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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.
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.
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.
John 16:33
[Bible Verses]John 16:33 is the saying with which Jesus concluded his farewell discourse after the Last Supper, telling his disciples that they would face tribulation in the world but should be of good cheer, because he had already overcome the world. The verse is frequently cited as a word of comfort in suffering and as a declaration of Christ's victory.
Isaiah 6:8
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 6:8 is the verse in which the prophet Isaiah, during his vision in the temple, hears the voice of the Lord asking whom He shall send and answers, "Here am I; send me." It is frequently cited as a text on calling, dedication, and the sending of missionaries.
Oliver R. Avison
[People]Oliver R. Avison (1860–1956; Korean name Eo Bi-sin) was a Canadian-born medical missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian). He directed Jejungwon, founded Severance Hospital and its medical school, and served as president of Chosun Christian College (Yonhi College).
Deuteronomy 24:16
[Bible Verses]Deuteronomy 24:16 is a provision of the Mosaic Law forbidding that children be put to death for the sins of their parents, or parents for the sins of their children. The verse expresses the principle of individual responsibility for sin. It is frequently cited in discussions of its relationship to the phrase "the third and fourth generation" in the Ten Commandments and in debates over the generational curse theory.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
[Bible Verses]A provision of the Mosaic Law forbidding a first husband to take back his divorced wife after she has married another man. Because Jesus referred to it when addressing divorce, it is frequently cited in discussions of divorce and remarriage.
Deuteronomy 11:13–21
[Bible Verses]Moses' exhortation promising timely rain and abundant harvests for obedience and warning of drought and destruction for serving other gods. It urges Israel to lay God's words on the heart and body, in the home, and in the teaching of children. It is the second section of the Jewish Shema and is often cited in discussions of faith formation and of the relationship between obedience and blessing.
Roman Empire
[History]The Roman Empire was a state that ruled the Mediterranean world, beginning with the accession of Augustus in 27 BC. It forms the historical background of the New Testament. After persecuting Christianity, it legalized the faith in the fourth century and later made it the state religion.
Higgaion
[Bible]Higgaion is a Hebrew word that appears together with "Selah" in Psalm 9:16. It is thought to be either a musical term or a word indicating meditation, but its precise meaning is uncertain.
Novatian
[People]Novatian was a third-century presbyter and theologian of the church at Rome. He took a rigorist position on whether to readmit those who had renounced the faith during persecution, broke with Cornelius, bishop of Rome, and formed a separate church community.
Cross (Christian Symbol)
[Worship & Rites]The cross is the principal emblem of Christianity, representing the death of Jesus Christ on the cross and His resurrection. It is widely used on church buildings and pulpits and in jewelry.