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• Acts 1:7

  The reply of the risen Jesus to his disciples just before his ascension, telling them that the time of restoring the kingdom lies within the Father's authority and is not for them to know. It is frequently cited in criticism of date-setting eschatology that attempts to calculate the date of the Second Coming.

• John 20:23

  In this verse the risen Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to his disciples and says, "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them." The Catholic Church cites it as the scriptural basis for the sacrament of penance. Protestants read it as a declaration of forgiveness through the proclamation of the gospel, so interpretations of the verse differ sharply.

• Matthew 22:37–40

  In this passage Jesus, asked which is the greatest commandment, names love for God and love for neighbor and declares that all the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments. It is accepted across denominational lines as a summary of biblical ethics.

• Mark 10:45

  "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many" is a saying of Jesus. The verse unites servant leadership with the meaning of substitutionary redemption and is a central text for the doctrine of the atonement.

• Easter Controversy

  The Easter controversy is a dispute within the church, dating back to the second century, over when Easter should be observed. The term encompasses the Quartodeciman controversy in Asia Minor, the decision of the Council of Nicaea, and the calendar differences between the Western and Eastern churches.

• Apostolic Age

  The Apostolic Age is the period of first-century Christianity during which the apostles led the church after the ascension of Jesus Christ. It is usually dated from the early AD 30s to around AD 100, when John, traditionally regarded as the last surviving apostle, died.

• Cleopas

  Cleopas is the named one of the two disciples who met the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24. Scripture contains no other record of his life.

• Emmaus

  Emmaus was a village near Jerusalem where the risen Jesus walked with two disciples, who recognized Him when He broke bread at the table. The village appears in Luke 24, and its exact location remains unidentified.

• Church Year

  The church year is the church's calendar, which arranges a year of worship in sequence according to the life of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Holy Spirit, beginning with Advent and continuing through the season after Pentecost. It is also referred to as the cycle of church seasons.

• Joint Easter Service

  A joint Easter service is a worship service held on Easter at which multiple denominations and churches gather together. In Korea, the first such service is reported to have been held in 1947 on Namsan in Seoul, and these services are commonly held at dawn.

• Romans 6:13

  In this verse Paul urges the believers in the church at Rome not to yield the members of their bodies to sin as "instruments of unrighteousness," but to yield them to God as "instruments of righteousness." It is frequently cited in discussions of the holy life of those justified by grace, that is, of sanctification and consecration.

• Mark 10:38–39

  In this passage, James and John ask for places of glory, and Jesus asks whether they are able to drink the "cup" that he drinks and to be baptized with the "baptism" that he is baptized with, then tells them that they will indeed receive both. The text is frequently cited in discussions of suffering, martyrdom, and discipleship as service.

• Matthew 20:28

  In this saying, Jesus declares that he came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. The verse is frequently cited as a teaching on the example of servanthood, and it also figures in discussions of the meaning of the atonement and the scope of "many."

• Mark 12:28-34

  In this passage a scribe asks which commandment is the greatest, and Jesus answers by joining the command to love God from Deuteronomy with the command to love one's neighbor from Leviticus. The passage is widely cited as a summary of the whole Law, and denominations differ in how they emphasize the relationship between law and love.

• Redemptive-Historical Preaching

  Redemptive-historical preaching is a method of preaching that reads and proclaims biblical texts within the unfolding history of redemption, that is, the history of God's saving work for humanity through Christ.

• Apostles' Creed

  The Apostles' Creed is a confession of faith of the Western church that briefly summarizes belief in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Many Protestant churches in Korea recite it together in Sunday worship.

• Lent

  Lent is a season of the church year lasting forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays, during which Christians meditate on the sufferings of Jesus Christ and prepare for Easter through repentance and self-denial.

• Pentecostalism

  Pentecostalism is a Protestant movement that places the experience of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit at the center of faith. It began in the United States in the early twentieth century and is widely known in Korea under the name "Full Gospel" (Sunbogeum).

• Trinity Sunday

  Trinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

• World Communion Sunday

  World Communion Sunday is a Sunday on which churches around the world celebrate Communion on the same day to commemorate the unity of the church. It is usually observed on the first Sunday of October.