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• Church Bazaar

  [Christian Life]

  A church bazaar is a church event at which members sell donated or handmade goods and food, using the proceeds for relief, missions, or church projects.

• 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 120

  [Bible]

  A short poem of seven verses in Book V of the Psalms and the first of the fifteen "Songs of Ascents." The psalmist prays for deliverance from a lying tongue and laments the distress of living among those who hate peace.

• Commandment

  [Bible]

  A commandment is a biblical term for the commands God gave to his people. It encompasses the Ten Commandments and the provisions of the law in the Old Testament, as well as the commandments of love that Jesus summarized in the New Testament.

• Nehemiah 1:4

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse recounting how Nehemiah, on hearing that the wall of Jerusalem had been broken down, wept, mourned, fasted, and prayed for many days. It is frequently cited as an example of prayer that takes a community's suffering as one's own, and of the preparation that precedes action.

• Psalm 100:4–5

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage that calls worshipers to enter the temple gates and courts with thanksgiving and praise and to exalt God (v. 4), and that gives the reason: God's goodness, steadfast love, and faithfulness (v. 5). It is frequently used in Thanksgiving sermons and as a call to worship.

• 1 Chronicles 16:34

  [Bible Verses]

  A verse from the song of thanksgiving that David appointed to be sung after the Ark of the Covenant was installed in Jerusalem. It confesses God's goodness and everlasting mercy as the grounds for giving thanks. Because it was a recurring refrain in Old Testament worship, it is frequently quoted in thanksgiving services.

• Romans 15:13

  [Bible Verses]

  A prayer-wish that Paul addressed to the church in Rome, asking that "the God of hope" fill believers with all joy and peace in believing and make them abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. The verse is widely quoted as a short word of blessing.

• Hebrews 12:1–2

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage that likens the Christian life to a race. It urges believers, remembering the witnesses of faith, to lay aside every weight and sin and to run with patience, "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." It is frequently cited in discussions of perseverance amid suffering.

• Jeremiah 21

  [Bible]

  A chapter set during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, in which King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to entreat the LORD for deliverance and Jeremiah instead announces the city's fall, declaring that those who surrender will live.

• Ezekiel 43

  [Bible]

  A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It describes the departed glory of the LORD returning through the east gate and filling the temple, and it gives the measurements of the altar of burnt offering and the ordinances for its seven-day consecration.

• Ezekiel 47

  [Bible]

  A chapter in Ezekiel's vision of the new temple in which water flowing from beneath the temple threshold grows into an ever-deepening river that brings life to the land and the sea. The chapter then sets the boundaries of the land to be divided among the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Ezekiel 46

  [Bible]

  A chapter in the Book of Ezekiel's vision of the new temple. It sets out the order of worship for the prince and the people on Sabbaths, new moons, and appointed feasts, along with the daily morning burnt offering, regulations governing the prince's grants of land, and the temple kitchens where the sacrifices are boiled.

• Matthew 21

  [Bible]

  A chapter in which Jesus rides a donkey into Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, and causes a fig tree to wither, then confronts the religious leaders in a dispute over his authority and through the parables of the two sons and the wicked tenants.

• Mark 2:27–28

  [Bible Verses]

  In a dispute over the Sabbath, Jesus declares that "the sabbath was made for man" and identifies himself as Lord of the Sabbath. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of the purpose of the Sabbath commandment, Lord's Day observance, and interdenominational debates over Sabbath keeping.

• Catacombs

  [History]

  The catacombs are underground cemeteries used in ancient Rome and elsewhere by early Christians, Jews, and others. Widely known as a symbol of faith in the age of persecution, they are studied as evidence of the burial customs and art of the early church.

• Genesis 42

  [Bible]

  During a famine, Joseph's ten older brothers travel to Egypt to buy grain and bow before Joseph, who has become governor of the land. Accused of being spies, they return home, leaving Simeon behind as a hostage.

• Sunday School Movement

  [History]

  The Sunday school movement was a church education movement that spread Sunday schools, which teach the Bible to children and adults on the Lord's Day. In Korea, the movement centered on the Korea Sunday School Association, organized in 1922.

• Park Sin-il

  [People]

  Park Sin-il was the wife of Sohn Jeong-do, a Methodist minister and Korean independence activist during the Japanese colonial period. She is known as a pastor's wife who supported her family through her own labor, sustaining her husband's theological studies and his independence work both in Korea and abroad.

• Pastor

  [Church Offices]

  In Protestantism, a pastor is an ordained minister responsible for preaching, administering the sacraments, and caring for church members. Qualifications and ordination procedures vary by denomination.