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• Hosea 6:6

  [Bible Verses]

  A declaration that God desires steadfast love rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Jesus quoted the verse twice in disputes with the Pharisees, and it is a key text on the relationship between worship and life, and between ritual and love.

• Micah 6:8

  [Bible Verses]

  A declaration that what God requires of people is to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. It is widely cited as a summary of prophetic faith, which places the conduct of life ahead of sacrifice.

• 1 Samuel 16:7

  [Bible Verses]

  1 Samuel 16:7 records the words God spoke to Samuel before David was anointed king: "For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." The verse is widely cited as a lesson against judging people by their appearance or circumstances.

• Psalm 46:10

  [Bible Verses]

  Psalm 46:10 records God's declaration, "Be still, and know that I am God." The verse is often used as a text for quiet meditation and waiting on God, though some point out that in context it is a command to the warring nations to cease.

• Genesis 15:1-6

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which God promises the childless Abram descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven, and Abram's belief in that promise is counted to him for righteousness. Because Paul cites it in arguing for justification by faith, it is regarded as a key text for the doctrine of justification.

• Dagon

  [Bible]

  Dagon is a god worshiped by the Philistines in the Old Testament. He appears in the story of Samson and in the account of the Ark of the Covenant being placed in the temple of Dagon at Ashdod.

• Cup of Wrath

  [Bible]

  The cup of wrath is a biblical image that likens the judgment and anger God sends to a cup of wine that people must drink. It appears in the Old Testament prophets and the Psalms and carries into the New Testament in the prayer in Gethsemane and the Book of Revelation.

• Blasphemy

  [Bible]

  Blasphemy is the dishonoring of God's name and majesty by word or deed. The Old Testament law punished it with death, and in the Gospels Jesus is accused of this offense.

• Agnus Dei

  [Worship & Rites]

  Agnus Dei is Latin for "Lamb of God." The name refers to a short prayer and chant addressed to Christ during the Eucharist, asking for His mercy and peace.

• Missio Dei

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Missio Dei (Latin for "the mission of God") is a concept in the theology of mission holding that the agent of mission is not the church but the triune God, and that the church is a community sent to participate in that mission.

• Obedience

  [Christian Life]

  Obedience is hearing God's will and word and acting accordingly. Protestants generally understand it as a believer's response in life that flows from faith.

• Moral Law

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Moral law is a theological term for the part of the Old Testament law that expresses God's moral will and applies to all people regardless of era or nation; it is commonly held to be summarized in the Ten Commandments.

• Theotokos

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Theotokos is a Greek term meaning "the one who gave birth to God." It is a title for Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was formally affirmed by the Council of Ephesus in 431.

• Fear of the Lord

  [Bible]

  The fear of the Lord is a biblical expression for an attitude of fearing, revering, and obeying God. Old Testament wisdom literature calls it the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.

• 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.

• Providence

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Providence is the Christian doctrine that God preserves and governs the world he created and guides it according to his will. Many Protestant denominations confess it in common, though traditions differ in explaining how it relates to human freedom.

• John 3:16

  [Bible Verses]

  John 3:16 declares that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should have everlasting life. Widely regarded as a summary of the gospel, it is the best-known verse in the Bible. Calvinism and Arminianism interpret the scope of "the world" and "whosoever believeth" differently.

• Romans 5:8

  [Bible Verses]

  Romans 5:8 reads: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." It is a representative verse for the teaching that God's love precedes any human worthiness, and it is also connected to debates in the doctrine of the atonement over how the cross is to be understood.

• Immanuel

  [Bible]

  Immanuel is a Hebrew name meaning "God is with us." It first appears as the name of a child given as a sign in Isaiah 7:14, and Matthew 1:23 applies it to the birth of Jesus.

• Chemosh

  [Bible]

  Chemosh is a foreign deity presented in the Old Testament as the god worshiped by the Moabites. Scripture records that Solomon built a high place for Chemosh on the hill before Jerusalem and that King Josiah later defiled it.