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Oswald Chambers
[People]Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) was a Scottish Baptist evangelist and Bible teacher closely associated with the Holiness movement. He is best known for *My Utmost for His Highest*, a 365-day devotional compiled by his wife from his lectures.
Paul Tillich
[People]Paul Tillich (1886–1965) was a German-born American Lutheran theologian and philosopher. One of the leading systematic theologians of the twentieth century, he is known for his "method of correlation," in which theology answers the questions raised by human existence, and for his understanding of faith as "ultimate concern."
Julian (Roman Emperor)
[People]Julian (331–363), a nephew of Constantine I, the emperor who legalized Christianity, ruled the Roman Empire from 361 to 363. Although he was raised as a Christian, after his accession he sought to revive traditional Roman religion, and the church therefore calls him "Julian the Apostate."
Marian Bottomley Hall
[People]Marian Bottomley Hall was a British-born physician and Methodist medical missionary. During the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, she worked alongside her husband, Sherwood Hall, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, providing medical care and taking part in efforts to combat tuberculosis.
Saints
[Church Offices]Saints are those who belong to God and have been set apart for him, a biblical term for all Christians who believe in Jesus Christ. In Korean Protestant churches, the corresponding term (seongdo) is used both as a general term for church members and as a form of address for members who hold no church office.
Church Café
[Christian Life]A church café is a coffee shop that a church operates inside its sanctuary building or an auxiliary building. Its main purposes are to foster fellowship among members and to provide a place of contact with local residents.
1 Peter 2:5
[Bible Verses]A verse stating that believers, as "lively stones," are built up into a spiritual house and become a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ. Together with 1 Peter 2:9, it is frequently cited as a principal basis for the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.
Jeremiah 23:29
[Bible Verses]Jeremiah 23:29 is a verse that likens the word of God to "a fire" and to "a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces." Because it appears in a passage rebuking false prophets, it is frequently cited in discussions of the power of God's word and of discerning true from false prophecy.
Proverbs 9:10
[Bible Verses]Proverbs 9:10 declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and that the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. As a key verse that brings Proverbs 1–9 to a close, it is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and knowledge.
Philippi
[Bible]Philippi was a Roman colony in eastern ancient Macedonia. The apostle Paul preached the gospel and founded a church there during his second missionary journey, and the city is the setting of Acts 16 and the Epistle to the Philippians.
Elihu
[People]Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.
Sharon
[Bible]Sharon is a coastal plain along the Mediterranean south of Mount Carmel. In the Old Testament it appears as pastureland and as a symbol of fertility and beauty, and it is best known from the phrase "the rose of Sharon" in Song of Solomon 2:1.
Ichabod
[People]Ichabod is a figure in 1 Samuel, the grandson of the priest Eli and the son of Phinehas. He was born on the day the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant, and his name is explained as meaning "the glory is departed from Israel."
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
[People]Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was a German philosopher and mathematician. A Lutheran lay scholar, he wrote the *Theodicy*, a treatment of the problem of evil and suffering, and thereby popularized the term "theodicy."
Zorah
[Bible]Zorah was a town in the lowland of Judah that appears in the Book of Joshua in the territorial lists of both Judah and Dan. It was the hometown of Manoah, the father of Samson, and is a setting for both the Samson narrative and the account of the Danite migration.
Yi Su-jeong (Evangelist)
[People]Yi Su-jeong (李樹廷, 1842–1886) was a yangban scholar of the late Joseon period. He was baptized in Tokyo, Japan, in 1883, appealed to American churches to send missionaries, and published a translation of the Gospel of Mark in mixed Korean-Chinese script.
Kim Chi-sun
[People]Kim Chi-sun (1899–1968) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and Old Testament scholar. Shortly after Korea's liberation in 1945, as senior pastor of Namdaemun Church in Seoul, he led the Three Million Revival Movement. He also founded Daehan Theological Seminary (now Anyang University). He is known as "the Jeremiah of Korea."
1 Chronicles 1
[Bible]First Chronicles 1 is a genealogy that runs from Adam through Noah and Abraham to Isaac's sons, Esau and Israel. It closes with lists of the descendants of Edom, its kings, and its chiefs.
Nehemiah 4
[Bible]Nehemiah 4 recounts how the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls met with ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and with a plot to attack the city, and how Nehemiah prayed, armed the people, and kept the work going as the builders labored with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
Psalm 23
[Bible]Psalm 23 is a six-verse poem that likens the LORD to a shepherd and to a host who prepares a banquet, expressing trust in his care and abiding presence. It bears the superscription "A Psalm of David."