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Peniel
[Bible]Peniel, meaning "face of God," is the name Jacob gave to a place east of the Jordan River after wrestling through the night at the ford of the Jabbok, saying, "I have seen God face to face."
Matthew 6
[Bible]Matthew 6 is the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus teaches that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are not to be done to be seen by others, gives the Lord's Prayer, and urges his hearers to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness rather than wealth and anxious concerns.
Jeremiah 18:1–10
[Bible Verses]A passage that speaks of God's sovereignty through the image of a potter reshaping a marred vessel and sets out the principle that God "repents" of calamity or blessing depending on how a nation responds. It is frequently cited in discussions of predestination and free will.
John 20:31
[Bible Verses]A verse in which the author of the Gospel of John states the purpose of the book: that readers might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing they might have life through his name. It is frequently cited as a key to reading the Gospel of John as a whole.
Leviticus 15
[Bible]Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn, regulations for a man's running issue, an emission of semen, a woman's menstruation, and a prolonged flow of blood.
Proverbs 7
[Bible]Proverbs 7 is a father's instruction warning his son against the enticements of the adulteress. It depicts a young man, seen from a window, who yields to temptation and goes to his ruin.
Faith Chapter
[Bible]The "Faith Chapter" is a common name for Hebrews 11. After defining faith, the chapter recounts in turn what Old Testament figures, from Abel to the prophets, did "by faith."
Hebrews 11:3
[Bible Verses]Hebrews 11:3 stands at the head of the "by faith" list in Hebrews 11 and declares that through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. It is frequently cited as a key text for creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo) and is also invoked in discussions of creation and evolution.
Jeremiah 25
[Bible]Jeremiah 25 records a word given in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It foretells that Judah will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years, after which Babylon itself will be punished, and it proclaims God's judgment on the world in a scene in which Jeremiah makes Jerusalem and the nations drink the cup of wrath.
John 3
[Bible]John 3 is the chapter of the Gospel of John that records the nighttime conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus about being born again, along with John the Baptist's testimony to Jesus as the one who "must increase."
2 Corinthians 5
[Bible]2 Corinthians 5 is the chapter in which Paul speaks of the earthly body that will be dissolved and of the hope of an eternal house in heaven, and proclaims the new creation in Christ and the ministry of reconciling people to God.
John 6:37–40
[Bible Verses]John 6:37–40 is the passage in which Jesus says that he will not cast out those whom the Father has given him, that he will lose none of them, and that he will raise them up at the last day. It is frequently cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation, the perseverance of the saints, and predestination and free will.
Phylacteries
[Bible]Phylacteries are small leather boxes containing parchment inscribed with passages from the Law, together with the straps by which Jews bind them to the forehead and arm during prayer. In the New Testament they are mentioned once, in Matthew 23:5.
Judges 14
[Bible]Judges 14 recounts how Samson, while seeking to marry a Philistine woman, tears apart a lion with his bare hands, poses a riddle at his wedding feast, loses the wager after his wife reveals the answer, and then strikes down thirty men of Ashkelon.
John 6
[Bible]John 6 is the chapter in which Jesus feeds the five thousand on the far side of the Sea of Galilee, walks on the water, and then delivers the "Bread of Life" discourse in the synagogue at Capernaum. It closes with many disciples turning away and Peter making his confession of faith.
1 John 1
[Bible]First John 1 opens the letter with the testimony of witnesses who personally saw and heard "the Word of life." It then presents the message that "God is light" and addresses fellowship through walking in the light, the confession of sin, and forgiveness.
Penuel
[Bible]Penuel was a town east of the Jordan River near the Jabbok River. Jacob named the place Peniel ("face of God") after wrestling there through the night, and the town also appears in the accounts of Gideon and Jeroboam.
Acts of the Apostles
[Bible]The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.
The Sabbath and the Lord's Day
[Controversies]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.
The Church and Politics
[Controversies]The question of how the church and individual Christians should engage in politics. Views differ on the meaning of the separation of church and state, the boundary between preaching and political speech, and the proper forms of the church's social engagement.