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Midwife
[Bible]A midwife is a woman who assists another woman in childbirth. In the Bible, midwives appear in Genesis and Exodus. They are best known through the account of Shiphrah and Puah, who defied Pharaoh's order and saved the lives of Hebrew baby boys.
Amaziah (Priest of Bethel)
[People]Amaziah was the priest of the sanctuary at Bethel in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II. In Amos 7 he accuses the prophet Amos before the king and tries to drive him out of Bethel, and in turn he receives a word of judgment.
Twelve Articles of Faith
[Doctrine & Theology]The Twelve Articles of Faith is a twelve-article creed adopted by the Independent Presbytery of the Korean Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1907. It still appears in the doctrinal sections of the constitutions of several Korean Presbyterian denominations.
Reconciliation
[Doctrine & Theology]Reconciliation is the restoration of a relationship that has become hostile or estranged. In Christian theology, it refers both to the restoration of the relationship between God and humanity through Christ and to the resulting restoration of relationships among people.
Source Criticism
[Doctrine & Theology]Source criticism is a method of biblical study that seeks to identify and distinguish the earlier sources (documents or traditions) that appear to have been used in the composition of biblical texts. It is classified as a branch of historical criticism.
Gift of Prophecy
[Doctrine & Theology]The gift of prophecy is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and refers to the ability to convey God's will and word to people. Denominations differ on whether the gift continues today and on what should be regarded as prophecy.
Genesis 7
[Bible]Genesis 7 is the chapter in which Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark and the flood begins. Every living thing on the earth is swept away, and only those in the ark remain.
J. I. Packer
[People]J. I. Packer (1926–2020) was an English-born evangelical Anglican theologian in the Reformed tradition who spent the latter part of his career in Canada. He wrote Knowing God and served as general editor of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible.
Alvin Plantinga
[People]Alvin Plantinga (born 1932) is an American analytic philosopher. A leading figure in "Reformed epistemology," which defends the rationality of belief in God, he received the Templeton Prize in 2017.
German Peasants' War
[History]The German Peasants' War was a large-scale uprising from 1524 to 1525 in the German-speaking regions of the Holy Roman Empire, in which peasants and the urban poor rose up against the burdens imposed by their lords and the church. Although it was closely bound up with the ideas of the Reformation, it was suppressed by the allied armies of the princes.
Hussites
[History]The Hussites were the followers of Jan Hus, the Bohemian reformer burned at the stake in 1415, and the movement they formed. In fifteenth-century Bohemia they opposed the Roman Church, demanding freedom of preaching and a Communion in which the laity receive both the bread and the cup.
2 Chronicles 7
[Bible]Second Chronicles 7 records God's answer to Solomon's prayer of dedication with fire from heaven and the glory of the LORD, the dedication of the temple and the accompanying feast, and the promises and warnings the LORD gave when He appeared to Solomon by night.
Doctrine of Creation
[Doctrine & Theology]The doctrine of creation is the Christian teaching that God made the world and everything in it out of nothing, and also the theological field that studies this teaching.
The Poor
[Bible]In the Bible, "the poor" refers to people who struggle to make a living and need protection. The Old Testament makes caring for them a duty of the covenant people, and the New Testament presents the proclamation of the gospel to them as a sign of the kingdom of God.
Flesh (Pauline Usage)
[Bible]Flesh (Greek sarx) is a central term in the Pauline Epistles. It can denote the human body, lineage, and human weakness, and above all the sinful human nature that opposes God and the Holy Spirit.
Micah 7
[Bible]The final chapter of the Book of Micah. It opens with a lament over a collapsed society, moves through a confession of trust in God and a prayer for restoration, and closes the book with praise to God, who pardons sin.
Romans 6
[Bible]Romans 6 answers the question of whether believers who are under grace may continue in sin. It explains that those who have been united with Christ's death and resurrection through baptism have been freed from servitude to sin and have become servants of God.
2 Timothy 3
[Bible]2 Timothy 3 warns against the vices of people who will appear in the last days and against false teachers. Looking back on the persecutions he has endured, Paul urges Timothy to continue in the Scriptures he has known from childhood.
Gertrude Hobbs Chambers
[People]Gertrude Hobbs Chambers (1883–1966) was an English Christian and the wife of Oswald Chambers. She took down her husband's lectures in shorthand and, after his death, compiled them into works including the devotional My Utmost for His Highest.
Church Minister
[Church Offices]A church minister is a person whose principal work is ministry in the church, such as preaching, teaching, and pastoral care. In Korean Protestant usage, the associate pastors, evangelists, and others who assist the senior pastor are collectively called associate ministers.