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• Pastoral Theology

  Pastoral theology is a branch of practical theology that examines, from a theological standpoint, the principles and practice of pastoral ministry, in which pastors teach, care for, and lead their congregations.

• Theology of Worship

  The theology of worship is the field of theology that examines what worship is, and why and how it is offered, in light of Scripture and church tradition. It is treated as a branch of practical theology.

• Phoenicia

  Phoenicia was the region of port cities such as Tyre and Sidon on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, in what is now Lebanon. The New Korean Revised Version renders the name "Benige." In the Old Testament the region appears mainly under the names of its cities, Tyre and Sidon.

• Alexander (Jew of Ephesus)

  Alexander was a Jew whom the Jews put forward before the crowd during the riot at Ephesus described in Acts 19. He motioned with his hand to make a defense, but when the crowd recognized him as a Jew, they cried out to Artemis for about two hours, and he was unable to speak.

• Rephidim

  Rephidim was a wilderness encampment where the Israelites stopped after the Exodus, just before reaching the wilderness of Sinai. It was the site of the water from the rock and of the battle with Amalek.

• Genesis 28

  Genesis 28 recounts how Jacob, fleeing his brother Esau on his way to his uncle Laban, dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven, receives God's promise, names the place Bethel, and makes a vow.

• Honorary Elder

  An honorary elder is a person who holds the title of elder without currently serving on the session. The term refers either to a retired elder honored after reaching the mandatory retirement age or to a person granted the title alone in recognition of service.

• Pastoral Retirement

  Pastoral retirement is a pastor's withdrawal from active ministry in the church, such as service as senior pastor, either upon reaching the mandatory retirement age or by the pastor's own choice. A pastor who has withdrawn in this way is called a retired pastor.

• Psalm 122

  Psalm 122 is one of the Songs of Ascents. In nine verses it celebrates a pilgrim's joy at reaching Jerusalem and calls for prayer for the peace of Jerusalem.

• Luz

  Luz was the earlier name of the city that Jacob renamed Bethel. It appears in Genesis, Joshua, and Judges; Judges also mentions a different city of the same name founded in the land of the Hittites.

• Arnon

  The Arnon is a river that flows through a deep valley into the Dead Sea from the east. In the Old Testament it frequently appears as the boundary between Moab and the Amorites, and later between Moab and Israel (the tribe of Reuben).

• 2 Kings 2:11

  In this scene, as Elijah walks with Elisha, a chariot of fire and horses of fire part the two men, and Elijah goes up by a whirlwind into heaven. The verse is frequently cited in connection with an ascension without death, the passing of Elijah's ministry to Elisha, and the expectation that Elijah will return.

• Genesis 28:20-22

  The vow Jacob made after his dream at Bethel, promising that if God would keep him, the LORD would be his God and he would give a tenth of all he received. The passage is often cited as an example of tithing before the Mosaic Law, and interpreters differ over the nature of a vow made with conditions attached.

• Bethel

  Bethel, meaning "house of God," is a place in the land of Canaan. Jacob encountered God there in a dream, and after the division of the kingdom it became the site of one of the northern kingdom of Israel's golden calf altars.

• Textual Criticism

  Textual criticism is the discipline of comparing and examining biblical manuscripts, which differ slightly from one another, in order to recover the form closest to the text as originally written. It is foundational to Bible translation and exegesis.

• Samothrace

  Samothrace is an island in the northern Aegean Sea. It appears once in Scripture, in Acts 16:11, as the place where Paul and his companions stopped for a night while crossing from Troas to Macedonia.

• Great Sea

  The Great Sea, meaning "the great sea," is a biblical place name for the present-day Mediterranean Sea, which lies west of the land of Canaan. The name appears mainly in passages that describe the western boundary of the Promised Land.