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• Matthew 6

  [Bible]

  Matthew 6 is the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus teaches that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are not to be done to be seen by others, gives the Lord's Prayer, and urges his hearers to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness rather than wealth and anxious concerns.

• Luke 17

  [Bible]

  Luke 17 is a chapter of the Gospel of Luke in which Jesus, on the way to Jerusalem, teaches about forgiveness, faith, and the attitude of a servant; heals ten lepers; and speaks about the kingdom of God and the day of the Son of Man.

• Acts 28

  [Bible]

  Acts 28 is the closing chapter of the book of Acts. After the shipwreck, Paul comes ashore on the island of Melita and stays there three months. He then reaches Rome, proclaims the gospel to the Jewish leaders, and for two years boldly preaches the kingdom of God from a rented house.

• Hebrews 12

  [Bible]

  Hebrews 12 builds on the witnesses of faith in chapter 11 and exhorts readers to run the race with patience, looking unto Jesus. It addresses the meaning of the Lord's chastening, the warning example of Esau, the contrast between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion, and the kingdom that cannot be moved.

• Crescens

  [People]

  Crescens was a coworker of Paul who is named only once, in 2 Timothy 4:10. Scripture records only that he departed for Galatia while Paul was imprisoned in Rome.

• 2 Samuel 19

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 19 recounts how David, after Absalom's death, composes himself in his grief and returns to Jerusalem. Along the way he meets Shimei, Mephibosheth, and Barzillai in turn, and the chapter closes with Judah and Israel quarreling over their part in bringing the king back.

• 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 61

  [Bible]

  Psalm 61 is an eight-verse prayer psalm in which a psalmist whose heart is overwhelmed cries to God from the end of the earth, seeks refuge in Him, prays for the king's long life, and pledges to perform his vows daily.

• Psalm 93

  [Bible]

  A five-verse psalm of praise in Book IV of the Psalms. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and that his might is greater than the great waters and the waves of the sea.

• Psalm 145

  [Bible]

  Psalm 145 is a twenty-one-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "David's Psalm of praise." It celebrates the greatness and grace of God the King, his everlasting kingdom, and his care for all creatures.

• Isaiah 14

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 14 follows a promise of Israel's restoration with a taunt song over the fall of the king of Babylon, a declaration of judgment on Assyria, and a warning to Philistia.

• Isaiah 38

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 38 recounts how Hezekiah, king of Judah, fell mortally ill, prayed, and was granted fifteen more years of life, along with the sign of the shadow going back on the sundial. The chapter also contains the psalm of thanksgiving he wrote after his recovery.

• Zebadiah (son of Ishmael)

  [People]

  Zebadiah, the son of Ishmael and ruler of the house of Judah, lived during the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When the king established a judicial system in Jerusalem, Zebadiah was placed over "all the king's matters" (2 Chronicles 19:11).

• Josheb-basshebeth

  [People]

  Josheb-basshebeth was a Tahchemonite, the first of David's mighty men and chief of the captains, who is recorded as having slain eight hundred men at one time (2 Samuel 23:8). He is generally identified with Jashobeam of 1 Chronicles 11:11.

• Isshiah

  [People]

  Isshiah was a Levite recorded as the head (chief) among the sons of Rehabiah, the grandson of Moses. His name appears only once, in 1 Chronicles 24:21.

• High Place

  [Bible]

  A high place is an Old Testament term for a local site of sacrifice, often located on elevated ground; it translates the Hebrew word bamah. In the books of Kings, the high places frequently serve as a criterion for evaluating the faithfulness of the kings.

• Ephesians 5:5

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse warning that no whoremonger, unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the believer's holy life, the danger of covetousness, and the assurance of salvation.

• 1 Corinthians 15:22–26

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which Paul contrasts Adam with Christ to set out the order of the resurrection and to declare that death will be destroyed at the last. It is frequently discussed in debates over the millennium and in interpreting the statement that Christ "shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father," and it is often cited in Easter and funeral sermons.

• Armageddon

  [Bible]

  Armageddon is a place name that appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the place where the kings opposed to God gather in the last days for "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."

• Clerical Celibacy

  [Organization & Polity]

  Clerical celibacy is a discipline that requires members of the clergy to remain unmarried and celibate. It is most notably practiced by the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, while Protestant churches have not followed it since the Reformation.