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• Satan

  [Bible]

  Satan is the name the Bible gives to an evil spiritual being who opposes and accuses God and His people. The Hebrew word means "adversary," and the New Testament uses it interchangeably with "the devil."

• Alabaster Box

  [Bible]

  An alabaster box is a small stone vessel for holding perfumed ointment. It is best known from the Gospel accounts of a woman who poured costly ointment from an alabaster box on Jesus.

• Redeemer

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  A redeemer is one who pays a price to recover a person or property that has been sold or bound. In Christianity, the term is a title for God, and especially for Jesus Christ, who delivers humanity from sin and death.

• Spikenard

  [Bible]

  Spikenard, or nard, is a costly aromatic ointment made from a plant of the Himalayan region. It is best known as the ointment a woman of Bethany poured on Jesus, and it also appears in the Song of Solomon.

• Penal Substitutionary Atonement

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Penal substitutionary atonement is an understanding of the atonement which holds that Jesus Christ died on the cross bearing, in the sinner's place, the punishment from God that the sinner deserved, and that God's justice was thereby satisfied and the forgiveness of sins accomplished.

• Peter's Vision of the Sheet

  [Bible]

  The vision the apostle Peter received while praying in Joppa, in which a great sheet containing unclean animals was let down from heaven (Acts 10). It led to the acceptance of the Gentile Cornelius.

• Crown

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  In the Bible, a crown is placed on the head of one who has won a victory or endured faithfully. In Protestantism it is used chiefly as a symbol of the honor and reward God has promised to the saints.

• Fishers of Men

  [Bible]

  A phrase Jesus used when He called disciples who were fishermen on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It likens the work of bringing people to God to catching fish and appears in Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17.

• Eliam

  [People]

  Eliam is a name that appears twice in 2 Samuel: once for the father of Bathsheba, and once for the son of Ahithophel, one of David's mighty men. The text does not state directly whether the two are the same person.

• Judges 11

  [Bible]

  Judges 11 tells how Jephthah the Gileadite, who had been driven from his home, is made leader of Gilead, defeats the Ammonites, and loses his only daughter because of a vow he made before the victory.

• Psalm 7

  [Bible]

  Psalm 7 is a lament attributed to David in which the pursued psalmist declares his innocence before God in the manner of an oath, asks God, the righteous Judge, to render judgment, and vows to give praise.

• Psalm 6

  [Bible]

  Psalm 6 is an individual lament traditionally attributed to David. The psalmist, sick and beset by enemies, pleads for God's mercy rather than his wrath and weeps through the night, then closes in confidence that his prayer has been answered.

• James (Brother of Jesus)

  [People]

  James is recorded as a brother of Jesus and became the leader of the church in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection. Church tradition identifies him as the author of the Epistle of James.

• Acts 10

  [Bible]

  Acts 10 is the chapter in which Cornelius, a Roman centurion at Caesarea, and the apostle Peter each receive a vision and then meet, after which the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles listening to Peter's sermon and they are baptized.

• 2 Peter 1

  [Bible]

  The first chapter of 2 Peter. After the greeting, it urges believers to add virtue, knowledge, and other qualities to their faith. It also grounds the apostle's testimony in what he saw on the mount of the Transfiguration and addresses the authority of prophecy spoken by men moved by the Holy Spirit.

• Evangelist (Jeondosa)

  [Church Offices]

  In Korean Protestant churches, an evangelist (jeondosa) is a minister who serves in a congregation before ordination as a pastor and is responsible for duties such as education, pastoral visitation, and preaching. The position is usually held by theological students or seminary graduates.

• 2 Peter

  [Bible]

  Second Peter is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, a three-chapter letter written in the name of the apostle Peter. It warns against false teachers and urges believers to live godly lives as they await the return of Christ.

• 1 Corinthians 10:31

  [Bible Verses]

  1 Corinthians 10:31 reads, "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (KJV). As a proof text for the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, it serves almost as a motto of the Reformed faith and is widely cited as a passage on the holiness of everyday life and work.

• Mark 1:15

  [Bible Verses]

  Mark 1:15, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel," is Jesus' first proclamation in the Gospel of Mark. It is regarded as a summary of Jesus' entire teaching, and scholars have long debated whether the kingdom of God has already come or is yet to come.

• James (Son of Zebedee)

  [People]

  James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts, he was killed with the sword by King Herod, and he is the only one of the Twelve whose martyrdom is recorded in Scripture.