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• Ann Hasseltine Judson

  Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826) was an American Baptist missionary. She served alongside her husband, Adoniram Judson, in Burma (present-day Myanmar) and is widely remembered for sustaining him while he was imprisoned.

• Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

  Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760) was an eighteenth-century German Pietist count. By receiving Moravian refugees on his estate at Herrnhut, he revived the Moravian Church, and he became a leading pioneer of Protestant foreign missions.

• Sanballat

  Sanballat was a Horonite in the Book of Nehemiah who repeatedly obstructed the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian exile as they rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.

• Positive Confession

  Positive confession is the teaching that when believers repeatedly affirm and declare God's promises aloud, those words come to pass in reality. It is chiefly associated with the Word of Faith movement.

• Baal

  Baal is a Hebrew word meaning "lord" or "master." In the Old Testament it refers to the god whom the Canaanites worshiped as a deity of rain and fertility. The name appears in Judges, Kings, and the prophetic books as the epitome of the idolatry into which Israel repeatedly fell.

• 1 Kings 16

  1 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri to Ahab.

• Acts 11:14

  The angel's words to Cornelius, as quoted by Peter when he reported Cornelius's vision to the church in Jerusalem: Cornelius and "all thy house" would be saved through the words Peter would speak. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between hearing the gospel and salvation, and of household salvation and baptism.

• Messianic Secret

  The Messianic Secret is a term in New Testament studies for the scenes in the Gospel of Mark in which Jesus repeatedly commands others not to reveal that he is the Messiah. The German theologian William Wrede gave the motif its name in the early twentieth century, and it has since become a major theme in Gospel research.

• Lectio Divina

  Lectio divina is a traditional Christian method of reading Scripture and praying in which a biblical text is read slowly and repeatedly, meditated upon, and prayed over. It is also called "divine reading" or "sacred reading."

• Joint Easter Service

  A joint Easter service is a worship service held on Easter at which multiple denominations and churches gather together. In Korea, the first such service is reported to have been held in 1947 on Namsan in Seoul, and these services are commonly held at dawn.

• Sodom and Gomorrah

  Sodom and Gomorrah were cities of the plain of the Jordan described in Genesis. They were destroyed by brimstone and fire from heaven because of their wickedness, and throughout the Bible they are repeatedly cited as an example of God's judgment.

• Period of the Judges

  The period of the Judges is the era from the death of Joshua until Saul became king, when Israel lived as a confederation of tribes without a king. God repeatedly delivered the people through judges whom He raised up. The period is recorded chiefly in the Book of Judges.

• Psalm 121:3–8

  The latter part of Psalm 121, a pilgrimage psalm, which repeatedly uses the word "keep" as it sings of the promise that the LORD, who neither slumbers nor sleeps, will keep "thee." It is frequently read during pastoral visits and at new beginnings where protection and blessing are sought.

• Ramoth-gilead

  Ramoth-gilead was a city in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. In the Old Testament it was one of the cities of refuge and a battleground repeatedly contested by the northern kingdom of Israel and Aram. King Ahab was killed in battle there.

• Tatnai

  Tatnai was the Persian governor of the region west of the Euphrates River during the reign of King Darius. He investigated the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem by the Jews who had returned from exile and reported on it to the king. He appears in Ezra 5–6.

• Jesus Prayer

  The Jesus Prayer is the short prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner," recited repeatedly. It originated in the monastic tradition of the Eastern [[정교회|Orthodox Church]].

• Orphan

  In the Bible, an orphan is a child who has lost his or her father and has no one to provide protection. Together with the widow and the stranger, the orphan is repeatedly named as one of the vulnerable whom God cares for in a special way and whom the community is obligated to protect.

• Ramoth-gilead

  Ramoth-gilead was a city in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. It was a city of refuge in the territory of the tribe of Gad, and Israel and Aram fought over it repeatedly. It is known as the place where Ahab was killed in battle and where Jehu was anointed king.

• Student Volunteer Movement

  The Student Volunteer Movement (SVM) was an interdenominational student missionary movement that began in 1886 at a student Bible conference at Mount Hermon in the United States. It recruited college students as foreign missionaries and, under the watchword "The Evangelization of the World in This Generation," is reported to have sent out some twenty thousand missionaries.

• 1973 Billy Graham Crusade in Korea

  A large-scale united evangelistic campaign held at Yeouido Plaza in Seoul from May 30 to June 3, 1973, at which the American evangelist Billy Graham preached. More than 1.1 million people are reported to have gathered on the final day.