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• Hymn

  [Worship & Rites]

  A hymn is a song sung by a congregation to praise God and confess the faith; the term also refers to a book collecting such songs. In Korean Protestant churches, the term commonly refers to the common hymnal shared by many denominations.

• Thanksgiving

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Thanksgiving is a Protestant observance in which believers thank God for the year's harvest and for the grace they have received. Korean Protestant churches generally observe Thanksgiving Sunday on the third Sunday of November.

• Offering

  [Christian Life]

  An offering is money that Christians give to God as an expression of gratitude and faith, or the act of giving it. It is usually presented during the offertory in worship. In the early Korean Protestant church it was commonly called yeonbo.

• Fellowship

  [Christian Life]

  Fellowship is the communion and sharing that Christians have with God and with one another in the faith. The term translates the New Testament Greek word koinonia, which is also rendered "communion" or "participation."

• Incarnation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Incarnation is a central Christian doctrine holding that the Son of God took on a human body and was born into the world as Jesus Christ. The doctrine expresses the confession that Christ is both true God and true man.

• Contemplative Prayer

  [Controversies]

  Contemplative prayer is a form of prayer that uses few words and rests silently in the presence of God. Some embrace it as a spiritual discipline, while others regard it as a departure from biblical prayer.

• Law and Gospel

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Law and Gospel is a topic in Protestant theology concerning how God's commandments, which require obedience from human beings (the Law), are to be distinguished from and related to the message of salvation freely given through Jesus Christ (the Gospel).

• Soteriology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Soteriology is the branch of Christian theology concerned with how God saves people who are under sin. It encompasses such topics as grace and faith, justification and sanctification, and predestination and free will.

• Common Grace

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Common grace is a theological term for the grace God extends to all people and to the world, without distinction between believers and unbelievers. It is distinguished from special grace, which leads to salvation, and was developed chiefly within the Reformed tradition.

• Perseverance of the Saints

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The perseverance of the saints is the Reformed (Calvinist) doctrine that God upholds to the end those whom He has truly saved, so that they never fall away completely from the faith. Other traditions understand the matter differently.

• Prevenient Grace

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Prevenient grace is a theological term for the grace that God extends first, before a person seeks Him or believes in Him. It is especially emphasized in Wesleyan theology.

• Divine Healing

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Divine healing is the healing of illness by the power of God, or the belief in and pursuit of such healing. It is counted as a core element of both the Fourfold Gospel of the Holiness churches and the Fivefold Gospel of the Full Gospel churches.

• Praise Gathering

  [Christian Life]

  A praise gathering is a meeting that exalts God primarily through the congregation singing a series of praise songs in succession. In Korea, such gatherings spread widely among young adults under the name "praise and worship."

• Jeremiah 1:5

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse from the call narrative of Jeremiah in which God declares that He knew Jeremiah before forming him in the womb, sanctified him before he came forth, and ordained him a prophet to the nations. It is a representative verse on vocation and divine foreknowledge and is also cited in discussions of predestination and bioethics.

• Habakkuk 2:4

  [Bible Verses]

  Habakkuk 2:4, "the just shall live by his faith," is God's answer to the prophet Habakkuk. Quoted three times in the New Testament and a central basis for the Reformation doctrine of justification by faith, it is counted among the most influential verses in the Bible.

• Exodus 3:14

  [Bible Verses]

  Exodus 3:14 is the verse in which God, speaking from the flame of the burning bush, answers Moses' question about his name with "I AM THAT I AM." The text is closely tied to the meaning of the divine name Jehovah (Yahweh). Interpreters variously read it as a statement about God's being or as a promise of his presence.

• Zechariah 12:10

  [Bible Verses]

  Zechariah 12:10 is a prophecy in which God promises to pour out upon the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, so that they look on the one they pierced and mourn. Because the New Testament cites it in connection with the crucifixion and the second coming of Jesus, it is frequently discussed as a messianic prophecy.

• 1 John 3:2

  [Bible Verses]

  This verse states that believers are already children of God and that, when he appears, they will be like him and will see him as he is. It is frequently cited as a key text on the final transformation of the saints and on the "vision of God."

• Exodus 25:2

  [Bible Verses]

  Exodus 25:2 is the verse in which God, through Moses, asks Israel for offerings to build the tabernacle and directs that offerings be received only from those who give willingly from the heart. It is frequently cited as a basis for the principle that giving should be voluntary, especially in building-fund appeals and church dedication sermons.

• 1 Corinthians 12:28

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse in which Paul lists the offices and gifts that God has set in the church, beginning with apostles, prophets, and teachers. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether spiritual gifts continue today, the ranking of church offices, the basis of Presbyterian church order, and modern claims to apostleship.