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• Filling of the Holy Spirit

  The filling of the Holy Spirit is the state in which a believer is fully under the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit, or the experience of entering that state. In Korean churches it is commonly shortened to seongnyeong chungman ("Spirit-filling").

• Sealing of the Holy Spirit

  The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the New Testament teaching that God gives the Holy Spirit to believers to mark them as His own possession and to guarantee their salvation. It is also called the seal of the Spirit.

• Christianity and the Arts

  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."

• Theology of the Cross

  The theology of the cross is a theological perspective holding that God reveals himself not in glory and power but in the suffering and weakness of the cross. Martin Luther set it forth in contrast to the "theology of glory."

• Fruit of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

  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 Adam and Eve not to eat it, and their eating of it is read in Scripture as the beginning of humanity's fall.

• The Poor

  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.

• River of the Water of Life

  The river of the water of life is the river described in Revelation 22 as flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb and watering the New Jerusalem. Together with Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 47 of a river flowing from the temple, it is read as a symbol of the life that God gives.

• Babylon the Great

  Babylon the Great is a symbolic city that appears in Revelation 14–18. It represents worldly power that opposes God and the judgment that falls upon that power.

• Chapter and Verse Divisions of the Bible

  The chapter and verse divisions of the Bible are the system by which the biblical text is divided into numbered chapters and verses. They were not part of the original text. Chapter divisions were introduced in the early thirteenth century, and New Testament verse numbers in the mid-sixteenth century.

• The Rich (Bible)

  In the Bible, the rich are people who possess great wealth. The Old Testament often portrays wealth as a blessing from God while condemning its abuse, and the New Testament repeatedly warns against a heart that trusts in riches.

• New Testament Quotations of the Old Testament

  The practice by which New Testament writers reproduce or borrow the words of the Old Testament to explain Jesus Christ and the church, as well as the passages in which they do so. These quotations are treated as a key resource for understanding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.

• Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments

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

• Authorship of the Bible

  The authorship of the Bible concerns who wrote each of the books of Scripture. The Bible speaks both of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and of the writing of human authors, and denominations and scholars differ in how they understand the authorship and inspiration of each book.

• Isaiah the Prophet

  Isaiah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered in the Kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC and is the central figure of the Book of Isaiah. His name means "the LORD is salvation."

• John the Baptist

  John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who preceded Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.

• James (Brother of the Lord)

  James is a New Testament figure identified as "the Lord's brother" and was a leader of the early church in Jerusalem. Tradition holds that he wrote the Epistle of James.

• James the Son of Alphaeus

  One of the twelve disciples of Jesus, distinguished from James the son of Zebedee by the addition of his father's name. He is traditionally also called "James the Less," although it is uncertain whether the two are the same person.

• Simon the Cananaean

  Simon the Cananaean was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In Luke and Acts he is called "Simon called Zelotes" (the Zealot), which distinguishes him from Peter, who bore the same name.

• Calming the Storm

  Calming the Storm is the miracle in which Jesus, in a boat crossing the Sea of Galilee, rebuked the wind and the waves and made them still. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Darius the Mede

  Darius the Mede is the king who, according to the book of Daniel, received the kingdom after the death of the Babylonian king Belshazzar. He is known as the king who had Daniel cast into the lions' den. Because he is not attested in sources outside the Bible, his identity is the subject of several competing views.