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Proverbs 19
[Bible]Proverbs 19 is a chapter in the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In 29 short sayings, it addresses poverty and wealth, false witnesses, laziness, the discipline of children, and human plans in relation to the will of the LORD.
Judges 21:25
[Bible Verses]Judges 21:25 is the final verse of the Book of Judges. It sums up the disorder of the period of the judges by stating that there was no king in Israel and that every man did that which was right in his own eyes. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the monarchy, the rule of God, and moral relativism.
Nahum 1:7
[Bible Verses]Nahum 1:7 is a verse in which the prophet Nahum, while foretelling the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, confesses that the LORD is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble. It is often quoted as a word of comfort set within a prophecy of judgment.
Zechariah 7
[Bible]Zechariah 7 records how, in the fourth year of King Darius, the people of Bethel ask whether they should continue the fast of the fifth month. God answers by questioning the motive behind their fasting and calling for justice and compassion.
1 John 3
[Bible]1 John 3 teaches that the children of God are revealed by a life of doing righteousness and loving one another, and it presents Christ's laying down of His life as the standard of love.
Jonathan (Son of Shimeah)
[People]Jonathan was the son of Shimeah (Shammah), David's older brother, and thus David's nephew. He is recorded as having killed a giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot during a battle against the Philistines at Gath.
Pastoral Call
[Organization & Polity]A pastoral call is the process by which a church formally invites and receives a minister, such as a senior pastor or associate pastor, according to established procedures. The specific procedures and the body that makes the decision vary with each denomination's system of church government.
Bible Translations
[Bible]A Bible translation renders the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of Scripture into another language. Translations differ in how closely they follow the wording of the original or render its meaning in natural modern language. Korean churches use several Korean translations, including the New Korean Revised Version, the New Korean Standard Version, the Common Translation, and the Easy Bible.
2 Chronicles
[Bible]Second Chronicles is the fourteenth of the thirty-nine books of the Protestant Old Testament. Centered on the temple and worship, it records events from the reign of Solomon to the fall of the kingdom of Judah and the decree of the Persian king Cyrus permitting the return from exile.
Interdenominational
[Denominations]Interdenominational means "going beyond denominations." The term describes Christian activities, organizations, and gatherings that are not bound to any particular denomination or church body, or in which several denominations participate together.
Nestorianism
[Heresies & Cults]Nestorianism is a Christology regarded as originating with Nestorius, the fifth-century Patriarch of Constantinople. It was criticized for separating the divinity and humanity of Christ too sharply and was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431.
Ahab and Jezebel
[People]Ahab was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the ninth century BC, and Jezebel, a native of Sidon, was his queen. The books of Kings record them as the rulers who introduced Baal worship and opposed the prophet Elijah.
Absalom
[People]Absalom was the third son of King David, an Old Testament figure who rebelled against his father in an attempt to seize the throne and was killed in battle. His story is recorded chiefly in 2 Samuel.
Acts 1:4–5
[Bible Verses]In this passage the risen Jesus, before his ascension, tells the apostles not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, saying that they will soon be baptized with the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited as the starting point for the differing ways denominations understand "baptism in the Holy Spirit."
Uzziah
[People]Uzziah was an eighth-century BC king of the southern kingdom of Judah who is called Azariah in 2 Kings. He had a long reign and strengthened the nation, but when he attempted to burn incense in the temple he was struck with leprosy and lived apart until his death.
Proverbs 19:21
[Bible Verses]A proverb stating that although a person may make many plans in the heart, it is the counsel of the LORD that will ultimately stand. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between divine providence and human planning, and is often quoted at the start of a new year or before decisions about one's future.
Canaan (Son of Ham)
[People]Canaan was the fourth son of Ham, the son of Noah, and the one cursed by Noah in Genesis 9. His name later came to designate the land his descendants inhabited and the peoples descended from him.
Ephraim
[People]Ephraim was the second son born to Joseph in Egypt. His grandfather Jacob blessed him ahead of his older brother, Manasseh. He was the ancestor of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the prophetic books his name is also used for the northern kingdom of Israel.
Serug
[People]Serug is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and the great-grandfather of Abraham. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
Jabal
[People]Jabal is a figure in the line of Cain recorded in Genesis 4, the son of Lamech and Adah. Scripture describes him as "the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle."