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Chung Kyung-ok
[People]Chung Kyung-ok (1903–1945) was a Korean Methodist minister and theologian during the Japanese colonial period. He taught systematic theology at the Methodist Theological Seminary and wrote An Introduction to Christian Theology (1939), which is regarded as the first scholarly introduction to systematic theology in Korea.
William D. Reynolds
[People]William Davis Reynolds (1867–1951), known in Korea as Yi Nul-seo, was an American missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern Presbyterian Church). He took part in translating the Bible into Korean for forty-three years and taught systematic theology at Pyongyang Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Numbers 25
[Bible]Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people. Phinehas stopped the plague and received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and God commanded Israel to strike Midian.
Eugene Bell
[People]Eugene Bell (1868–1925), known in Korean as Bae Yu-ji, was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary to Korea. He founded mission stations in Mokpo and Gwangju and opened churches, schools, and a hospital, earning the title "Father of the Honam Mission."
Deuteronomy 11
[Bible]A chapter of Deuteronomy in which Moses reminds Israel of the Exodus and the events in the wilderness and urges the people to love God and keep His commandments. It contains the promise of rain and an accompanying warning, instruction on teaching children, and the command to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Marburg Colloquy
[History]The Marburg Colloquy was a theological disputation convened by Philip I of Hesse at Marburg Castle in October 1529. Luther and Zwingli met in an effort to narrow their differences over the Lord's Supper, but they ultimately failed to agree on how Christ is present in the sacrament.
Joshua 8
[Bible]Joshua 8 recounts how, after the Achan incident, Israel captures the city of Ai by means of an ambush, and how Joshua then builds an altar on Mount Ebal and reads the law before the whole congregation.
Joshua 18
[Bible]In this chapter the congregation of Israel sets up the tabernacle of the congregation at Shiloh. Joshua then has the land surveyed for the seven tribes that have not yet received an inheritance and begins dividing it by lot. The first lot falls to the tribe of Benjamin, and the chapter records its boundaries and twenty-six cities.
Joshua 17
[Bible]Joshua 17 records the land west of the Jordan allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It recounts how the daughters of Zelophehad received an inheritance, how the Canaanites were not fully driven out, and how Joshua answered the descendants of Joseph, who complained that their land was too small, by telling them to clear the forest.
Judges 17
[Bible]Judges 17 tells how Micah, a man living in the hill country of Ephraim, had an idol made from his mother's silver, set up a shrine in his house, and installed a wandering young Levite as his household priest.
Judges 20
[Bible]Judges 20 recounts the civil war in which the tribes of Israel assemble at Mizpah and fight against the tribe of Benjamin after the death of a Levite's concubine at Gibeah. Israel is defeated twice, then wins on the third day by means of an ambush, and only 600 Benjamites survive.
Ruth 3
[Bible]Ruth 3 is the chapter in which Ruth, following Naomi's instructions, goes to the threshing floor at night and asks Boaz to take up the responsibility of a kinsman-redeemer, and Boaz promises with an oath to do so.
1 Samuel 24
[Bible]1 Samuel 24 tells how David, while being pursued by Saul, has an opportunity to kill Saul in a cave at En-gedi but instead cuts off only the skirt of his robe and lets him go. Saul acknowledges that David is more righteous than he.
2 Samuel 10
[Bible]2 Samuel 10 recounts how the envoys David sent to comfort the Ammonite king Hanun were humiliated, an insult that led Joab, Abishai, and David to defeat a coalition of Ammonite and Aramean forces.
History of the Baptists in Korea
[History]The history of the Baptists in Korea traces the Korean Baptist church from its beginnings in 1889 with the work of Malcolm Fenwick, an independent Canadian missionary, through the Korea Christian Church and the East Asia Christian Church to today's Korea Baptist Convention.
1 Kings 13
[Bible]1 Kings 13 tells of a "man of God" from Judah who prophesies the destruction of the altar at Bethel. He is then deceived by an old prophet of Bethel into disobeying God's command and is killed by a lion.
2 Kings 16
[Bible]2 Kings 16 recounts the reign of Ahaz, king of Judah. Attacked by Aram and Israel, Ahaz appeals to Assyria for help and sends tribute. He then has an altar built on the model of one he saw in Damascus and alters the altar and furnishings of the Jerusalem temple.
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Korea
[Institutions]Child Evangelism Fellowship of Korea is the Korean national organization of the international Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). An interdenominational mission organization devoted to ministry among children, it began its work in Korea in 1957 and is known for its Good News Clubs and teacher training seminars.
1 Chronicles 21
[Bible]This chapter recounts how David, provoked by Satan, numbered the people of Israel and brought a pestilence upon the nation. He then built an altar on the threshing floor of Ornan, where the plague was stayed. The site later became the location of the temple.
2 Chronicles 16
[Bible]2 Chronicles 16 covers the final years of Asa, king of Judah. Under pressure from Baasha, king of Israel, Asa made an alliance with Ben-hadad, king of Aram, and imprisoned Hanani the seer, who rebuked him for it. The chapter closes with Asa's illness, death, and burial.