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• 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.

• John 21

  [Bible]

  John 21 is the final chapter of the Gospel of John. The risen Jesus appears to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, gives them a large catch of fish, and eats breakfast with them. He then asks Peter three times whether he loves him and entrusts his sheep to him. The chapter closes with the book's concluding words.

• John 10

  [Bible]

  John 10 is the chapter in which Jesus presents himself as "the door of the sheep" and "the good shepherd." It also recounts how, at the Feast of Dedication in the Jerusalem temple, he declared, "I and my Father are one," and was nearly stoned.

• Acts 27

  [Bible]

  Acts 27 is the chapter in which Paul, being taken to Rome as a prisoner, encounters the tempestuous wind Euroclydon near Crete and drifts for fourteen days. Although the ship is wrecked, all 276 people aboard reach land alive.

• Korea Baptist Theological University

  [Institutions]

  Korea Baptist Theological University is a private theological university in Yuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea. It opened in 1953 and serves as the denominational seminary of the Korea Baptist Convention. In Korean it is commonly called by the abbreviation Chimsindae.

• Judas Iscariot

  [People]

  Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.

• Methuselah

  [People]

  Methuselah is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5, the son of Enoch and the grandfather of Noah. Having lived 969 years, he is recorded as the longest-lived person in the Bible.

• Serug

  [People]

  Serug is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and the great-grandfather of Abraham. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

• Mahalalel

  [People]

  Mahalalel is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5. In the line of Seth, he is the son of Kenan and the father of Jared. Scripture records that he lived 895 years.

• Reu

  [People]

  Reu is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Peleg, the father of Serug, and the great-great-grandfather of Abraham. In the New Testament, his name appears in Luke's genealogy of Jesus.

• Pathros

  [Bible]

  Pathros is a place name in the Old Testament books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. It refers to the southern part of ancient Egypt, the region along the upper Nile known as Upper Egypt.

• Sumer

  [History]

  Sumer was an ancient civilization that flourished in southern Mesopotamia from the late fourth millennium BC to the early second millennium BC. It left behind cuneiform writing, city-states, and ziggurats. It is frequently discussed in studies of the biblical background in connection with the land of Shinar and Ur of the Chaldees in Genesis.

• Pietism

  [History]

  Pietism was a movement of spiritual renewal that arose within the German Lutheran Church in the late seventeenth century. It emphasized personal piety and the practice of faith in daily life over doctrinal knowledge, as well as small-group Bible meetings in which laypeople took part.

• Christian Art

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Christian art is art that expresses the Christian faith and the narratives of the Bible in visual forms such as painting, sculpture, mosaic, stained glass, and architecture. It has been used to adorn places of worship and to teach the faith.

• Psalm 115

  [Bible]

  Psalm 115 is a hymn of praise that contrasts the powerlessness of man-made idols with the LORD who is in heaven, calling God's people to give glory to God alone and to trust in the LORD. It is one of the Hallel psalms (Psalms 113–118).

• Righteousness

  [Bible]

  Righteousness is a central biblical concept referring to the character and acts of God and to a right relationship between God and human beings. In the New Testament, especially in the Pauline epistles, it develops into the teaching of righteousness received by faith, that is, justification.

• Euodias

  [People]

  Euodias was a woman believer in the church at Philippi, mentioned in the New Testament Epistle to the Philippians. Paul urged her and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord (Philippians 4:2).

• Baptism by Immersion

  [Worship & Rites]

  Baptism by immersion is a mode of baptism in which the person's whole body is submerged in water and then raised up again. In Korea, certain denominations, including Baptist churches and churches of the Full Gospel (Pentecostal) tradition, follow this practice.

• Worship Team

  [Christian Life]

  A worship team is a ministry group within a church that leads the congregation's singing in worship services and gatherings through vocals and instruments. It typically consists of vocalists along with keyboard, guitar, bass, and drums.

• Proverbs

  [Bible]

  Proverbs is an Old Testament book of wisdom literature whose 31 chapters contain short instructions and maxims gathered chiefly under the name of Solomon. It presents the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom.