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Adoptionism
[Doctrine & Theology]Adoptionism is the Christological view that Jesus was originally an ordinary man who was "adopted" as the Son of God at his baptism or resurrection. Since the early church, orthodox Christianity has rejected it as heretical.
Transfiguration Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Transfiguration Sunday commemorates the event in which Jesus was transfigured in glory on a mountain (the Transfiguration). In the Protestant church calendar, it is commonly observed on the last Sunday of the Epiphany season, the Sunday immediately before Ash Wednesday.
New Commandment
[Bible]The new commandment is the command Jesus Christ gave his disciples at the Last Supper: "as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." It appears in John 13:34-35.
Words of Institution
[Worship & Rites]The Words of Institution are the words Jesus spoke over the bread and the cup at the Last Supper. As the scriptural basis for the sacrament, they are read aloud or recited within a prayer whenever the church celebrates Communion.
Dyothelitism
[Doctrine & Theology]Dyothelitism is the Christological doctrine that Jesus Christ possesses two wills, a divine will and a human will, in one person. It was formulated in opposition to monothelitism.
Love of Enemies
[Bible]Love of enemies is the teaching of Jesus that his followers should love even those who hate and persecute them and should pray for them. It is recorded in Matthew 5:43-48 and Luke 6:27-36.
Mary the Mother of James
[People]One of the women who followed Jesus from Galilee and ministered to him, she witnessed his crucifixion and burial and went to the empty tomb on the morning of the resurrection.
Moses' Seat
[Bible]Moses' seat is an expression Jesus used in Matthew 23:2 to describe the position of the scribes and Pharisees. It is generally read as referring to the authority to teach and interpret the Law of Moses.
Vineyard Movement
[History]The Vineyard Movement is a charismatic church movement that originated in the Jesus Movement in the United States during the 1970s. Under the leadership of John Wimber in the 1980s, it spread worldwide. Because it emphasizes both evangelical faith and the experience of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it is also called the "Third Wave."
Luke 19:10
[Bible Verses]Luke 19:10 records the words Jesus spoke after staying at the house of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, in Jericho, declaring that he had come "to seek and to save that which was lost." The verse is regarded as a one-line summary of the theme of the Gospel of Luke and is frequently cited as a basis for evangelism and missions.
Matthew 4
[Bible]Matthew 4 is the chapter in which Jesus is tempted by the devil in the wilderness, goes to Galilee and begins to preach, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," and calls four fishermen to be his disciples.
Matthew 11
[Bible]Matthew 11 records John the Baptist sending his disciples from prison to question Jesus, Jesus' testimony about John, His rebuke of the towns that did not repent, and His invitation to "all ye that labour and are heavy laden."
Matthew 16
[Bible]Matthew 16 is the chapter in which Jesus rebuffs the Pharisees and Sadducees who seek a sign, Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ at Caesarea Philippi, and Jesus first foretells his own suffering and resurrection.
Matthew 9
[Bible]Matthew 9 is the chapter in which Jesus heals a paralytic, calls Matthew the tax collector, answers a question about fasting, heals several sick people, and raises a dead girl, and then tells his disciples to pray for laborers for the harvest.
Matthew 20
[Bible]Matthew 20 contains the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Jesus' third prediction of his passion, the request of the mother of Zebedee's sons together with Jesus' teaching on service, and the healing of two blind men at Jericho.
Matthew 13
[Bible]Matthew 13 is the chapter in which Jesus teaches the crowds by the sea about the kingdom of heaven (the kingdom of God) through seven parables, explains two of them, and is then rejected in his hometown.
Matthew 19
[Bible]Matthew 19 is the chapter in which Jesus, traveling from Galilee into the region of Judea, answers the Pharisees' question about divorce, lays his hands on little children, and speaks with a rich young man who asks about eternal life.
Matthew 24
[Bible]Matthew 24 is the chapter in which Jesus, after foretelling the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, teaches his disciples on the Mount of Olives about the signs of the end, the great tribulation, and the coming of the Son of Man, and urges them to keep watch.
Matthew 23
[Bible]Matthew 23 is the chapter in which Jesus rebukes the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees with seven pronouncements of "Woe unto you" and laments over Jerusalem. It contains 39 verses.
Matthew 27
[Bible]This chapter records the events from Jesus' being handed over to the governor Pilate for trial, through His crucifixion and death at Golgotha, to His burial in a tomb. It also includes the death of Judas, the release of Barabbas, and the posting of a guard at the tomb.