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• Doctrine of Creation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The doctrine of creation is the Christian teaching that God made the world and everything in it out of nothing, and also the theological field that studies this teaching.

• Psalm 18

  [Bible]

  Psalm 18 is a song of David giving thanks that God delivered him from his enemies and from the hand of Saul. Calling God his rock, fortress, and shield, it praises the salvation and victory God gave the king.

• Psalm 21

  [Bible]

  Psalm 21 is a royal psalm that thanks God for granting the king his desire and for giving him victory and long life. It anticipates the king's triumph over his enemies and praises the power of God.

• Vocation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Vocation is the Protestant theological understanding that regards as God's calling not only the path of pastors and missionaries but also the work by which Christians earn their living and the settings of their everyday lives.

• Old Earth Creationism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Old earth creationism is the view that affirms God's creation of the world while accepting the billions of years that science proposes for the age of the universe and the earth. It is distinct from both young earth creationism and theistic evolution.

• Theology of the Cross

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  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."

• Psalm 50

  [Bible]

  Psalm 50 bears the superscription "A Psalm of Asaph." In it God, acting as judge, summons his people, rebukes merely formal sacrifice and hypocritical living, and calls for the sacrifice of thanksgiving and upright conduct.

• Christian Spirituality

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Christian spirituality is the relationship that Christians have with God through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit, together with the ways that relationship finds expression in prayer, Scripture, worship, and everyday life.

• Psalm 64

  [Bible]

  Psalm 64 is a psalm of David asking God for protection from enemies who secretly seek to do harm with wicked words. It closes with the confession that the tongue of the wicked turns against them, while the righteous rejoice in the LORD.

• Psalm 68

  [Bible]

  Psalm 68 is a hymn of praise that portrays God, who led His people through the wilderness, marching from Mount Sinai to His sanctuary. It calls the nations to praise the God who cares for the fatherless and widows and scatters His enemies.

• Psalm 91

  [Bible]

  Psalm 91 is a psalm of trust declaring that whoever makes God their refuge will be protected in the midst of pestilence and calamity. Verses 11–12 are known as the passage Satan quoted during the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness.

• Psalm 82

  [Bible]

  Psalm 82 is a psalm of Asaph in which God stands in "the congregation of the mighty" and rebukes those who judge unjustly, commands justice for the poor and the fatherless, and pronounces the downfall of the unjust judges.

• Psalm 94

  [Bible]

  Psalm 94 is a psalm of lament that appeals to God, the Judge of the earth, for righteous judgment against the oppression of the wicked. It closes with trust in the God who does not forsake His people.

• Psalm 104

  [Bible]

  Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise celebrating God as the one who made the heavens and the earth, the waters, and all living creatures, and who feeds and cares for them in due season. It has 35 verses.

• Psalm 106

  [Bible]

  Psalm 106 confesses Israel's repeated rebellion against God from the time of the Exodus onward and celebrates the steadfast love of God, who nevertheless remembered His covenant. The psalm concludes Book IV of the Psalms.

• Cherub

  [Bible]

  Cherubim are winged beings in the Old Testament who guard God's holy presence and throne. They appear at the entrance to the Garden of Eden, upon the Ark of the Covenant, and in Ezekiel's visions.

• Coats of Skins

  [Bible]

  The coats of skins are the garments that God made to clothe Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3:21). They stand in contrast to the aprons of fig leaves and have been interpreted both as a sign of God's care and as a foreshadowing of atonement.

• Holiness

  [Bible]

  Holiness is a central biblical concept denoting that which belongs to God and is set apart for Him. It refers first to the nature of God and extends to the people, places, times, and objects dedicated to Him, as well as to the life of His people.

• Psalm 139

  [Bible]

  Psalm 139 is a psalm of David confessing that God knows a person's every thought and way, is present everywhere, and formed each person in the womb. It closes with a prayer asking God to search the psalmist's heart.

• Psalm 147

  [Bible]

  Psalm 147 is a twenty-verse hymn of praise to God, who rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers his scattered people, governs the natural world, and gives his word to Israel.