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Socoh
[Bible]Socoh is the name of a town in the territory of Judah mentioned in the Old Testament. It is best known as the place where the Philistine army encamped just before the battle between David and Goliath. More than one place bore this name.
Rabboni
[Bible]Rabboni is an Aramaic form of address meaning "my teacher." It is used twice in the New Testament to address Jesus and is best known as the word Mary Magdalene spoke when she recognized the risen Jesus.
Isaiah 46
[Bible]Isaiah 46 contrasts Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, which become burdens loaded onto beasts and hauled away, with the God who carries His people from birth until their hair turns gray.
Gad (Prophet)
[People]Gad was a prophet active during the reign of King David and is called "David's seer" in Scripture. After David's census, he delivered God's judgment and instructed David to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah.
Cherethites
[Bible]The Cherethites were an Old Testament people living near the Philistine coastal region. They are best known as part of King David's bodyguard, "the Cherethites and the Pelethites," and many scholars associate them with the island of Crete.
Psalm 20
[Bible]Psalm 20 is a prayer offered by the people on behalf of their king as he faces crisis or war. It is best known for its confession that the people will trust in the name of the LORD rather than in military might (v. 7).
Romans 1:26–27
[Bible Verses]Romans 1:26–27 is the passage in which Paul, describing humanity's turning from God to idolatry, refers to same-sex sexual activity as having "changed the natural use into that which is against nature." It is the New Testament text most frequently cited in discussions of the church's position on homosexuality, and the traditional interpretation stands in contention with readings that seek to reinterpret it.
Timnah
[Bible]Timnah is an Old Testament town in the border region between the tribes of Judah and Dan. It is best known as the place where Samson sought to marry a Philistine woman.
2 Corinthians 12:9
[Bible Verses]In this verse the Lord answers Paul, who had prayed three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed: "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." It is a classic text on grace amid suffering and weakness, and it is also cited in discussions of divine healing and answered prayer.
Gideon
[People]Gideon is a judge of Israel whose story is told in Judges 6–8. Also called Jerubbaal, he is best known for defeating Midian with three hundred men.
En-gedi
[Bible]En-gedi is a spring and oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea. It is a biblical site best known as the place where David hid from Saul and spared Saul's life in a cave.
1 Corinthians 15:30–32
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Paul argues that if there is no resurrection, his life of facing death every day is in vain. "I die daily" is widely quoted as an expression of self-denial, while the meaning of his statement that he "fought with beasts at Ephesus" is disputed.
Midwife
[Bible]A midwife is a woman who assists another woman in childbirth. In the Bible, midwives appear in Genesis and Exodus. They are best known through the account of Shiphrah and Puah, who defied Pharaoh's order and saved the lives of Hebrew baby boys.
David Bosch
[People]David Jacobus Bosch (1929–1992) was a South African missiologist. He is best known for Transforming Mission (1991), which traces how missionary thought has changed over the course of history.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
[People]Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) was an American author and abolitionist, best known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), a novel that indicted slavery. The daughter of the Congregationalist minister Lyman Beecher, she became an Episcopalian later in life.
Thomas Watson
[People]Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He is best known for *A Body of Divinity*, a collection of sermons expounding the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
G. K. Chesterton
[People]G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English journalist, author, and Christian apologist. He is best known for apologetic works such as Orthodoxy and for his Father Brown detective stories. In 1922 he left the Church of England and was received into the Roman Catholic Church.
J. R. R. Tolkien
[People]J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was an English philologist and author best known for *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings*. A devout Roman Catholic, he is known for having influenced C. S. Lewis's conversion to Christianity.
Endor
[Bible]Endor was an ancient town east of the Jezreel Valley. It is known as the place where King Saul sought out a woman with a familiar spirit before his final battle against the Philistines.
John Bunyan
[People]John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English Puritan preacher and author. He is best known for *The Pilgrim's Progress*, written during his imprisonment. The book has also been among the most widely read devotional works in Korean Protestantism since its earliest years.