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• God-fearers

  [Bible]

  "God-fearers" is a term for Gentiles of the New Testament era who believed in the God of the Jews and took part in synagogue worship but did not convert to Judaism by receiving circumcision. The expression appears frequently in the Book of Acts.

• Caesar

  [Bible]

  Caesar is a title of the Roman emperor in the New Testament. It appears in Jesus' exchange about paying tribute, in the trial of Jesus, and in Paul's appeal to the emperor.

• Cyprian

  [People]

  Cyprian (c. 200–258) was a third-century bishop of Carthage in North Africa and a martyr. His writings on readmitting to the church those who had renounced the faith during persecution, and on the unity of the church, laid the foundations of Western ecclesiology.

• Maximus the Confessor

  [People]

  Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662) was a seventh-century Eastern Roman monk and theologian. He is called "the Confessor" because he suffered torture and exile for defending dyothelitism, the doctrine that Christ has two wills, one according to his divinity and one according to his humanity.

• Prohibition of Interest

  [Bible]

  The prohibition of interest is an Old Testament legal provision that forbade charging interest when lending money or food to a poor neighbor. It appears in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy and reflects the law's concern for protecting the vulnerable.

• Deutero-Isaiah

  [Bible]

  Deutero-Isaiah (Second Isaiah) is a term in biblical scholarship for Isaiah 40–55, or for the anonymous prophet thought to have written that section. Critical scholarship and conservative theology differ on its date and authorship.

• William Tyndale

  [People]

  William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536) was an English reformer and Bible translator. He produced the first printed New Testament translated into English from the original Greek and was executed on charges of heresy.

• Juridical Parable

  [Bible]

  A juridical parable is a biblical narrative form in which a seemingly unrelated case is presented so that the hearer pronounces judgment, only for that judgment to turn back upon the hearer. Nathan's parable to David is the best-known example.

• Adriel

  [People]

  Adriel was an Israelite of the time of King Saul, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. He married Merab, Saul's elder daughter, who had been promised to David.

• Cheap Grace

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Cheap grace is a term for grace that involves no repentance, obedience, or transformation of life. It became widely known through the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who contrasted it with "costly grace" in The Cost of Discipleship.

• Amminadab

  [People]

  Amminadab was a man of the tribe of Judah, the son of Ram and the father of Nahshon and Elisheba. He was the father-in-law of Aaron, and his name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ.

• Publius

  [People]

  Publius is the "chief man of the island" of Melita (Malta) mentioned in Acts 28. He hosted the shipwrecked Paul and his companions for three days, and Paul healed his father through prayer and the laying on of hands.

• Rehum and Shimshai

  [People]

  Rehum and Shimshai were officials who served in the region of Samaria during the Persian period. According to Ezra 4, they sent a letter to King Artaxerxes accusing the Jews of rebuilding Jerusalem and thereby brought the work to a halt.

• Jokshan

  [People]

  Jokshan was the second of the six sons born to Abraham by Keturah and the father of Sheba and Dedan. His name appears only in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.

• Yi Su-jeong (Evangelist)

  [People]

  Yi Su-jeong (李樹廷, 1842–1886) was a yangban scholar of the late Joseon period. He was baptized in Tokyo, Japan, in 1883, appealed to American churches to send missionaries, and published a translation of the Gospel of Mark in mixed Korean-Chinese script.

• 1 Samuel 20

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 20 is the chapter in which Jonathan arranges an arrow signal to learn whether Saul intends to kill David and, once he learns Saul's intent, parts from David in tears.

• 1 Samuel 25

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 25 recounts the death of Samuel, the wealthy Nabal's insulting refusal of David's request, the intervention of Nabal's wife Abigail to avert David's vengeance, and Abigail's marriage to David after Nabal's death.

• Cluniac Reforms

  [History]

  The Cluniac Reforms were a monastic renewal movement that spread across Western Europe in the tenth and eleventh centuries, centered on the Abbey of Cluny, founded in 910 in Burgundy, France. The movement emphasized independence from secular power and strict observance of the Rule of Saint Benedict.

• Christian Literature Center (CLC Korea)

  [Institutions]

  The Christian Literature Center (CLC) is the Korean branch of CLC, an international literature mission organization founded in England in 1941. The Korean branch began operating in 1975 and is an incorporated association that publishes and distributes theological and devotional books.

• Preexistence of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The preexistence of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ existed with the Father before his human birth and before creation.