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• Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)

  Joah was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah and the son of Asaph. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.

• Isaiah 36

  Isaiah 36 records the Assyrian king Sennacherib's invasion of Judah and the scene in which his official, the Rabshakeh, stands before Jerusalem, demands the surrender of Hezekiah and the people, and insults the LORD.

• 2 Kings 18

  Second Kings 18 records the accession and religious reforms of Hezekiah, king of Judah; the fall of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel; the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib, king of Assyria; and the threats the Rabshakeh delivered before the walls of Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 19

  In this chapter, Hezekiah, facing the threats of Sennacherib king of Assyria, sends messengers to Isaiah and prays in the temple. God answers: the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and Sennacherib is later killed in his own land.

• Eliakim

  Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was the official over the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. He led the delegation that negotiated with the Assyrian Rabshakeh, and Isaiah 22 calls him God's "servant," who would replace Shebna.

• Eliakim

  Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.

• Shebna

  Shebna was a high-ranking official under King Hezekiah of Judah and served as scribe in the delegation that negotiated with the Assyrian commander Rabshakeh. Isaiah rebuked him for hewing out a tomb for himself on high and prophesied that his position would pass to Eliakim.

• Isaiah 37

  Isaiah 37 recounts how Hezekiah prays in the face of threats from Sennacherib, king of Assyria; how Isaiah prophesies deliverance; and how the angel of the LORD strikes the Assyrian army, so that Jerusalem is saved.

• Rabshakeh

  Rabshakeh was a high-ranking official whom Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent to Hezekiah, king of Judah. He is known for a speech before the walls of Jerusalem in which he demanded that the people of Judah surrender and mocked the LORD.

• Arpad

  Arpad was an Aramean city in ancient northern Syria, north of Hamath. The Old Testament frequently mentions it alongside Hamath as an example of a city conquered by Assyria.

• Acts of the Apostles

  The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.

• The Sabbath and the Lord's Day

  A discussion of whether Christians should observe the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath or the first-day (Sunday) Lord's Day, and whether the Lord's Day should be kept in the manner of the Old Testament Sabbath.

• Homosexuality and the Church

  The question of how the church should respond to homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and LGBTQ church members and clergy. Most Korean denominations hold the traditional position that homosexuality is sin, and the issue is closely intertwined with the debate over enacting an anti-discrimination law.

• The Church and Politics

  The question of how the church and individual Christians should engage in politics. Views differ on the meaning of the separation of church and state, the boundary between preaching and political speech, and the proper forms of the church's social engagement.

• The March First Movement and Christianity

  The March First Movement and Christianity examines the role Protestantism played in the March First Movement of 1919. Protestants accounted for 16 of the 33 National Representatives, and churches and Christian schools served as bases from which the independence demonstrations spread across the country.

• Schisms in the Korean Presbyterian Church

  The schisms in the Korean Presbyterian Church were the divisions of the once-unified Presbyterian Church in Korea during the 1950s into the Kosin, Kijang, Tonghap, and Hapdong bodies over the handling of Shinto shrine worship, views of Scripture, and membership in the World Council of Churches (WCC). Further divisions into numerous denominations followed.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a religious organization founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830 and commonly known as the Mormon Church. It accepts the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible. In Korea, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Korean Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), and other bodies have declared it heretical.

• Epistle to the Galatians

  The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament, a letter written by the apostle Paul to the churches in the region of Galatia. It teaches that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith.

• The Twelve Disciples

  The Twelve Disciples were the twelve men whom Jesus Christ kept close to him during his public ministry, teaching them and sending them out to preach. The New Testament also calls them "apostles."

• The Fall

  The Fall is the Christian doctrine concerning the event in which the first humans, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God's command, bringing sin and death upon the human race, and concerning the condition into which humanity entered as a result.