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Junia
[People]Junia was a member of the early church whom Paul greeted together with Andronicus in Romans 16:7. Interpreters disagree over whether the name is feminine and whether Junia was called an "apostle."
Dagon
[Bible]Dagon is a god worshiped by the Philistines in the Old Testament. He appears in the story of Samson and in the account of the Ark of the Covenant being placed in the temple of Dagon at Ashdod.
Rezin
[People]Rezin is generally regarded as the last king of Aram, whose capital was Damascus, in the late eighth century BC. He allied with Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, to attack Judah, but was killed by the Assyrians.
Dathan and Abiram
[People]Dathan and Abiram were brothers of the tribe of Reuben, sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in rebelling against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness after the Exodus. They are known for the incident in which the earth opened and swallowed them and their households.
Mount Seir
[Bible]Mount Seir is a mountainous region south of the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament it designates the land settled by Esau and his descendants, the Edomites. Also called "the land of Seir" or simply "Seir," it is often used as a synonym for Edom.
Strange Fire
[Bible]Strange fire is an expression from the incident in Leviticus 10 in which Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, died after offering incense in a manner God had not commanded. The underlying Hebrew phrase means "strange" or "foreign" fire.
Hazeroth
[Bible]Hazeroth was an encampment where the Israelites stopped after Kibroth-hattaavah during their wilderness journey following the Exodus. There Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, and Miriam was stricken with leprosy.
Chilion
[People]Chilion is a figure in the Book of Ruth, the son of Elimelech and Naomi and the brother of Mahlon. During a famine he moved with his family to Moab, where he died.
Paphos
[Bible]Paphos was a city on the southwestern coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. According to Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the gospel there to the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus during their first missionary journey.
Psalm 21
[Bible]Psalm 21 is a royal psalm that thanks God for granting the king his desire and for giving him victory and long life. It anticipates the king's triumph over his enemies and praises the power of God.
Science and Faith
[Doctrine & Theology]Science and faith is a topic concerning the relationship between science, which explains nature through observation and experiment, and faith, which rests on belief in God's revelation. It is also called "science and religion."
Adult Baptism
[Christian Life]Adult baptism is baptism received by a person who was not baptized in childhood and who personally professes faith. The term distinguishes it from infant baptism, which is administered to infants on the basis of their parents' faith.
Ada Cecelia Pfautz
[People]Ada Cecelia Pfautz (1899–1987) was the wife of A. W. Tozer, an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). She married Tozer in 1918 and raised six sons and one daughter. After Tozer's death, she married Leonard Odam.
Denomination
[Organization & Polity]A denomination is a grouping of Protestant churches that share the same theological tradition and form of church government. Examples include the Presbyterian, Methodist, Holiness, Baptist, Pentecostal, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.
Alphaeus
[People]Alphaeus is a New Testament figure named only as the father of James, one of the twelve disciples, and as the father of Levi the tax collector. None of his own deeds are recorded.
Iconium
[Bible]Iconium was a city in south-central Asia Minor where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel during the first missionary journey until persecution forced them to leave. It is identified today with Konya, Turkey.
Lot's Wife
[People]Lot's wife, the wife of Abraham's nephew Lot, appears in Genesis 19. During the destruction of Sodom she disregarded the angels' warning, looked back, and became a pillar of salt. The Bible does not record her name.
Rhema
[Bible]Rhema (ῥῆμα) is a Greek word used in the New Testament meaning "word" or "saying." Some churches, including many in Korea, distinguish it from logos and use it in the sense of "a word God gives to an individual." This distinction is disputed.
Exodus 32
[Bible]Exodus 32 records how, while Moses remained on Mount Sinai, the people of Israel had Aaron make a golden calf and worshiped it. The chapter also recounts Moses' intercession, his breaking of the tablets of the testimony, and the judgment that followed.
Annie Baird
[People]Annie Baird (1864–1916) was an American woman missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian), known in Korea as An Ae-ri (安愛理). The wife of William Baird (Bae Wi-ryang), she worked in Busan and Pyongyang and left hymn translations and Korean-language writings.