Dictionary of Theology words and concepts https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/rss/rss.xml Words, Images, Concepts, Useage and History in context Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Greek: Αντίοχος Επιφανής, "The Shining One") (ca. 215–164 BC) ruled the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death. He was a son of Antiochus III the Great and brother of Seleucus IV Philopator. He was originally named Mithradates, but renamed Antiochus, either upon his ascension, or after the death of his elder brother Antiochus. Notable events during his reign include the near- ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=antiochus%20iv%20epiphanes raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Antiochus%20IV%20Epiphanes https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=antiochus%20iv%20epiphanes Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:19:37 GMT Christian Theology shiite muslims
Shī‘a Islam, also Shi‘ite Islam or Shi‘ism is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendents known as Shi'a Imams. Muhammad's bloodline continues only through his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra and cousin Ali which alongside the prophet's grandsons are the Ahl al-Bayt. Thus, Shi'as consider Muhammad's descendents as the true source of guidance while considering the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=shiite%20muslims raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=shiite%20muslims https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=shiite%20muslims Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:26:26 GMT Christian Theology Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat is the tallest peak in modern Turkey. This snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in the Ağrı Province, near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km west of the Iranian and 32 km south of the Armenian borders. During the time of Noah, this mountain was completely covered with water: 17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=mount%20ararat raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Mount%20Ararat https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=mount%20ararat Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:56:26 GMT Christian Theology islam and anti-semitism
Islam and anti-semitism relates to Islamic theological teaching against Jews and Judaism and the treatment of Jews in Muslim countries. ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=islam%20and%20anti-semitism raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=islam%20and%20anti-semitism https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=islam%20and%20anti-semitism Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:49:17 GMT Christian Theology Ezekiel
The book of Ezekiel is a book of the Jewish Hebrew bible as well as the Christian Old Testament, attributed to the prophet Ezekiel (Hebrew: יחזקאל, Yehezkel). He is commemorated as a saint in the Calendar of saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 21 and of the Armenian Apostolic Church on August 28. ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ezekiel raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Ezekiel https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ezekiel Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:39:36 GMT Christian Theology shahid
Shahid is an Arabic word meaning "witness". It is a religious term in Islam, literally meaning "witness", but practically means a "martyr." ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=shahid raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=shahid https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=shahid Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:30:19 GMT Christian Theology Hamas
Hamas (Ḥamās, an acronym of Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist paramilitary organization and political party which holds a majority of seats in the elected legislative council of the Palestinian National Authority. ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=hamas raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Hamas https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=hamas Mon, 31 May 2010 19:58:46 GMT Christian Theology The Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is a narrow coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean, in the Middle East. It takes its name from Gaza, its main city, and has about 1.4 million residents, all Palestinians, in an area of 360 km². ... more
]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20gaza%20strip raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=The%20Gaza%20Strip https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20gaza%20strip Fri, 28 May 2010 03:13:11 GMT Christian Theology Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a "non-profit, grassroots membership organization" that deals with civil advocacy and promotes human rights. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide and in Canada. ... more

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=council%20on%20american-islamic%20relations raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Council%20on%20American-Islamic%20Relations https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=council%20on%20american-islamic%20relations Thu, 27 May 2010 03:49:21 GMT Christian Theology Ministry of Jesus
According to the Gospels, the Ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was around 30 years old, and lasted a period of 1-3 years. In the Biblical narrative, Jesus' method of teaching involved parables, metaphor, allegory, sayings, proverbs, and a small number of direct sermons. This was the first coming of Jesus, most Christian denominations believe in a Second Coming when Jesus will return to the earth to fulfill aspects of Messianic prophecy, such as the general resurrection of the dead, last judgment ... more

