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• JerahmeelPeople

  Jerahmeel was the firstborn son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah; his descendants are recorded at length in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 2. The Jerahmeelites, regarded as his descendants, also appear in 1 Samuel.

• ChelubaiPeople

  Chelubai is an Old Testament figure named in 1 Chronicles 2:9 as a son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He was a brother of Jerahmeel and Ram and is commonly identified with "Caleb the son of Hezron" in verses 18 and following of the same chapter.

• Predestination and Free WillControversies

  Predestination and free will is a debate over whether salvation depends on God's election or on the human response. Calvinism, followed by Presbyterians, and the Arminian-Wesleyan tradition, followed by Methodists, Holiness churches, and Full Gospel churches, explain the question differently.

• Cessationism and ContinuationismControversies

  Cessationism and continuationism are opposing positions in the debate over whether gifts of the Holy Spirit such as tongues, prophecy, and divine healing have continued beyond the apostolic age. Some conservative Presbyterians hold that these gifts have ceased, while Pentecostal churches, such as the Assemblies of God (Full Gospel), hold that they continue today.

• The Sabbath and the Lord's DayControversies

  A discussion of whether Christians should observe the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath or the first-day (Sunday) Lord's Day, and whether the Lord's Day should be kept in the manner of the Old Testament Sabbath.

• Alcohol and TobaccoControversies

  The question of whether Christians may drink alcohol or smoke tobacco. Views differ on whether the Bible actually forbids them. In Korean Protestantism, abstinence from alcohol and tobacco has been treated as a mark of the Christian life since the early days of missionary work.

• Creation and EvolutionControversies

  The debate over how to understand the creation account in Genesis together with the explanations of modern science. The principal positions are young-earth creationism, old-earth creationism, and theistic evolution (evolutionary creation).

• Homosexuality and the ChurchControversies

  Homosexuality and the church concerns how churches should respond to homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ church members and clergy. In South Korea, most denominations hold the traditional position that homosexuality is sin, and the issue is closely intertwined with the debate over enacting an anti-discrimination law.

• Divorce and RemarriageControversies

  Divorce and remarriage is the question of whether Scripture permits divorce and remarriage, and if so, under what circumstances. It also bears on whether ministers should officiate at the remarriage of church members and whether divorced ministers may serve.

• The March First Movement and ChristianityHistory

  The March First Movement and Christianity examines the role Protestantism played in Korea's March First Movement of 1919. Protestants accounted for 16 of the 33 National Representatives, and churches and Christian schools served as bases from which the independence demonstrations spread across the country.

• Law and GospelDoctrine & Theology

  Law and Gospel is a topic in Protestant theology concerning how God's commandments, which require obedience from human beings (the Law), are to be distinguished from and related to the message of salvation freely given through Jesus Christ (the Gospel).

• Heaven and HellDoctrine & Theology

  Heaven is the place where God reigns and where the saved live forever, and hell is the place where those who have turned away from God receive punishment after the Last Judgment. Together they are a central theme of Christian eschatology.

• Abortion and the ChurchControversies

  Abortion and the Church refers to the debate, both within and outside the church, over how abortion (induced termination of pregnancy) should be judged from the standpoint of faith. The central issues are whether priority should be given to the life of the unborn child or to the decision of the pregnant woman, and how the state should address the matter in law.

• Reunification and the ChurchControversies

  Reunification and the Church refers to the debate over how the church should understand and pursue the overcoming of the division between North and South Korea and the proclamation of the gospel in North Korea. One position gives priority to peace and exchange, while the other gives priority to evangelism and religious freedom.

• Cain and AbelPeople

  Cain and Abel are the two sons of Adam and Eve who appear in Genesis 4. Cain's killing of his younger brother Abel in a dispute over offerings is known as the first murder recorded in the Bible.

• Hagar and IshmaelPeople

  Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian maidservant who bore Abraham his son Ishmael, Abraham's firstborn. Their story appears in Genesis 16, 21, and 25, and Paul uses the account allegorically in Galatians 4.

• Rachel and LeahPeople

  Rachel and Leah are the two daughters of Laban in the Book of Genesis. The sisters both became wives of Jacob and the mothers of the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Ahab and JezebelPeople

  Ahab was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the ninth century BC, and Jezebel, a native of Sidon, was his queen. The books of Kings record them as the rulers who introduced Baal worship and opposed the prophet Elijah.

• Zechariah and ElizabethPeople

  Zechariah and Elizabeth were a priestly couple in Luke 1 who remained childless into old age. As the angel Gabriel had foretold, they became the parents of John the Baptist.

• Martha and MaryPeople

  Martha and Mary are sisters from Bethany in the New Testament and the sisters of Lazarus. They are known for welcoming Jesus into their home, for the raising of their brother Lazarus, and for Mary's anointing of Jesus with ointment.