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On was an ancient Egyptian city. According to Genesis, Poti-pherah, the father of Joseph's wife Asenath, was a priest there. The city is better known by its Greek name, Heliopolis.
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- On (Son of Peleth)People
On was a son of Peleth of the tribe of Reuben. Numbers 16:1 names him as one of the group that, together with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rose up against Moses and Aaron during the wilderness period.
- One-to-One DiscipleshipChristian Life
One-to-one discipleship is a method of spiritual nurture in which an experienced believer is paired with another church member to study the Bible together over a set period using a prescribed curriculum, with the aim of establishing the foundations of the Christian faith.
- OnyxBible
Onyx is the name of a precious stone used to translate the Hebrew word shoham. It first appears as a stone found in the land of Havilah near Eden, and it was used on the high priest's ephod as the stone engraved with the names of the sons of Israel.
- Online WorshipWorship & Rites
Online worship is a form of worship in which a church streams or broadcasts its service over the internet or other media, allowing members to participate through a screen rather than gathering in a church building. It is also known as remote worship or video worship.
- Online CommunionControversies
Online Communion is the question of whether church members taking part in an online worship service may prepare the bread and cup in their own homes and partake of the Lord's Supper. The question came to be widely debated in 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions limited in-person worship.
- Only Begotten SonBible
"Only begotten Son" is a title used in the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John to designate Jesus Christ as the unique Son of God.
- OnanPeople
Onan was the second son of Judah, the son of Jacob. He refused the duty of raising up offspring for his deceased elder brother Er through his brother's widow, Tamar, and was slain by the LORD (Genesis 38).
- OnesiphorusPeople
Onesiphorus was an early Christian mentioned in 2 Timothy who sought out and cared for Paul while the apostle was imprisoned in Rome. Paul prayed that the Lord would show mercy to him and to his household.
- Laying On of HandsWorship & Rites
The laying on of hands is the act of placing one's hands on a person's head or body while praying. In Protestant churches it is practiced when installing church officers such as pastors, elders, and deacons, and in prayers for blessing or healing.
- Sermon on the MountBible
The Sermon on the Mount is the collection of Jesus' teachings recorded in Matthew 5–7, delivered on a mountain to His disciples and the multitudes. It contains the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the Golden Rule.
- Contest on Mount CarmelBible
The contest on Mount Carmel was an event during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel in which the prophet Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel and demonstrated that the God who answers by fire is the true God. It is recorded in 1 Kings 18.
- Jesus Walking on WaterBible
Jesus walking on water is the event in which Jesus walked across the Sea of Galilee at night and approached the disciples' boat as it was battered by wind and waves. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and John.
- Sermon on the PlainBible
The Sermon on the Plain is the teaching recorded in Luke 6:17–49, which Jesus delivered to his disciples and the crowds after he chose the twelve disciples, came down from the mountain, and stood on a level place. Much of its content overlaps with the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew.
- The Burnt Offering on Mount MoriahBible
The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.
- The House Built on the RockBible
The house built on the rock is a parable Jesus told at the close of His sermons in Matthew 7 and Luke 6. It compares the person who hears His words and does them to a man who built his house upon a rock, and the person who hears but does not do them to a man who built his house upon the sand.
- Chicago Statement on Biblical InerrancyDoctrine & Theology
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a document issued in 1978 in Chicago by evangelical scholars and pastors that sets out the meaning and scope of the belief that the Bible is without error, known as biblical inerrancy.
- Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of JustificationHistory
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is a document signed on October 31, 1999, by the Lutheran World Federation and the Roman Catholic Church. It states that there is a "consensus in basic truths" on justification, the issue that had divided the two churches since the sixteenth-century Reformation.
- New Perspective on PaulDoctrine & Theology
The New Perspective on Paul is an approach to interpreting Paul that emerged in Anglo-American New Testament scholarship in the late 1970s. It reads the "works of the law" that Paul criticized not as an attempt to earn merit but as identity markers that separated Jews from Gentiles.
- Philemon and OnesimusPeople
Philemon, the recipient of Paul's Epistle to Philemon, was a Christian in whose house a church met. Onesimus, his slave, became a Christian through Paul.