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ministry%20of%20jesus raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=ministry%20of%20jesus https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ministry%20of%20jesus Wed, 26 May 2010 03:20:40 GMT Christian Theology Gog and Magog
The tradition of Gog and Magog begins with cryptic Biblical references regarding apocalyptic prophecy in the Book of Ezekiel. The ambiguity of this tradition cannot be overstated. The very nature of these entities differs greatly in the discourse according to the places and times of the sources. They are variously presented as human beings, supernatural beings (giants or demons), nations, or as lands. Part of the confusion is the difference between the Tanakh and Septuagint (BHS p.967) and internal contradictions in the text.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=gog%20and%20magog raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=Gog%20and%20Magog https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=gog%20and%20magog Tue, 25 May 2010 01:59:10 GMT Christian Theology The Council for Secular Humanism
The Council for Secular Humanism (originally the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism, or CODESH) is a secular humanist organization headquartered in Amherst, New York. In 1980 CODESH issued A Secular Humanist Declaration, an argument for and statement of belief in Democratic Secular Humanism. The Council for Secular Humanism does not call itself religious and has never claimed tax-exemption as a religious organization; instead it has an educational exemption.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20council%20for%20secular%20humanism raykwatts-confirmed-twitter-adict@gmail.com (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=the%20council%20for%20secular%20humanism https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20council%20for%20secular%20humanism Mon, 24 May 2010 04:03:27 GMT Christian Theology The Jeremiah Wright controversy
The Jeremiah Wright controversy is an American political issue that gained national attention in March 2008 when ABC News, after reviewing dozens of U.S. 2008 Presidential Election candidate Barack Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright's sermons, excerpted parts which were subject to intense media scrutiny. Wright is a retired senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and former pastor of President of the United States Barack Obama. Obama denounced the statements in question, but after critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright he gave a speech titled "A More Perfect Union," in which he sought to place Dr. Wright's comments in a historical and sociological context. In the speech, Obama again denounced Wright's remarks, but did not disown him as a person. The controversy began to fade, but was renewed in late April when Wright made a series of media appearances, including an interview on Bill Moyers Journal, a speech at the NAACP and a speech at the National Press Club. After the last of these, Obama spoke more forcefully against his former pastor, saying that he was "outraged" and "saddened" by his behavior, and in May he resigned his membership in the church.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20jeremiah%20wright%20controversy theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=the%20jeremiah%20wright%20controversy https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=egyptian%20hieroglyphs Sat, 22 May 2010 04:57:00 GMT Christian Theology Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs (sometimes called hieroglyphics) were a writing system used by the Ancient Egyptians that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements. Cartouches were also used by the Egyptians. The variety of brush-painted hieroglyphs used on papyrus and (sometimes) on wood for religious literature is known as cursive hieroglyphs; this should not be confused with hieratic.

