Descent into Hell (Hades) Belief that between his crucifixion and resurrection Christ descended into the abode of the dead, as confessed in the Apostl...
JOHN. CHAPTER VIII. Christ Teaching in Jerusalem. SUMMARY.--The Woman Taken in Adultery. The Light of the World. The Father's Witness. Freedom b...
Legalism The term legalism commonly denotes preoccupation with form at the expense of substance. While it is now used metaphorically in all areas of h...
Condemnation [T]From the standpoint of semantics, condemnation is part of legal terminology. When it is discovered that a crime has been committed, th...
CHAPTER 5 Jeremiah 5:1-31 . THE CAUSE OF THE JUDGMENTS TO BE INFLICTED IS THE UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE. 1. a man--As the pious Josi...
War, Holy War Despite the fact that many nations have used Scripture passages out of context to promote martial ventures, the Old Testament does not g...
Building [N] [E]From Sacred Space to Holy House The localized presence of God and God's glory among his people is central to the unfolding story of th...
Evil [N]As a prerequisite for any discussion of evil, moral evil must be distinguished from physical or natural evil. This essay uses the term moral e...
Worship [N] [E]If Christianity is the transformation of rebels into worshipers of God, then it is imperative for the Christian to know and understand ...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Mark 12:29 Jesus answered him, the first of all the commandments is, &c.] Christ replied at once, without taking any time to consider of it, that the ...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Persecution [N] [T] [E]Just as the Bible graphically describes the introduction and spread of sin in the world, it also depicts the presence and reali...
Mercy [N] [T] [E]Mercy is a concept integral to an understanding of God's dealings with humankind. In English translations of the Bible, it comes to e...
Exaltation [N]In the Bible exaltation most often refers to the lofty position of God and of Jesus Christ, but sometimes the term is applied to human b...
Priest, Priesthood Old Testament Priesthood. The primary word for priest in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun kohen [ehoK], for which we ...
Leadership [N]The Old Testament. In the earliest days of the Old Testament, leadership of the people of God was by the family head or patriarch, to wh...
SANTIAGO 2:1-26Divisi?n de los p?rrafos en traducciones modernasReina Valera 1960RV-1960La Biblia De Las Am?ricas(LBLA)Dios Habla HoyDHHBiblia Jerusal...
Hosea, Theology of Foundational to Hosea's message and teaching about God are his marriage to Gomer and her departure after the birth of three childre...
Demon [E] [S]Spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities. When demons were created, how they came to be demonic, and their organi...