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Witch Hunts
[History]Witch hunts were the accusation, trial, and punishment of people suspected of harming others through witchcraft; they are also known as witch trials. They occurred on a large scale in both Catholic and Protestant regions of Europe from the late fifteenth century through the seventeenth century.
Salvation Army Red Kettle
[History]The Salvation Army Red Kettle is a year-end street fundraising campaign conducted by the Salvation Army, a Protestant denomination. It began in San Francisco in 1891; in Korea, it was first held in Seoul in December 1928.
Filling of the Holy Spirit
[Doctrine & Theology]The filling of the Holy Spirit is the state in which a believer is fully under the guidance and control of the Holy Spirit, or the experience of entering that state.
Psalm 37:4–5
[Bible Verses]Psalm 37:4–5 exhorts the reader to delight in the LORD and to commit one's way to him. The passage is frequently cited as a promise that God will grant the desires of the heart, and interpreters differ on how that promise should be understood.
Noadiah
[People]Noadiah was a prophetess who tried to intimidate Nehemiah while he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. She is named only once in Scripture, in Nehemiah 6:14.
Neriah
[People]Neriah is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah. He was the son of Maaseiah and the father of Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, and of Seraiah, an official of King Zedekiah.
Sarah Thistlethwaite
[People]Sarah Thistlethwaite (1877–1937) was the wife of Charles Parham, an early leader of the American Pentecostal movement. She joined her husband in itinerant evangelism, led the Apostolic Faith movement after his death, and compiled his biography.
Bob Pierce
[People]Bob Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and evangelist. During the Korean War he founded World Vision (known in Korea as Sunmyunghoe) together with Korean church leaders such as Han Kyung-chik, and in 1970 he founded Samaritan's Purse.
Susanna Wesley
[People]Susanna Wesley (1669–1742) was an Englishwoman and the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the leaders of the Methodist movement. Known for the religious instruction of her children and for the prayer meetings she held in the rectory kitchen, she is called the "Mother of Methodism."