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Isaiah the Prophet
[People]Isaiah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered in the Kingdom of Judah in the late eighth century BC and is the central figure of the Book of Isaiah. His name means "the LORD is salvation."
Cross (Christian Symbol)
[Worship & Rites]The cross is the principal emblem of Christianity, representing the death of Jesus Christ on the cross and His resurrection. It is widely used on church buildings and pulpits and in jewelry.
Christology
[Doctrine & Theology]Christology is the field of Christian theology that deals with who Jesus Christ is and what he has done. It explains the person of Christ (his divinity and humanity) and his work (atonement, resurrection, and related themes).
Tabernacle
[Bible]The Tabernacle was the portable tent of worship that the people of Israel built in the wilderness after the Exodus, following God's instructions. It was regarded as the place where God dwelt among His people, and it served as the center of Israel's worship until the Temple in Jerusalem was built.
Cross
[Doctrine & Theology]The cross was an instrument of execution in ancient Rome. In Christianity it refers to the death of Jesus Christ, who was nailed to a cross, and to the confession that his death was an atonement in which he bore sin in the place of others. It is the foremost symbol of the Christian faith.
Augustine of Hippo
[People]Augustine (354–430) was bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa and one of the foremost Church Fathers of the Western church. His teaching on grace and sin profoundly influenced the Protestant Reformers.
Charles Spurgeon
[People]Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) was an English Baptist minister. He pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London for thirty-eight years and is known as the "Prince of Preachers." His collected sermons have been translated into many languages around the world.
Seo Sang-ryun
[People]Seo Sang-ryun (1848–1926) was an early Korean Protestant from Uiju, Pyeongan Province. In Manchuria he assisted the missionary John Ross in translating the Bible into Korean, and he became the first Korean colporteur, a person who sells Bibles while evangelizing. With his younger brother Seo Gyeong-jo, he founded Sorae Church in Hwanghae Province.
Billy Graham
[People]Billy Graham (1918–2018) was an American Southern Baptist minister and mass evangelist. He is regarded as a leading representative of twentieth-century evangelicalism. His 1973 crusade on Yeouido in Seoul also had a significant impact on Korean Protestantism.
Yi Yong-do
[People]Yi Yong-do (1901–1933) was a Methodist minister and revivalist active in Korea during the Japanese colonial period and is officially recognized for his contributions to Korean independence. In the early 1930s he led revival meetings throughout the country, but critics accused him of mysticism, and he became embroiled in a heresy controversy at the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church.
Frank Schofield
[People]Frank William Schofield (1889–1970) was an English-born Canadian Presbyterian medical missionary and veterinary scientist. He is known in Korea by his Korean name, Seok Ho-pil (石虎弼). His photographs and writings made the March First Movement and the Jeamni massacre known to the world, and he is widely called the "34th National Representative."
Bang Ji-il
[People]Bang Ji-il (1911–2014) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). Beginning in 1937, he served for twenty-one years as a missionary in Shandong Province, China. After returning to Korea, he became senior pastor of Yeongdeungpo Church in Seoul and moderator of his denomination's General Assembly. Because he remained active past the age of one hundred, he was known as "the eternal active-duty minister."
Ha Yong-jo
[People]Ha Yong-jo (1946–2011) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap). He founded Onnuri Church and the Christian publisher Duranno, and he was known for cultural evangelism and for his pastoral vision of an "Acts-style church."
Revelation 21:1–4
[Bible Verses]Revelation 21:1–4 is a vision of a new heaven and a new earth, the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, and God dwelling with his people and wiping away every tear. As the final scene of the biblical story, it is among the passages most often read at funerals and services of comfort. Interpreters differ over whether the present world will pass away or be made new.
Revelation 22:18–19
[Bible Verses]A warning that if any man shall add to or take away from the words of the prophecy of this book, God shall add to him the plagues written in it and take away his part out of the book of life. Although it originally concerns keeping the Book of Revelation itself intact, the passage is widely cited in support of the completeness of the whole Bible and the closure of the canon, and in refutation of claims to new revelation.
Luke 4:18-19
[Bible Verses]Luke 4:18-19 contains the words Jesus read from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth and proclaimed as the purpose of his ministry. Because the passage speaks of bringing the gospel to the poor, the captives, the blind, and the oppressed, interpreters have long debated whether it refers to spiritual salvation alone or also includes social liberation.
John 14:12–14
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Jesus says that whoever believes in him will do the works he does and "greater works than these shall he do," and promises to do whatever is asked in his name. Discussion centers on what the "greater works" are and on what it means to pray in Jesus' name.
Isaiah 41:10
[Bible Verses]God's promise, "Fear thou not; for I am with thee," in which He pledges to strengthen His people and uphold them with the right hand of His righteousness. It is one of the most widely cited verses of comfort for believers facing anxiety and fear.
Exodus 3:14
[Bible Verses]Exodus 3:14 is the verse in which God, speaking from the flame of the burning bush, answers Moses' question about his name with "I AM THAT I AM." The text is closely tied to the meaning of the divine name Jehovah (Yahweh). Interpreters variously read it as a statement about God's being or as a promise of his presence.
Psalm 51:10
[Bible Verses]David's prayer, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." Offered after his confession of sin, it asks God to create the heart anew. It is a classic verse of penitential prayer and is widely used in worship songs and prayer.