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Tyre and Sidon
[Bible]Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician port cities on the eastern Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon. In the Old Testament they appear as trading partners of Israel and as objects of the prophets' pronouncements of judgment; in the New Testament they appear as Gentile regions reached by the ministry of Jesus.
2 Peter 2:20–22
[Bible Verses]A passage that warns, with reference to false teachers and those they have led astray, that anyone who becomes entangled again in the pollutions of the world after coming to know Christ ends up worse off than at the beginning. It is frequently cited in debates over whether a true believer can fall away from salvation.
Hosanna
[Bible]"Hosanna" is a transliteration of a Hebrew expression meaning "save now." It derives from Psalm 118, and the Gospels record it as the acclamation the crowds shouted when Jesus entered Jerusalem.
Psalm 9
[Bible]Psalm 9 is a song of thanksgiving and petition traditionally attributed to David. It praises the LORD, who judges righteously, as a refuge for the oppressed and asks Him to judge the nations.
Revelation 14
[Bible]Revelation 14 is the chapter of Revelation that presents the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000, the proclamations of the three angels, the blessing on those who die in the Lord, and two harvest visions: the reaping of grain and the gathering of grapes.
Romans 10:14–15
[Bible Verses]Romans 10:14–15 is a passage in which the apostle Paul uses a chain of questions (calling, believing, hearing, preaching, and sending) to show that people are needed to proclaim the gospel. It is frequently cited as a basis for sending missionaries and for preaching, and interpreters differ over to whom the "sending" applies.
Psalm 122:1
[Bible Verses]Psalm 122:1 is the verse in which a pilgrim declares his gladness upon hearing the invitation, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." It is regarded as a classic expression of delight in worship and is frequently used, for example, as a call to worship.
Sidon
[Bible]Sidon was a Phoenician port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, corresponding to present-day Saida in Lebanon. In the Old Testament it appears as a neighbor to the north of Israel, and in the New Testament it stands for Gentile territory.
Jehovah-shammah
[Bible]Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.
Liberation Day Commemoration Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Liberation Day Commemoration Sunday is an observance of Korean churches, held on the Sunday near August 15, Korea's National Liberation Day, to remember the nation's 1945 liberation from Japanese colonial rule and to give thanks and pray for the nation and its people.
The Korean Church and Confucianism
[History]The Korean church and Confucianism refers to the history of how Christianity, after entering the Neo-Confucian society of Joseon, clashed with and adapted to Confucian ancestral rites and the ethic of filial piety. Central to this history are the Catholic prohibition of ancestral rites and the persecutions that followed, as well as the Protestant prohibition of ancestral rites and the emergence of the memorial service.
Elementary Department
[Christian Life]The elementary department is the division of a church school (Sunday school) responsible for children of elementary school age. Also called the children's department, it provides worship and Bible instruction suited to children's level of understanding.
Acts 19
[Bible]Acts 19 records Paul's stay in Ephesus during his third missionary journey. There he baptizes disciples who had received only John's baptism, teaches for two years in the school of Tyrannus, and faces a riot stirred up by the silversmiths who made shrines of Artemis.
Great Commission
[Bible]The Great Commission is the command in which the risen Jesus instructed his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them. Its principal text is Matthew 28:18-20.
Syro-Ephraimite War
[Bible]A war in the late eighth century BC in which Rezin, king of Aram (Syria), and Pekah, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), joined forces to attack Ahaz, king of Judah. The Immanuel prophecy of Isaiah 7 was given during this crisis.
InterCP
[Heresies & Cults]InterCP is a South Korean overseas mission organization led by its director, Paul Choi (Choi Ba-ul). Since 2011, several denominations have passed resolutions calling for close observation of the group, urging members to refrain from participation, or prohibiting interaction with it. In 2022 the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapShin) declared it heretical.
1 Corinthians 1:10
[Bible Verses]In this verse Paul urges the divided church in Corinth to be "perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." Because it opens the main body of 1 Corinthians, it is frequently cited in discussions of church unity and division.
Proverbs 22:9
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 22:9 is a proverb declaring that the one with a "good eye" (KJV: "a bountiful eye"), that is, a generous person, is blessed because he shares his bread with the poor. It is frequently cited as a key verse encouraging almsgiving and sharing.
Heresy
[Heresies & Cults]In Christianity, heresy is teaching that departs from the fundamental doctrines grounded in Scripture and confessed by the historic church, or the individuals and groups that follow such teaching.
Sea of Tiberias
[Bible]The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee. In the New Testament it appears only in the Gospel of John. The name comes from Tiberias, a city built on the lake's shore.