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Rhoda
[People]Rhoda was a young girl in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 12. When Peter, newly released from prison, knocked at the gate of the house of Mary the mother of Mark, Rhoda recognized his voice and told those gathered inside.
Geerhardus Vos
[People]Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian who taught biblical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is regarded as having laid the foundation for a "redemptive-historical" reading of Scripture, which views revelation as unfolding progressively in history.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
[People]Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) was a Russian novelist and a member of the Russian Orthodox Church. In works such as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, he explored the existence of God, human freedom, suffering, and salvation.
August Hermann Francke
[People]August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and educator. He led Halle Pietism and founded an orphanage and several schools in Halle.
Ham Tae-young
[People]Ham Tae-young (咸台永, 1873–1964) was a Presbyterian minister who had earlier served as a judicial officer of the Korean Empire. He was one of the forty-eight national representatives of the March First Movement and served as the third Vice President of the Republic of Korea.
Paul Chong Hasang
[People]Paul Chong Hasang (丁夏祥, 1795–1839) was a Catholic lay leader in late Joseon Korea. After the Sinyu Persecution, he worked to rebuild the shattered church and to bring clergy into the country. During the Gihae Persecution, he left behind the *Sang Jaesang Seo* (Letter to the Prime Minister) and was martyred. His baptismal name was Paul.
Proverbs 4
[Bible]In Proverbs 4, a father passes on to his sons the instruction he himself received and urges them to get wisdom. He contrasts the path of the righteous with the way of the wicked and teaches them to guard the heart, mouth, eyes, and feet.
Jonah 1
[Bible]Jonah 1 tells how Jonah, fleeing the LORD's command to go to Nineveh, boards a ship bound for Tarshish, is thrown into the sea during a storm, and is swallowed by a great fish.
Hoglah
[People]Hoglah was one of the five daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh, who appear in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Joshua. Together with her sisters, she asked that daughters be allowed to inherit the land of their father, who had died without sons.
Lyman Beecher
[People]Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) was a nineteenth-century American Presbyterian and Congregationalist minister and revivalist. He was a leader of the temperance movement and served as president of Lane Theological Seminary.
Nicene Creed
[Doctrine & Theology]The Nicene Creed is a confession of faith first drafted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. It summarizes the Trinitarian faith and is one of the principal ecumenical creeds, accepted by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and Protestant churches alike.
John Calvin
[People]John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French-born Reformer and theologian who ministered in Geneva, Switzerland. His Institutes of the Christian Religion laid the foundation for Reformed and Presbyterian theology.
William Scranton
[People]William Scranton (1856–1922) was an American medical missionary and minister sent to Korea by the Methodist Episcopal Church. He founded Sibyeongwon hospital in Seoul and took part in founding the Sangdong, Ahyeon, and Dongdaemun churches. His mother, Mary Scranton, founded Ewha Haktang.
Ok Han-heum
[People]Ok Han-heum (玉漢欽, 1938–2010) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong). He founded SaRang Community Church, and through his book *Called to Awaken the Laity* he spread lay discipleship training in the local church throughout Korean Christianity.
David Yonggi Cho
[People]David Yonggi Cho (1936–2021) was a Pentecostal pastor. He founded Yoido Full Gospel Church, which began in 1958 as a tent church in Daejo-dong, Seoul, and built it into the largest church in the world.
Jonah
[Bible]The Book of Jonah is the fifth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. It tells the story of the prophet Jonah, who flees from God's command but eventually proclaims judgment against Nineveh; when Nineveh repents, God relents from the disaster He had threatened.
Gospel of Mark
[Bible]The Gospel of Mark is the second book of the New Testament and the shortest of the four Gospels, recording the public ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in a swift and concise narrative.
Doxology
[Worship & Rites]A doxology is a short utterance or song of praise that gives glory to the triune God. The term refers both to the words of praise that close Scripture passages and prayers and to the brief hymns sung at the beginning or end of worship.
Jonathan Edwards
[People]Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was a Congregationalist minister and theologian in colonial British North America. A leading figure of the Great Awakening of the 1740s, he gave a systematic account of revival and of Calvinist theology in works such as A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
[People]Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who took part in the Confessing Church movement in opposition to the Nazis. He was executed in 1945 on charges of involvement in a plot to remove Hitler.