Etymology

The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek ἱερογλυφικά (hieroglyphiká); the adjective hieroglyphic, as well as related words such as ἱερoγλυφος (hieroglyphos 'one who writes hieroglyphs', from ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφειν (glýphein 'to carve' or 'to write'). Hieroglyphs themselves, were called τὰ ἱερογλυφικά (γράμματα) (tà hieroglyphiká (grámmata), 'engraved characters') on monuments (such as stelae, temples and tombs). The word hieroglyph has come to be used for the individual hieroglyphic characters themselves. While "hieroglyphics" is commonly used, it is discouraged by Egyptologists.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=egyptian%20hieroglyphs theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=egyptian%20hieroglyphs https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=egyptian%20hieroglyphs Fri, 21 May 2010 03:36:00 GMT Christian Theology Egypt Unconditional Love
Unconditional love is a term that means to love someone regardless of his actions or beliefs. It is a concept comparable to true love, a term which is more frequently used to describe love between lovers. By contrast, unconditional love is frequently used to describe love between family members, comrades in arms and between others in highly committed relationships. It has also been used in a religious context to describe God's love for humankind through the forgiveness of Christ. However, this can be seen as contradictory in some cases where God's "unconditional" love is predicated upon the believer's fulfillment of one or more criteria. But this love is not solely based on those met expectations.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=unconditional%20love theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=unconditional%20love https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=unconditional%20love Thu, 20 May 2010 04:58:00 GMT Christian Theology Love Radical Islam
Radical Islam or "Islamism" is a term with definitions that sometimes vary. Leading Islamist thinkers emphasized the desire to apply many aspects of sharia (Islamic law) to modern society; of pan-Islamic political unity; and of the elimination of non-Muslim, particularly western, military, economic, political, social, or cultural influences in the Muslim world, which they believe to be incompatible with Islam.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=radical%20islam theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=radical%20islam https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=radical%20islam Wed, 19 May 2010 04:58:00 GMT Christian Theology The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a book written by Max Weber, a German sociologist, economist, and politician, in 1904 and 1905 that began as a series of essays. The original edition was in German and has been released. Considered a founding text in economic sociology and sociology in general, the book was translated into English for the first time by Talcott Parsons and appeared in 1930.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20protestant%20ethic%20and%20the%20spirit%20of%20capitalism theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=the%20protestant%20ethic%20and%20the%20spirit%20of%20capitalism https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=the%20protestant%20ethic%20and%20the%20spirit%20of%20capitalism Tue, 18 May 2010 03:50:00 GMT Christian Theology Enigma Variations
Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 ("Enigma"), commonly referred to as the Enigma Variations, is a set of a theme and its fourteen variations written for orchestra by Edward Elgar in 1898–1899. It is Elgar's best-known large-scale composition, for both the music itself and the enigmas behind it. Elgar dedicated the piece to "my friends pictured within", each variation being an affectionate portrayal of one of his circle of close acquaintances.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=enigma%20variations theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=enigma%20variations https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=enigma%20variations Mon, 17 May 2010 04:45:00 GMT Christian Theology Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification; the majority of the poem was written while Milton was blind, and was transcribed for him.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=paradise%20lost theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=paradise%20lost https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=paradise%20lost Sun, 16 May 2010 04:55:00 GMT Christian Theology Kabbalah
Kabbalah (Hebrew: קבלה standard vocalization: Qabbala; Tiberian vocalization: Qabbālāh; literally a "receiving" in the sense of a "received tradition") is an esoteric form of Jewish mysticism, which attempts to reveal hidden mystical insights in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). It offers mystical insight into divine nature.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=kabbalah theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=kabbalah https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=kabbalah Sat, 15 May 2010 04:20:00 GMT Christian Theology Francis Collins
Francis S. Collins (born April 14, 1950), M.D., Ph.D., is an American physician-geneticist, noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP). He was director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland until August 1, 2008. Collins was described by the Endocrine Society as "one of the most accomplished scientists of our time." On October 14, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Francis Collins to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=francis%20collins theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=francis%20collins https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=francis%20collins Fri, 14 May 2010 04:50:00 GMT Christian Theology Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the 20th century. He is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ezra%20pound theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=ezra%20pound https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=ezra%20pound Thu, 13 May 2010 02:15:00 GMT Christian Theology Jordan
