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• Plumb Line

  [Bible]

  A plumb line is a cord with a weight attached, used to check whether a wall stands straight. Because of its use in Amos 7, in a vision of God measuring Israel for judgment, it came to signify God's standard and His judgment.

• Acts 10

  [Bible]

  Acts 10 is the chapter in which Cornelius, a Roman centurion at Caesarea, and the apostle Peter each receive a vision and then meet, after which the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles listening to Peter's sermon and they are baptized.

• Maranatha

  [Bible]

  Maranatha is an Aramaic expression found in 1 Corinthians 16:22, meaning "Our Lord, come" or "Our Lord is coming." It is known as a phrase the early church used while awaiting the Lord's return.

• King James Onlyism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  King James Onlyism is the position that the only correct Bible is the King James Bible, produced in England in 1611, or a translation that follows its underlying text, the Textus Receptus.

• Psalm 14

  [Bible]

  Psalm 14 is a psalm of David that describes the corruption of "the fool" who says there is no God and declares that there is none among humankind who does good. It closes with a longing for the salvation of Israel to come out of Zion.

• Psalm 53

  [Bible]

  Psalm 53 is a psalm of David that laments the corruption of the fool who says there is no God and the sinfulness of all humanity, and that longs for salvation to come out of Zion. Its content is nearly identical to that of Psalm 14.

• Reformation

  [History]

  The Reformation was a sixteenth-century reform movement in Western Europe that sought to correct the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church in light of Scripture. Its beginning is usually dated to Martin Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, and Protestantism emerged from this movement.

• Sling

  [Bible]

  The sling is an ancient throwing weapon consisting of a pouch of leather or cord that holds a stone; the sling is whirled and the stone released. In the Bible it is best known as the weapon with which David struck down Goliath.

• Chloe

  [People]

  Chloe is a woman mentioned only once in Scripture, in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Paul wrote that he had learned of contentions in the Corinthian church from "them which are of the house of Chloe."

• Antonia Fortress

  [Bible]

  The Antonia Fortress was a stronghold built by Herod the Great at the northwest corner of the Temple complex in Jerusalem. It is generally identified with the "castle" into which the Roman chief captain brought Paul in Acts 21–23.

• Interpretation of Tongues

  [Bible]

  The interpretation of tongues is a gift of the Holy Spirit mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14. It refers to explaining the meaning of speech in tongues that others cannot understand, so that the congregation may comprehend it.

• Fundamentalism

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Fundamentalism is a conservative theological movement that arose in early twentieth-century American Protestantism to defend biblical inerrancy and core doctrines against liberal theology; the term also denotes the theological position the movement represents.

• Christ

  [Bible]

  Christ is the English rendering of the Greek Christos, meaning "anointed one," and corresponds to the Hebrew Messiah. The New Testament applies this title to Jesus of Nazareth.

• Sidon

  [Bible]

  Sidon was a Phoenician port city on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, corresponding to present-day Saida in Lebanon. In the Old Testament it appears as a neighbor to the north of Israel, and in the New Testament it stands for Gentile territory.

• Achaia

  [Bible]

  Achaia was a Roman province in southern Greece in New Testament times, with Corinth as its principal city. Paul preached the gospel in the region during his second missionary journey.

• Kislev

  [Bible]

  Kislev is the ninth month of the calendar used by the Jews after the Babylonian exile, corresponding roughly to November–December. Scripture names it in Nehemiah 1:1 and Zechariah 7:1.

• Third Heaven

  [Bible]

  The third heaven is the heaven to which the apostle Paul says he was caught up in 2 Corinthians 12, the only place the expression appears in Scripture. It is commonly understood as the highest heaven, where God dwells.

• 1 Samuel 2

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 2 records Hannah's song of thanksgiving, the corruption of Eli's two sons, and, in contrast, the growth of the boy Samuel. The chapter closes with a pronouncement of judgment on the house of Eli.

• 1 Samuel 8

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 8 is the chapter in which, after Samuel's sons become corrupt, the elders of Israel demand a king "like all the nations." Samuel warns them about the manner of the king, and the LORD then grants their request.

• History of the Anglican Church in Korea

  [History]

  The history of the Anglican Church in Korea began in 1890, when Bishop Charles John Corfe (Korean name Go Yo-han) of the Church of England arrived at Chemulpo. Beginning as a diocese under the Church of England, it consecrated its first Korean bishop in 1965 and became an independent province, the Anglican Church of Korea, in 1993.