribulation.

• 1 Corinthians 11:5Bible Verses

  In this verse Paul states that a woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head. The verse is frequently discussed in debates over whether head coverings in worship should still be observed today, and in discussions of women's public speech and the ordination of women.

• Acts 8:32–35Bible Verses

  In this passage Philip explains to an Ethiopian eunuch, who was reading the passage in Isaiah 53 about the one "led as a sheep to the slaughter," that the words refer to Jesus. Because it is a leading text identifying the "Suffering Servant" of Isaiah 53 with Jesus, it is frequently cited and discussed.