Jordan (Arabic: الأردنّ‎, transliterated as Al-Urdunn), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية), is a country in the Arab World in western Asia, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares with Israel the coastlines of the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=jordan theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=jordan https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=jordan Mon, 10 May 2010 04:58:00 GMT Christian Theology Modernism
Modernism is a trend of thought that affirms the power of human beings to create, improve, deconstruct and reshape their environment, with the aid of scientific knowledge, technology and practical experimentation, and is thus in its essence both progressive and optimistic. The term covers many political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. Broadly, modernism describes a series of reforming cultural movements in art and architecture, music, literature and the applied arts which emerged in the decades before 1914. But Modernism encouraged the re-examination of every aspect of existence, from commerce to philosophy, with the goal of finding that which was "holding back" progress, and replacing it with new, progressive and therefore better, ways of reaching the same end. In essence, the modernist movement argued that the new realities of the industrial and mechanized age were permanent and imminent, and that people should adapt their world view to accept that the new equaled the good, the true and the beautiful. Modern (quantum and relativistic) physics, modern (analytical and continental) philosophy and modern number theory in mathematics are, however, also said to date from this period.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=modernism theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=modernism https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=modernism Sun, 9 May 2010 04:48:00 GMT Christian Theology Triarii
The Triarii (Latin singular triarius) was the third standard line of infantry of the Roman Republic's army. Its name is related to the Latin word tres ("three"), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *trei-. When suffering defeat, the first and second lines, the Hastati and Principes, fell back on the Triarii to attempt to reform the line and allow for a counter attack or withdrawal of the other lines. Because falling back on the Triarii was an act of desperation, to mention "falling on the Triarii" ("ad triarios rediisse") became a common Roman phrase indicating one to be in a desperate situation. To be the officer of the triarii was an honor. It made the individual one of the best men in the legion. A triarii officer's pay would be superior to the other middle-class officers and he would be given a horse for the long marches, which was quite important.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=triarii theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=triarii https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=triarii Sat, 8 May 2010 04:50:00 GMT Christian Theology Koine Greek
According to the Bible, the Land of Israel (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael) was promised to the descendants of Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by God, making it the Promised land. The concept is frequently used symbolically by Christians, especially in hymnody as a reference to Heaven, or to a new land, such as North America colonized by the Pilgrims. In the Bible, particularly in Genesis, Deuteronomy and Joshua, the Land of Israel was promised as an everlasting possession.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=promised%20land theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=promised%20land https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=promised%20land Fri, 7 May 2010 04:45:00 GMT Christian Theology Koine Greek
Koine Greek refers to the forms of the Greek language used in post-classical antiquity (c.300 BC – AD 300). Other names are Alexandrian, Hellenistic, Common, or New Testament Greek. Koine Greek is important not only to the history of the Greeks for being their first common dialect and main ancestor of Demotic Greek, but it is also significant for its impact on Western Civilization as a lingua franca (a common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times" for the Mediterranean.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=koine%20greek theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=koine%20greek https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=koine%20greek Thu, 6 May 2010 03:30:00 GMT Christian Theology Cyrus the great
Cyrus the Great (Hebrew: כורש Kowresh Old Persian: Kuruš, modern Persian: کوروش, Kourosh; ca. 576 or 590 BC — July 529 BC, Cyrus, Koresh, Persian prince, the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem  ), also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty and the creator of the Cyrus Cylinder, considered to be the first declaration of human rights. As the ruler of the Persian people in Anshan, he conquered the Medes and unified the two separate Iranian kingdoms.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=cyrus%20the%20great theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=cyrus%20the%20great https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=cyrus%20the%20great Wed, 5 May 2010 04:45:00 GMT Christian Theology Gates of Jerusalem
During the era of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, there were four gates to the Old City, one on each side. The current walls, built by Suleiman the Magnificent, have a total of eleven gates, but only seven are open. Until 1887, each gate was closed before sunset and opened at sunrise. These gates have been known by a variety of names used in different historic periods and by different community groups.
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3 and many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

