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• 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.

• 2 Chronicles 20

  [Bible]

  2 Chronicles 20 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, responds to an invading coalition of Moabites and Ammonites by fasting and praying, then goes out with singers leading the way and gains the victory. The chapter closes with a summary of Jehoshaphat's reign and the episode of the fleet at Ezion-geber.

• Job 13

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  Job 13 is the middle portion of Job's reply to Zophar (chapters 12–14). Job rebukes his friends as "physicians of no value" and resolves to lay his case directly before God and seek an answer from Him.

• Job 12

  [Bible]

  Job 12 begins Job's reply to Zophar's first speech. Job mocks his friends' wisdom and offers an extended hymn to the sovereignty of God, who both establishes and overthrows the world.

• Psalm 5

  [Bible]

  Psalm 5, traditionally attributed to David, is a morning prayer and an individual lament. It asks for God's righteous guidance and protection in the midst of the wicked and celebrates the joy of those who take refuge in the Lord.

• Psalm 25

  [Bible]

  Psalm 25 is a prayer psalm of twenty-two verses whose superscription attributes it to David. It asks God for protection from enemies and from shame, for instruction in his ways, and for the forgiveness of sins. The Hebrew original is known as an acrostic poem that follows the order of the alphabet.

• Psalm 34

  [Bible]

  Psalm 34 is a psalm of David that gives thanks for deliverance from danger and teaches the way of the fear of the LORD. It is an acrostic poem whose verses begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and it sings of the afflictions of the righteous and of God's deliverance.

• Topical Preaching

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Topical preaching is a method of preaching in which the preacher first selects a topic and then gathers various Scripture passages related to that topic to build an argument.

• Youth Sunday

  [Christian Life]

  Youth Sunday is a commemorative Sunday on which a church prays for its young adult generation and young adults themselves lead worship and events as an expression of their faith.

• Bell Tower

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  A bell tower is a tower or structure from which church bells are hung. It has been used to announce times of worship and prayer. In Korean churches, it long served as an architectural element symbolizing the church building.

• Election of Elders

  [Christian Life]

  The election of elders is the process by which a church chooses candidates to be set apart as elders. In Presbyterian churches, after the session passes a resolution and the presbytery grants permission, the congregational meeting holds a vote; those elected then pass a presbytery examination and are installed as elders at an ordination service.