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• TarshishBible

  Tarshish is an Old Testament place name for a distant land across the sea. Scripture portrays it as a center of trade in metals such as silver and tin, and it is best known as the destination to which Jonah tried to flee from God.

• Welsh RevivalHistory

  The Welsh Revival was a Protestant revival movement that swept across Wales, in the United Kingdom, from 1904 to 1905. Its best-known figure was Evan Roberts, a former coal miner and lay preacher, and some 100,000 conversions were reported at the time.

• Isaiah 46Bible

  Isaiah 46 contrasts Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, which become burdens loaded onto beasts and hauled away, with the God who carries His people from birth until their hair turns gray.

• En-gediBible

  En-gedi is a spring and oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea. It is a biblical site best known as the place where David hid from Saul and spared Saul's life in a cave.

• AdullamBible

  Adullam was a Canaanite and later Judahite town in the lowland (the low hill country, or Shephelah) of Judah. It is best known as the site of the "cave of Adullam," where David hid from Saul.

• Oswald ChambersPeople

  Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) was a Scottish Baptist evangelist and Bible teacher closely associated with the Holiness movement. He is best known for *My Utmost for His Highest*, a 365-day devotional compiled by his wife from his lectures.

• SpikenardBible

  Spikenard, or nard, is a costly aromatic ointment made from a plant of the Himalayan region. It is best known as the ointment a woman of Bethany poured on Jesus, and it also appears in the Song of Solomon.

• John MurrayPeople

  John Murray (1898–1975) was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian. He taught systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the United States from 1930 to 1966 and is best known for Redemption Accomplished and Applied and his commentary on Romans.

• MephiboshethPeople

  Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul and the son of Jonathan, became lame in both feet as a child. He appears in 2 Samuel and is best known for the account in which David, remembering his covenant with Jonathan, received him at the king's table.

• MichmashBible

  Michmash was a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is best known as the setting of the battle that Saul and Jonathan fought against the Philistine army in 1 Samuel 13–14.

• EsauPeople

  Esau is the firstborn son of Isaac and Rebekah in the Book of Genesis and the elder twin brother of Jacob. He is best known for selling his birthright for a bowl of pottage, and Scripture records him as the ancestor of the Edomites.

• IsaacPeople

  Isaac is a patriarch in the Book of Genesis, the son of promise born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. He is best known for nearly being offered as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, and he was the father of Jacob and Esau.

• MidwifeBible

  A midwife is a woman who assists another woman in childbirth. In the Bible, midwives appear in Genesis and Exodus. They are best known through the account of Shiphrah and Puah, who defied Pharaoh's order and saved the lives of Hebrew baby boys.

• Thomas WatsonPeople

  Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He is best known for *A Body of Divinity*, a collection of sermons expounding the Westminster Shorter Catechism.

• H. Richard NiebuhrPeople

  Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894–1962) was an American Protestant theologian and Christian ethicist. The younger brother of Reinhold Niebuhr, he taught at Yale University. In his best-known work, Christ and Culture, he classified the relationship between Christ and culture into five types.

• G. K. ChestertonPeople

  G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English journalist, author, and Christian apologist. He is best known for apologetic works such as Orthodoxy and for his Father Brown detective stories. In 1922 he left the Church of England and was received into the Roman Catholic Church.

• J. R. R. TolkienPeople

  J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was an English philologist and author best known for *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*. A devout Roman Catholic, he is known for having influenced C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity.

• 1 Corinthians 15:30–32Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul argues that if there is no resurrection, his life of facing death every day is in vain. "I die daily" is widely quoted as an expression of self-denial, while the meaning of his statement that he "fought with beasts at Ephesus" is disputed.

• Number of the BeastBible

  The number of the beast is the number 666, which appears in Revelation 13:18. It is mentioned in connection with the mark that the beast rising out of the earth causes people to receive, and interpretations of what it signifies vary widely.

• Revelation 13:16-18Bible Verses

  In this passage the beast that rises out of the earth causes all people to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, so that no one may buy or sell without the mark, and its number is given as six hundred threescore and six (666). The identity of the "mark of the beast" and of "666" has prompted countless speculations, and the passage becomes the subject of renewed controversy whenever a new technology appears.