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• Palm Tree

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, the palm tree is the date palm. It is associated with the joy of the Feast of Tabernacles, the flourishing of the righteous, and the decoration of the temple. In Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and in the heavenly worship of Revelation, it signifies welcome and victory.

• Hosea 3

  [Bible]

  Hosea 3 is the chapter in which God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman once more. Hosea buys the woman back at a price, and this act leads into a prophecy that Israel will live for many days without king or sacrifice but will at last return to the LORD.

• Praetorian Guard

  [Bible]

  The praetorian guard is a term in Philippians 1:13 translating the Greek word praitōrion. It is commonly interpreted as referring to the soldiers of the imperial guard who protected the Roman emperor.

• Reunification and the Church

  [Controversies]

  Reunification and the Church refers to the debate over how the church should understand and pursue the overcoming of the division between North and South Korea and the proclamation of the gospel in North Korea. One position gives priority to peace and exchange, while the other gives priority to evangelism and religious freedom.

• Ananias and Sapphira

  [People]

  Ananias and Sapphira were a married couple in the early church at Jerusalem whose story is told in Acts 5. After selling a piece of land, they kept back part of the price while pretending to have given all of it. Rebuked by Peter, they died one after the other.

• Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments

  [Bible]

  The relationship between the Old and New Testaments concerns how the two parts of the Christian Bible are connected to and distinguished from each other. It is commonly described as a relationship of promise and fulfillment, and denominations differ in whether they place greater emphasis on continuity or on distinction.

• John 10:16

  [Bible Verses]

  In the Good Shepherd discourse, Jesus says that he has "other sheep... which are not of this fold" whom he must also bring, so that there will be "one flock" (KJV: "one fold") under one shepherd. The verse is often cited in support of the mission to the Gentiles and of church unity, and interpreters differ over the identity of the "other sheep."

• 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.

• Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

  [Bible]

  The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl are two brief parables of Jesus recorded in Matthew 13:44-46. They convey the worth of the kingdom of God by depicting a person who discovers it and joyfully sells everything he owns to obtain it.

• Testing (Trial and Temptation)

  [Christian Life]

  In Christian usage, testing refers both to a trial that refines faith and to a temptation that leads toward sin. In Korean Protestant churches, the corresponding term is also widely used in the expression *siheom deulda* ("to fall into testing"), which describes a person whose faith has been shaken or whose feelings have been hurt.

• Christianity and the Arts

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The relationship between the Christian faith and the arts, such as painting, music, architecture, and literature, together with the theological understanding of that relationship. In a narrower sense, works created for worship and devotion are sometimes called "Christian art."

• Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

  [Bible]

  The fruit of the knowledge of good and evil is the fruit of the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil," which stood in the midst of the Garden of Eden. God commanded that it not be eaten, and Adam and Eve's eating of it is read in Scripture as the beginning of humanity's fall.

• Song of Songs 2:16

  [Bible Verses]

  Song of Songs 2:16 is a verse in which the woman declares that she and her beloved belong to each other. It is often cited and has been read both as a song of marital love and as a picture of the relationship between God and his people or between Christ and the church.

• John 4:24

  [Bible Verses]

  John 4:24 records the words of Jesus to the Samaritan woman: "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." The verse teaches that true worship depends on something other than place, and it is frequently cited in discussions of the forms of worship.

• Matthew 5:39

  [Bible Verses]

  Matthew 5:39 is the verse in which Jesus teaches his hearers not to resist an evil person and, if someone strikes them on the right cheek, to turn the other also. It stands at the center of interpretive debates that extend beyond the prohibition of personal retaliation to questions of war, violence, and military service.

• James 4:7

  [Bible Verses]

  James 4:7 is the exhortation in the Epistle of James to submit to God and resist the devil, with the promise that the devil will then flee. It is frequently quoted in sermons and prayers dealing with temptation and spiritual warfare. Interpretation centers on how "submitting" and "resisting" relate to each other.

• Romans 8:38–39

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage declares that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, nor anything else "shall be able to separate" believers from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Widely regarded as the climax of Romans 8, it is frequently cited in debates over the assurance of salvation and the perseverance of the saints.

• Acts 2:1–4

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage recounts how the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples gathered on the day of Pentecost with a sound like a rushing wind and with tongues as of fire, and how they began to speak in other languages. The event is commemorated as the beginning of the church. What these tongues were, and whether the same experience continues today, are major points of disagreement among denominations.

• Matthew 5:38–42

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus teaches a life of non-retaliation in place of the principle of retaliation, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." Because it bears on nonviolence and pacifism, state authority, and the protection of victims, it has received a range of interpretations.

• Romans 9:20-21

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage asserting the potter's authority over the clay, declaring that the thing formed cannot say to him that formed it, "Why hast thou made me thus?" As the heart of Romans 9, which addresses God's sovereign election, it carries more weight than perhaps any other text in debates over predestination.