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• Zipporah

  Zipporah, a figure in the Book of Exodus, was the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian, and the wife of Moses. She is known for circumcising her son on the way back to Egypt.

• The Good Shepherd

  The Good Shepherd is a figurative expression Jesus used of himself in John 10. It portrays the true leader as a shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep, in contrast to the hireling and the thief.

• Luke 2:10-11

  A passage in which an angel announces the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem, calling him "Savior," "Christ," and "Lord." Because it contains the heart of the Christmas message, it is one of the texts most frequently read in Christmas services and sermons.

• Luke 2

  Luke 2 records the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds, the encounter with Simeon and Anna in the temple, and the twelve-year-old Jesus conversing with the teachers in the temple.

• Matthew 25

  Matthew 25 concludes Jesus' teaching on the end times. It presents, in succession, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents, and the judgment scene in which the Son of Man separates all nations as a shepherd separates sheep from goats.

• Jethro

  Jethro is a priest of Midian in the Book of Exodus, the father-in-law of Moses and the father of Zipporah. In Exodus 2 he appears under the name Reuel. He is known for advising Moses to appoint leaders over the people and to share the work of judging with them.

• Genesis 47

  Genesis 47 is the chapter in which Joseph presents his father and brothers to Pharaoh and settles them in the land of Goshen. During the famine he buys up, in turn, the Egyptians' money, livestock, and land on Pharaoh's behalf, and the aged Jacob makes Joseph swear to bury him in Canaan.

• Amos 5:21–23

  In this oracle addressed by Amos to the northern kingdom of Israel, God declares that he rejects the feasts, sacrifices, and songs of a people who have abandoned justice. The passage teaches that worship and life must be consistent, and it is frequently cited together with verse 24, which immediately follows.

• John 10:16

  In the Good Shepherd discourse, Jesus says that he must also bring "other sheep... which are not of this fold," so that there will be "one flock" (KJV: "one fold") under one shepherd. The verse is often cited in support of the mission to the Gentiles and of church unity, and interpreters differ over the identity of the "other sheep."

• Matthew 18:15–17

  A step-by-step procedure: if a brother sins, one should first admonish him privately, then with one or two witnesses, and, if he still refuses to listen, tell it to the church. It is the foundational text for church discipline, and its scope of application is debated when it comes to conflicts and crimes within the church.

• Three Uses of the Law

  The three uses of the law is a teaching of Reformation theology that organizes the work of God's law into three functions: restraining evil in society, bringing people to recognize their sin, and guiding the life of the believer.

• The Fiery Furnace

  The fiery furnace episode, recorded in Daniel 3, is the account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who refused to bow down to the golden image set up by King Nebuchadnezzar, were thrown into a burning furnace, and came out alive and unharmed.

• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were young men of Judah taken captive to Babylon and were Daniel's three friends. They refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, were thrown into a fiery furnace, and came out alive.

• Puritan Revolution

  The Puritan Revolution refers to the civil wars fought in England from 1642 to 1651 between the Royalists of Charles I and the Parliamentarians, whose core was made up of Puritans, together with the political upheaval that followed. The king was executed, a republic was established, and the Westminster Confession of Faith was produced during this period.

• Eliphaz (the Temanite)

  Eliphaz the Temanite appears in the Book of Job as one of the three friends who came to comfort Job after disaster struck him, and he was always the first of them to speak. He interpreted Job's suffering as the result of sin and was rebuked by God.

• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  The verse reads, "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (KJV). It is widely known as a summary of the three Christian virtues, and several explanations have been offered for why love (rendered "charity" in the KJV) is the greatest.

• Writings (Ketuvim)

  The Writings are the third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), following the Law and the Prophets. Called Ketuvim ("things written") in Hebrew, the division comprises eleven books by Jewish reckoning, including Psalms, Job, and Proverbs.

• Daniel 3:24–28

  This passage describes how the three men cast into King Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace walk out unharmed and how the king then praises their God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the identity of the "fourth" figure who appears in the fire and of faithfulness under persecution.

• Feast of Weeks

  The Feast of Weeks was one of Israel's three pilgrimage festivals, at which the firstfruits of the wheat harvest were offered. It was observed after counting seven weeks from the day the first sheaf of grain was presented, and in the New Testament it is called Pentecost.

• Triduum

  The Triduum (Korean *seongsamil*, "holy three days") is a season of the church year that, from the evening of Maundy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday, commemorates as one continuous whole the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, his passion and death, his burial, and his resurrection.