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• Luke 3

  [Bible]

  Luke 3 recounts John the Baptist's preaching of a baptism of repentance and his imprisonment, the descent of the Holy Spirit and the voice from heaven at Jesus' baptism, and the genealogy of Jesus, traced back from Joseph to Adam and to God.

• Mark 2

  [Bible]

  The second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic in Capernaum, calls Levi the tax collector, and disputes with the scribes and Pharisees over fasting and the Sabbath.

• John 3

  [Bible]

  John 3 is the chapter of the Gospel of John that records the nighttime conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus about being born again, along with John the Baptist's testimony to Jesus as the one who "must increase."

• John 1

  [Bible]

  John 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of John. It contains the prologue declaring that the Word, who was in the beginning, became flesh; the testimony of John the Baptist; and the account of how Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael came to follow Jesus.

• John 20

  [Bible]

  John 20 opens with Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and recounts the appearances of the risen Jesus to Mary, to the disciples, and to Thomas. The chapter closes with a statement of the book's purpose.

• Acts 3

  [Bible]

  Acts 3 recounts how Peter and John, in the name of Jesus, raise up a man lame from birth at the temple gate called Beautiful, and how Peter then preaches to the people gathered in Solomon's Porch, calling them to repentance.

• John 21

  [Bible]

  John 21 is the final chapter of the Gospel of John. The risen Jesus appears to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, gives them a large catch of fish, and eats breakfast with them. He then asks Peter three times whether he loves him and entrusts his sheep to him. The chapter closes with the book's concluding words.

• Lord's Day

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Lord's Day is the name used in Protestantism for Sunday, the day of worship commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Keeping this day holy is called Lord's Day observance.

• Saints

  [Church Offices]

  Saints are those who belong to God and have been set apart for him, a biblical term for all Christians who believe in Jesus Christ. In Korean Protestant churches, the corresponding term (seongdo) is used both as a general term for church members and as a form of address for members who hold no church office.

• Advent

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Advent is the season that includes the four Sundays before Christmas. During Advent the church remembers the coming of Jesus Christ and awaits his return, and the church year begins with this season.

• Epiphany

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Epiphany is a Christian feast, observed on January 6, that commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world as the Son of God.

• Pentecost

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Pentecost is a church festival observed on the Sunday that falls on the fiftieth day after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus Christ (Acts 2). It is also called Pentecost Sunday.

• Church Year

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  The church year is the church's calendar, which arranges a year of worship in sequence according to the life of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit, beginning with Advent and continuing through the season after Pentecost. It is also known as the cycle of church seasons.

• Lent

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Lent is a season of the church year lasting forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays, during which Christians meditate on the sufferings of Jesus Christ and prepare for Easter through repentance and self-denial.

• Palm Sunday

  [Feasts & Seasons]

  Palm Sunday is the Sunday immediately before Easter. It commemorates the occasion when crowds carrying palm branches welcomed Jesus Christ as he entered Jerusalem. Holy Week begins on this day.

• Incarnation

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The Incarnation is a central Christian doctrine holding that the Son of God took on a human body and was born into the world as Jesus Christ. The doctrine expresses the confession that Christ is both true God and true man.

• Kingdom of God

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The kingdom of God is a Christian term for God's reign as king and for the realm over which that reign extends. It is the central theme of Jesus' proclamation. In Korean Protestant usage, it is also widely called cheonguk ("heaven").

• Eschatology

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Eschatology is the field of Christian doctrine concerned with the last things of the world and of humanity, namely death and judgment, the second coming of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the consummation of the kingdom of God.

• Acts of the Apostles

  [Bible]

  The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.

• Old Testament

  [Bible]

  The Old Testament is the first part of the Christian Bible, containing the history, law, prophecy, and poetry concerning God and Israel before the coming of Jesus Christ. Protestants accept thirty-nine books as canonical.