5 O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD. Isaiah 2:1-5

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=gates%20of%20jerusalem theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=gates%20of%20jerusalem https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=gates%20of%20jerusalem Tue, 4 May 2010 03:45:00 GMT Christian Theology Rebekah
Rebekah (also Rebecca, also Ribqah Hebrew: רבקה or רִבְקָה, Modern Rivqa Tiberian Riḇqāh, "to tie; to bind; captivating") was the wife of Isaac and the second matriarch of the four matriarchs of the Jewish people. She was the mother of Jacob and Esau. Rebekah and Isaac were one of the three "pairs" buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron , together with Abraham and Sarah and Jacob and Leah.

Early life

According to the account in the Book of Genesis, Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel and the granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother. She was the sister of Laban, who would later become the father of Rachel and Leah, two of the wives of Rebekah's son Jacob.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=rebekah theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=rebekah https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=rebekah Mon, 3 May 2010 04:15:00 GMT Christian Theology A brief history of Christian music
The Christian church creates Christian music or adapts existing music for Christian use. Contemporary Christian music explores Christian themes, but not always in the confines of the church. Music makes up a large part of Christian worship and includes the singing of hymns, vocalized psalms, vocal and instrumental versions of spiritual songs for the purpose of uplifting and praising God. Musical instruments often accompany singing in the service, either through live performance or the use of soundtracks. Some churches employ only a cappella music to worship God. On other occasions instrumental music only expresses praise toward God. Churches today use these methods of musical expression in many different combinations to offer their praise to God.

Being Jewish, Jesus and his disciples would most likely have sung the psalms from memory.

]]> https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=christian%20music theology-rocks@timothyministries.org (Ray Watts) https://timothyministries.org/wotdcomments/?w=christian%20music https://timothyministries.org/theologicaldictionary/references.aspx?theword=christian%20music Sun, 1 May 2010 04:55:00 GMT Christian Theology Anthropic Principle
In physics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is an umbrella term for various dissimilar attempts to explain the structure of the universe by way of coincidentally balanced features that are necessary and relevant to the existence on Earth of biochemistry, carbon-based life, and eventually human beings to observe such a universe. The common (and "weak") form of the anthropic principle is a truism or tautology that begins with the observation that the universe appears surprisingly hospitable to the emergence of life, particularly complex multicellular life, that can make such an observation and concludes with that premise that in only such a fine-tuned universe can such living observers be.

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Anselmian satisfaction theory or the satisfaction view of the atonement is a doctrine in Christian theology related to the meaning and effect of the death of Jesus Christ and has been traditionally taught in Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed circles. Theologically and historically, the word "satisfaction" does not mean gratification as in common usage, but rather "to make restitution": mending what has been broken, paying back what was taken. It is thus connected with the legal concept of balancing out an injustice. Drawing primarily from the works of Anselm of Canterbury, the satisfaction theory teaches that Christ suffered as a substitute on behalf of humankind satisfying the demands of God's honor by his infinite merit. Anselm regarded his satisfaction view of the atonement as a distinct improvement over the older ransom theory of the atonement, which he saw as inadequate. Anselm's theory was a precursor to the refinements of Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin which introduced the idea of punishment to meet the demands of divine justice.

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Radical Islam or "Islamism" is a term with definitions that sometimes vary. Leading Islamist thinkers emphasized the desire to apply many aspects of sharia (Islamic law) to modern society; of pan-Islamic political unity; and of the elimination of non-Muslim, particularly western, military, economic, political, social, or cultural influences in the Muslim world, which they believe to be incompatible with Islam.

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In Christianity, Parable of the Mustard Seed is a a short narrative that, according to the Gospels of Matthew (Matthew 13:31-32), Mark (Mark 4:30-32), Luke (Luke 13:18-19), and the non-canonical Thomas (Thomas 20) was told by Jesus. Possible Hebrew Bible parallels are Daniel 4:10-12, Daniel 4:20-22 and Ezekiel 17:22-23, 31:1-9.
18 Then Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches." – Luke 13:18-19

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Presuppositional apologetics is a school of Christian apologetics, a field of Christian theology that attempts to present a rational basis for the Christian faith, defend the faith against objections, and attack the alleged flaws of other worldviews. Presuppositional apologetics argues that the existence or non-existence of God is the basic presupposition of all human thought, and that all men arrive at a worldview which is ultimately determined by the theology they presuppose. Evidence and arguments are only marshalled after the fact in an attempt to justify the theological assumptions already made. According to this view, it is impossible to demonstrate the existence of God unless one presupposes that God exists; modern science is incapable of discovering the supernatural because it relies on methodological naturalism and thereby fashions a Procrustean bed which rejects any observation which would disprove the naturalistic assumption. For example, science's methodological naturalism cannot make use of this statement:
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. —Hebrews 11:3 ESB

