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2 Chronicles 26
[Bible]2 Chronicles 26 recounts the fifty-two-year reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. He strengthened the nation through warfare and building, but he grew proud and attempted to burn incense in the temple himself. He was struck with leprosy and lived alone in a separate house until his death.
Sign
[Bible]A sign (Korean pyojeok, 標蹟) is a token that God displays to reveal His will and power, or the authority of one He has sent. The Gospel of John calls the miracles of Jesus "signs" and records them as evidence intended to lead people to faith.
2 Chronicles 27
[Bible]2 Chronicles 27 is a brief account of the sixteen-year reign of Jotham, king of Judah. It records that he did what was right, as his father Uzziah had done, built cities and fortifications, and defeated the Ammonites and received tribute from them. It closes with his death and the accession of his son Ahaz.
Jotham
[People]Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was a king of Judah who reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem in the mid-eighth century BC. Scripture assesses him as a king who did what was right in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 5
[Bible]2 Kings 5 tells how Naaman, commander of the army of Aram, is healed of leprosy after washing seven times in the Jordan River as Elisha instructed. It continues with the account of Gehazi, who secretly accepts gifts and is struck with leprosy.
Hazeroth
[Bible]Hazeroth was an encampment where the Israelites stopped after Kibroth-hattaavah during their wilderness journey following the Exodus. It was the site where Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses and where Miriam was stricken with leprosy.
Numbers 12
[Bible]Numbers 12 recounts how Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses over his Cushite wife, how God affirms Moses' unique standing, and how Miriam is struck with leprosy and shut out of the camp for seven days.
Abana and Pharpar
[Bible]Abana and Pharpar are two rivers of Damascus that Naaman, the commander of the Aramean army, compared with the Jordan River in 2 Kings 5.
A. W. Tozer
[People]A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA). He is widely known for books emphasizing a deep relationship with God, such as The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy.
Thomas à Kempis
[People]Thomas à Kempis was a German-born monk who lived and worked in the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. He is known as the author of The Imitation of Christ, a devotional book that has been widely read across denominational lines.
Youth With A Mission Korea (Yesu Jeondodan)
[Institutions]Yesu Jeondodan (YWAM Korea) is an interdenominational mission organization founded in 1973 by David E. Ross, an American Southern Presbyterian missionary, out of a university student fellowship. Since 1980 it has operated as the Korean branch of the international mission organization Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
Healing of the Man with a Withered Hand
[Bible]The healing of the man with a withered hand is a miracle in which Jesus, on the Sabbath, healed a man in a synagogue whose hand was withered. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, where it gives rise to a controversy over the Sabbath and prompts a plot to kill Jesus.
Medium (One Who Has a Familiar Spirit)
[Bible]In the Old Testament, a medium (KJV: one who has a familiar spirit) is a person who claims to communicate with the spirits of the dead or with other spirits and who consults or summons them. The Law forbade seeking out such people.
Healing of the Deaf Man with a Speech Impediment
[Bible]The healing of the deaf man with a speech impediment is a miracle in which Jesus, in the region of the Decapolis, healed a man who could not hear and could not speak properly by saying "Ephphatha." It appears only in Mark 7:31-37.
R. A. Torrey
[People]R. A. Torrey (1856–1928) was an American Congregational minister, revivalist, educator, and author. He worked alongside Dwight L. Moody and served as the first superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute and as dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles.
Pastoral Call
[Organization & Polity]A pastoral call (Korean cheongbing, 請聘) is the process by which a church formally invites and receives a minister, such as a senior pastor or associate pastor, according to established procedures. The specific procedures and the body that makes the decision vary with each denomination's system of church government.
2 Corinthians 9:7
[Bible Verses]A verse instructing each person to give as he has decided in his heart, "not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." It is a key text on the proper attitude toward giving and is cited in the tithing debate as a basis for voluntary offerings.
2 Peter 3:8–9
[Bible Verses]A passage declaring that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day, and that the Lord is not slack concerning His promise because He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. It answers the problem of the delay of the Second Coming and has also been drawn into debates over the length of the creation days and attempts to calculate the end times.
Revelation 20:4–6
[Bible Verses]A passage describing how the martyrs and those who had not worshiped the beast "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." It is the only text in Scripture that directly mentions the millennium, and it stands at the center of the eschatological debate among premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism.
Proverbs 31:30
[Bible Verses]A verse declaring that charm and beauty are vain but that a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised; it forms the conclusion of the poem of the "virtuous woman" at the end of Proverbs. It is frequently cited as a model of the woman of faith, and interpreters differ on how that portrait should be understood.