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Love of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The love of God refers to the goodwill and self-giving disposition that God extends to His creatures, especially to human beings. In Christian theology it is treated as one of the attributes of God.
Doctrine of God
[Doctrine & Theology]The doctrine of God (theology proper) is the branch of systematic theology that addresses who God is: His existence, names, attributes, and triune nature, together with His works such as creation and providence.
Divine Simplicity
[Doctrine & Theology]Divine simplicity is the doctrine that God is not a being composed of multiple parts or elements and that God's attributes are identical with His essence itself.
Preexistence of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The preexistence of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ existed with the Father before his human birth and before creation.
Psalm 17
[Bible]Psalm 17 is a fifteen-verse psalm of petition bearing the superscription "A Prayer of David." The psalmist pleads his innocence, asks to be protected from his enemies, and closes with the hope of beholding God's face.
Sealing of the Holy Spirit
[Doctrine & Theology]The sealing of the Holy Spirit is the New Testament teaching that God gives the Holy Spirit to believers to mark them as His own possession and to guarantee their salvation. It is also called the seal of the Spirit.
Psalm 38
[Bible]Psalm 38 is a lament in which David, sick in body and soul because of his sin, forsaken by his friends, and harassed by his enemies, confesses his sin to God and pleads for help. It is counted among the seven Penitential Psalms.
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.
Worship Music
[Doctrine & Theology]Worship music is music sung or played in Christian worship to praise God, respond to his Word, and enable the congregation to confess its faith together. It includes hymns, gospel songs, choir anthems, and instrumental music.
Seventieth Birthday Thanksgiving Service
[Christian Life]A seventieth birthday thanksgiving service is a worship service in which a person who has reached his or her seventieth birthday, together with the family, gives thanks to God for the life lived thus far. Korean Protestant churches have practiced it as a Christian rite that transforms the traditional seventieth birthday feast.
Psalm 103
[Bible]Psalm 103 is a twenty-two-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist urges his own soul to bless the LORD, celebrates God's mercy in forgiving sin, and then calls on all creation to join in praise.
Psalm 111
[Bible]Psalm 111 is a ten-verse hymn of praise that gives thanks to God while remembering His works and His covenant. It is an acrostic poem arranged according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet, and it closes with the confession that "the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."
Psalm 112
[Bible]Psalm 112 is a ten-verse wisdom psalm that celebrates the blessings of the person who fears the LORD and delights in His commandments. It describes that person's steadfast life and the righteousness shown in giving to the poor, and it closes with the perishing of the desire of the wicked.
Psalm 110
[Bible]Psalm 110 is a seven-verse royal psalm bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." In it the LORD seats "my Lord" at His right hand and establishes him as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. It is one of the psalms most frequently quoted in the New Testament.
Psalm 101
[Bible]Psalm 101 is an eight-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David," in which the king pledges before God to govern his own life, his household, and his kingdom with integrity.
Psalm 136
[Bible]Psalm 136 is a psalm of thanksgiving in which all 26 verses end with the refrain "for his mercy endureth for ever." It calls worshipers to give thanks to God by recounting, in turn, creation, the Exodus, the conquest of Canaan, and God's deliverance of his people.
Conscience
[Bible]Conscience is a biblical term for the inner awareness by which a person reflects on and knows the rightness or wrongness of his or her own conduct. It appears chiefly in the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament.
1 Corinthians 15:58
[Bible Verses]The verse with which Paul concludes 1 Corinthians 15, his chapter on the resurrection. On the basis of the resurrection hope, it urges believers to stand firm and give themselves fully to the work of the Lord. Because it declares that labor in the Lord is not in vain, it is frequently cited to encourage those who serve and hold office in the church.
Isaiah 6:8
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 6:8 is the verse in which the prophet Isaiah, during his vision in the temple, hears the voice of the Lord asking whom He shall send and answers, "Here am I; send me." It is frequently cited as a text on calling, dedication, and the sending of missionaries.
Luke 15:20
[Bible Verses]Luke 15:20 is the verse in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in which the father sees his returning younger son from a distance, runs to him, embraces him, and kisses him. Because the father reaches his son before the son confesses his wrongdoing, the verse is widely cited as an illustration of God's grace and forgiveness.