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Food Offered to Idols
[Bible]Food offered to idols is a biblical term for food, especially meat, that had been sacrificed to pagan gods. Through the warnings of the Old Testament and the New Testament discussion in 1 Corinthians 8–10, it is treated as a matter of the believer's conscience and fellowship.
Tribe of Judah
[Bible]The tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, made up of the descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. It was the central tribe of the Davidic royal house and of the southern kingdom of Judah, and the New Testament presents Jesus as a descendant of this tribe.
Battle of Qarqar
[History]The Battle of Qarqar was fought in 853 BC at Qarqar, near the Orontes River in Syria, between the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III and a coalition of twelve kings that included Damascus, Hamath, and Israel. Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, is recorded as a participant.
Ju Nam-seon
[People]Ju Nam-seon (朱南善, 1888–1951) was a Presbyterian minister who served in Geochang, South Gyeongsang Province, Korea. He took part in the March First Movement and was imprisoned for refusing to participate in Shinto shrine worship. After Korea's liberation from Japanese rule, he helped found Korea Theological Seminary (Koryo Seminary) and served as the first chairman of its board of trustees.
Scroll
[Bible]A scroll is an ancient form of book made from long strips of papyrus or animal skin joined together, written on, and stored rolled up. In Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Revelation, and elsewhere, it appears as a symbol of God's word and revelation.
Yi Se-jong
[People]Yi Se-jong (李世鍾) was a Korean lay Christian who, during the Japanese colonial period in Hwasun, South Jeolla Province, read the Bible, gave away his property, and lived a life of asceticism and voluntary poverty. He was known as "Yi Gong" (李空, "Yi the Empty") and is remembered as the teacher of Yi Hyeon-pil.
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."
Genesis 31
[Bible]Genesis 31 is the chapter in which Jacob, at God's direction, secretly leaves Laban's household with his wives, children, and possessions. Laban pursues him, and after a dispute at Mount Gilead the two make a covenant, marked by a heap of stones as a witness, and then part ways.
Genesis 42
[Bible]During a famine, Joseph's ten older brothers travel to Egypt to buy grain and bow before Joseph, who has become governor of the land. Accused of being spies, they return home, leaving Simeon behind as a hostage.
Eric Liddell
[People]Eric Liddell (1902–1945) was a Scottish athlete and missionary. At the 1924 Paris Olympics he declined to run in the 100 meters heats, which were held on a Sunday, and went on to win the gold medal in the 400 meters. He later served as a missionary in China and died in a Japanese internment camp.
Paek Hong-jun
[People]Paek Hong-jun (1848–1893) was an early Korean Protestant from Uiju, North Pyongan Province. Baptized in Manchuria by a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, he was among the first Koreans to receive Protestant baptism, and he spread the gospel throughout the Uiju region as a colporteur and evangelist.
Choi Heung-jong
[People]Choi Heung-jong (崔興宗, 1880–1966) was a Presbyterian minister and independence activist from Gwangju, Korea. He devoted his life to caring for people with Hansen's disease (leprosy), beggars, and tuberculosis patients, and he became known as "the father of beggars and lepers." His pen name was Obang (五放).
Wiley Forsythe
[People]Wiley Hamilton Forsythe (1873–1918) was an American medical missionary sent to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the United States (Southern Presbyterian Church); his Korean name was Bo Wi-ryeom. In 1909 he brought a woman with leprosy whom he had found collapsed by the roadside to Gwangju, an act widely regarded as the beginning of ministry to people with Hansen's disease in the Gwangju region.
1 Samuel 3
[Bible]1 Samuel 3 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the boy Samuel, who is growing up at the tabernacle in Shiloh, four times during the night and announces judgment on the house of Eli. After these events, Samuel becomes known throughout all Israel as a prophet.
Emerging Church
[History]The emerging church was a church-renewal movement that arose in the Western evangelical world, particularly in the United States, from the late 1990s through the 2000s. It sought forms of worship, community, and mission suited to postmodern culture, and it spread not as a denomination but as a loose "conversation."
'80 World Evangelization Crusade
[History]The '80 World Evangelization Crusade was a large interdenominational evangelistic gathering held August 12–15, 1980, at May 16 Plaza on Yeouido in Seoul, South Korea. It is known for its final day, when many young people resolved to commit themselves as long-term or short-term missionaries.
Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery
[History]The Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery is a foreign cemetery on the hill above Yanghwa Ferry in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. It began in 1890 with the burial of the medical missionary John Heron. It holds the graves of missionaries who worked in Korea and their families, as well as diplomats, journalists, and others.
2 Kings 3
[Bible]2 Kings 3 recounts how Jehoram king of Israel, together with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and the king of Edom, marches against rebellious Moab. When the armies run out of water in the wilderness, Elisha prophesies both water and victory. The chapter ends with Mesha king of Moab offering his firstborn son as a burnt offering.
Icon
[Doctrine & Theology]An icon is a sacred image of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the saints, or biblical events, painted on a wooden panel or similar surface and used chiefly by the Orthodox Church in worship and devotional life. Depending on the tradition, icons are regarded either as proper objects of veneration or as carrying a risk of idolatry.
Wisdom of Solomon
[Bible]The Wisdom of Solomon is a Greek work, written in the voice of Solomon, that addresses wisdom, the immortality of the righteous, and the history of the Exodus. The Catholic and Orthodox churches include it in the Old Testament canon as a deuterocanonical book, while Protestants classify it among the Apocrypha.