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• Hosea 6

  [Bible]

  Hosea 6 contains a song in which the people of Israel urge one another to return to the LORD (vv. 1–3), followed by God's lament and rebuke that their steadfast love vanishes as quickly as the morning dew.

• Transfer of Membership

  [Christian Life]

  Transfer of membership is the procedure by which a church member's record is moved from one church to another when the member leaves one congregation for another. The term also refers to the certificate, or letter of transfer, that the original church issues for this purpose.

• One-to-One Discipleship

  [Christian Life]

  One-to-one discipleship is a method of spiritual nurture in which an experienced believer is paired with another church member to study the Bible together over a set period using a prescribed curriculum, with the aim of establishing the foundations of the Christian faith.

• 1 Peter 4:10–11

  [Bible Verses]

  1 Peter 4:10–11 urges believers to use the gift each has received to serve one another as stewards of God's grace. It is frequently cited in teaching on service, church offices, and stewardship.

• Deuteronomy 24:1-4

  [Bible Verses]

  A provision of the Mosaic Law forbidding a first husband to take back his divorced wife after she has married another man. Because Jesus referred to it when addressing divorce, it is frequently cited in discussions of divorce and remarriage.

• Romans 13:8–10

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which Paul urges the church in Rome to owe no one anything except the debt of loving one another and declares that love is the fulfilling of the law. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between law and love and is also invoked as a teaching about debt.

• Textual Criticism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Textual criticism is the discipline of comparing and examining biblical manuscripts, which differ slightly from one another, in order to recover the form closest to the text as originally written. It is foundational to Bible translation and exegesis.

• Imputation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Imputation is the theological concept that the sin or righteousness of one person is reckoned to another and credited to that person's account. It is used chiefly in the Protestant doctrine of justification, where it refers to the righteousness of Christ being credited to those who believe.

• Judges 15

  [Bible]

  Judges 15 recounts how Samson, whose wife has been given to another man, takes revenge on the Philistines; is bound by the men of Judah and handed over to the enemy; kills a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey; and, when he is thirsty, cries out to the LORD and receives a spring of water.

• Spiritual Direction

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Spiritual direction is a form of spiritual companionship in which a person of mature faith meets regularly with another individual to help that person discern and deepen a relationship with God in prayer and in daily life.

• Servant (Bible)

  [Bible]

  In the Bible, a servant is a person bound to serve another. The term can refer to the institution of slavery in the Old Testament, and it is also used in a religious sense for those who serve God and for the servanthood of Jesus Christ.

• Romans 15

  [Bible]

  Romans 15 concludes the exhortation that the strong should bear with the weak and that Jewish and Gentile believers should receive one another. Paul then describes his ministry to the Gentiles and his plans to travel to Jerusalem, Rome, and Spain, and he asks for prayer.

• 1 Corinthians 6

  [Bible]

  1 Corinthians 6 is the chapter in which Paul rebukes the believers of the Corinthian church for bringing disputes with one another before secular courts and for sexual immorality. Because the believer's body is a member of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit, he urges them to glorify God in their bodies.

• 1 John 3

  [Bible]

  1 John 3 teaches that the children of God are revealed by a life of doing righteousness and loving one another, and it presents Christ's laying down of His life as the standard of love.

• Small Group

  [Christian Life]

  A small group is a gathering within a church in which anywhere from a few to a dozen or so members meet regularly to share Scripture, pray, and care for one another. Depending on the church and denomination, such groups go by various names, including cells and classes; Korean churches also use terms such as guyeok (district), sokhoe (class), mokjang (pasture), darakbang (upper room), and sun.

• Priesthood of All Believers

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The priesthood of all believers is the Protestant teaching that every Christian is a priest who approaches God directly through Jesus Christ, without the mediation of another person. It is also called the universal priesthood of believers.

• Bible Translations

  [Bible]

  A Bible translation renders the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of Scripture into another language. Translations differ in how closely they follow the wording of the original or render its meaning in natural modern language. Korean churches use several Korean translations, including the New Korean Revised Version, the New Korean Standard Version, the Common Translation, and the Easy Bible.

• Second Epistle of John

  [Bible]

  The Second Epistle of John is the twenty-fourth book of the New Testament, a brief letter of thirteen verses from an author who calls himself "the elder" to "the elect lady and her children." It sets forth the commandment to love one another and warns against false teachers.

• Romans 8:29–30

  [Bible Verses]

  Romans 8:29–30 is a passage in which foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification follow one another in sequence; it is commonly called the "golden chain of salvation." It is one of the texts over which Calvinism and Arminianism most frequently clash in the debate over predestination.

• Hebrews 10:25

  [Bible Verses]

  Hebrews 10:25 exhorts believers, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." The verse is widely cited as a basis for attendance at corporate worship. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been at the center of debate over whether online worship can take the place of this "assembling."