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• 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.

• 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.

• Luke 5

  Luke 5 is the chapter in which Jesus calls Simon Peter, James, and John as disciples by the lake of Gennesaret, heals a leper and a paralytic, calls Levi the tax collector, and then answers a question about fasting.

• 1 John

  First John is one of the General Epistles of the New Testament and consists of five chapters. With its declarations that "God is light" and "God is love," it sets out criteria for discerning genuine faith.

• Mark 13:32–33

  In this passage Jesus says that only the Father knows "that day and that hour" of his return, and he urges his hearers to keep watch. It is often cited against date-setting eschatology, and the phrase "neither the Son" has long been a point of contention in Christological debate.

• Prayer in Gethsemane

  The prayer in Gethsemane is the prayer Jesus offered in Gethsemane, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, on the night before his arrest, in which he said, "not as I will, but as thou wilt." The event marks the beginning of the Passion narrative.

• 1 Corinthians 15:10

  In this verse the apostle Paul confesses that his becoming an apostle, and his having labored more than anyone else, are entirely owing to the grace of God. It is frequently cited and discussed as a text that shows how divine grace relates to human labor.

• Evangelism Explosion

  Evangelism Explosion is a lay evangelism training program begun in the early 1960s by the American Presbyterian minister D. James Kennedy. It is characterized by the learning of a set gospel presentation outline and by trainers and trainees going out together to learn in the field.

• William Arthur Noble

  William Arthur Noble (1866–1945) was a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church (the northern branch of American Methodism). He served in Korea from 1892 to 1934 and, after the death of William James Hall, took over and expanded the Methodist mission in Pyongyang.

• Eric Liddell

  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.

• Jude 1:24

  The opening verse of the doxology that concludes the Epistle of Jude. It confesses that God keeps believers from falling and will present them faultless and with joy before his glory on the last day. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the perseverance of the saints and sanctification.

• Palestine

  Palestine is a geographical name for the land extending from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the region of the Jordan River. Derived from the name of the land of the Philistines, it is used in biblical geography as a general term for the land of Canaan and Israel.

• Mark 9:23

  Mark 9:23 is the verse in which Jesus, after the father of a demon-possessed boy pleads "if thou canst do any thing," takes up the father's words and answers that all things are possible to him that believeth. It is often cited in discussions of the power of faith and prayer, and there has been debate over whether it is quoted out of context.

• Sea of Galilee

  The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in the region of Galilee in northern Israel. Jesus Christ spent much of His public ministry there, and it appears frequently in the Gospels as the setting where He called disciples and performed many miracles.

• Incident at Antioch

  The Incident at Antioch is an event recorded in Galatians 2:11–14. In Syrian Antioch, Paul publicly rebuked Peter (Cephas) for withdrawing from table fellowship with Gentile believers.

• Agrippa

  Agrippa was the Jewish king (Agrippa II) who heard the apostle Paul's defense in Acts 25–26. The name can also refer to his father, Agrippa I, who appears as "Herod the king" in Acts 12.

• Gethsemane

  Gethsemane was a place at the foot of the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. It is where Jesus Christ prayed and was arrested on the night before his crucifixion. Its name is generally understood to mean "oil press."

• Mark 13:10

  Mark 13:10 is the verse in which Jesus says that before the end the gospel must first be preached to all nations. It is frequently cited and discussed as a basis for missions and in connection with the timing of the Second Coming.

• Sea of Galilee

  The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake in the region of Galilee in northern Israel. Most of Jesus' public ministry took place along its shores. The Old Testament calls it the Sea of Chinnereth, and the New Testament calls it the Sea of Galilee, the Lake of Gennesaret, and the Sea of Tiberias.

• Matthew 17

  Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a demon-possessed boy, the second prediction of the Passion, and Jesus' payment of the temple tax (the half shekel) at Capernaum.