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• Karl Gützlaff

  [People]

  Karl Gützlaff (1803–1851) was a Prussian Protestant missionary. In 1832 he sailed aboard a British merchant ship that anchored near Godae Island in Chungcheong Province, and he is regarded as the first Protestant missionary to set foot on Korean soil.

• Deuteronomy 23

  [Bible]

  Deuteronomy 23 is a chapter of law that sets out who may enter the congregation of the LORD and gives regulations on keeping the camp clean in time of war, protecting runaway servants, interest, vows, and a neighbor's field.

• Augustinians

  [History]

  The Augustinians are a Catholic mendicant order that follows the Rule of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. The order was formed in 1256, when several groups of hermits were united into a single body. It is also known as the order to which Martin Luther belonged as a friar before the Reformation.

• 2 Kings 4

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 4 records five miracles performed by Elisha in succession: the widow's oil, the birth of the Shunammite woman's son and his restoration to life, the neutralizing of a poisoned stew, and the feeding of a hundred men with twenty loaves of barley.

• Ecclesiology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Ecclesiology is the branch of systematic theology that addresses what the church is (its nature), how the true church is recognized (its marks), who serves in it and how (its offices), and for what purpose it exists (its mission).

• The Justice of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The justice of God is the attribute by which God is righteous in himself and judges and governs all things according to a right standard. It provides a theological basis for discussions of judgment on sin, the doctrine of salvation, and social justice.

• Contextual Theology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Contextual theology is a theological movement that seeks to understand and express the gospel within the realities of a particular era, region, culture, and society. In the mission field, this concern is commonly called "contextualization."

• Psalm 75

  [Bible]

  Psalm 75 is a psalm of Asaph, a song of thanksgiving and praise declaring that God judges with righteousness at the time He has appointed, bringing down the proud and exalting the righteous.

• Psalm 66

  [Bible]

  Psalm 66 is a psalm of praise and thanksgiving that calls all the earth to praise God, recalls the deliverance of the Exodus and the refining that comes through suffering, and bears witness to the God who heard the psalmist's prayer as he pays his vows.

• Psalm 85

  [Bible]

  Psalm 85 is a psalm of the sons of Korah that recalls God's past grace in bringing back the captives, pleads with Him to revive His people again, and portrays a restoration in which mercy and truth, righteousness and peace meet together.

• Zechariah 5

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 5 contains the sixth and seventh of Zechariah's night visions: a flying scroll that punishes thieves and those who swear falsely, and a woman called "Wickedness" who is placed in an ephah basket and carried away to the land of Shinar.

• Zechariah 3

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• Acts 20

  [Bible]

  Acts 20 is the chapter in which Paul, having completed his third missionary journey and setting out for Jerusalem, restores to life the young man Eutychus, who had fallen to his death at Troas, and at Miletus delivers a farewell address to the elders of the church at Ephesus.

• 1 Corinthians 12

  [Bible]

  1 Corinthians 12 teaches that one Spirit distributes various gifts to each person and, comparing the church to a single body with many members, calls the members to care for one another.

• Galatians 6

  [Bible]

  Galatians 6 is the final chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians. It urges believers to restore an erring brother gently and to bear one another's burdens, teaches that a person reaps what he sows, gives a final warning against those who compel circumcision, and closes with Paul's words written in his own hand.

• James 4

  [Bible]

  James 4 traces the root of quarrels to lusts and to friendship with the world, and it urges readers to submit to God and humble themselves. It goes on to warn against speaking evil of a brother and against boasting about tomorrow without regard for the will of God.

• Joy Davidman

  [People]

  Joy Davidman (1915–1960) was an American poet and writer. Raised in a Jewish family, she was an atheist before converting to Christianity. She wrote Smoke on the Mountain, an interpretation of the Ten Commandments, and married C. S. Lewis in 1956.