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Rationalism, also known as the rationalist movement, is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis, rather than faith, dogma or religious teaching. Rationalism has some similarities in ideology and intent to humanism, secular humanism, and atheism, in that it aims to provide a framework for social and philosophical discourse outside of religious or supernatural beliefs; however, rationalism differs from both of these, in that:

As its name suggests, humanism is centered on the dignity and worth of people. While rationalism is a key component of humanism, there is also a strong ethical component in humanism that rationalism does not require. As a result, being a rationalist does not necessarily mean being a humanist.

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Legio X Fretensis (Latin: "Tenth legion of the sea strait") was a Roman legion levied by Augustus in 41/40 BC to fight during the period of civil war that started the dissolution of the Roman Republic. X Fretensis is recorded to exist at least until 410s.

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Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo ("The knowledgeable one") (November 13, 354–August 28, 430) was one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. In Roman Catholicism, he is a saint and pre-eminent Doctor of the Church. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fountainheads of Reformation teaching on salvation and grace. Born in Africa as the eldest son of Saint Monica, he was educated and baptised in Italy. His works—including The Confessions, which is often called the first Western autobiography—are still read by Christians around the world.

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Ein Gedi (Hebrew:עין גדי `Eyn Gediy; KJV Bible Engedi, NIV Bible En Gedi) is an oasis located west of the Dead Sea, close to Masada and the caves of Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Location 31°27′N, 35°23′E.
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An abortion is the removal or expulsion from the uterus of an embryo or fetus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a miscarriage, or be artificially induced through chemical, surgical or other means.
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According to the biblical book of Genesis, Cain (meaning "acquisition") and Abel (a biblical forename which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), or from the Assyrian for son. In reference to the biblical story, the name Abel often occurs with that of his brother, as Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man. Their story is told in Genesis 4:1-16. Cain, a farmer, commits the first murder by killing his brother Abel, a shepherd, after God rejects Cain's sacrifice but accepts Abel's.
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Michael (Hebrew: Miyka'el, Strong's H317 מיכאל) one of, the chief, or the first archangel who is described as the one who stands in time of conflict for the children of Israel is the archangel mentioned in the Book of Revelation 12:7:
7 And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. (Revelation 12:7)
in the Hebrew Bible Michael is mentioned by name in the Persian context of the post-Exilic Book of Daniel. There in Daniel does Michael appear—as "one of the chief princes" (Daniel 10:13) who in Daniel's vision comes to the angel Gabriel's aid in his contest with the angel of Persia, and is also described there as the advocate of Israel and "great prince who stands up for the children of your (Daniel's) people" (Daniel 10:21, 12:1). The Talmud tradition rendered his name as meaning "who is like El" (God)? (but literally "El's Likeness")" (compare the late prophet Micah), but according to Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish (AD 230–270), all the specific names for the angels were brought back by the Jews from Babylon, and many modern commentators would agree.
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Within Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is a single "Being" who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a communion of three persons (personae, prosopa): Father (the Source, the Eternal Majesty); the Son (the eternal Logos or Word, incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth); and the Holy Spirit. Since the 4th Century AD, in both Eastern and Western Christianity, this doctrine has been stated as "One God in Three Persons," all three of whom, as distinct and co-eternal "persons" or "hypostases," share a single Divine essence, being, or nature.
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The Tree of Jesse (Hebrew:ישי Yishay) refers to a passage in the biblical Book of Isaiah which metaphorically describes the descent of the Messiah and is accepted by Christians as pertaining to Jesus, and is often represented in art, particularly in that of the Medieval period, the earliest dating from the 11th century.
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The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, referred to as the "War of Independence" (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the "War of Liberation" by Israelis, is the first in a series of armed conflicts fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict. For Palestinians, the war marked the beginning of the events they refer to as "The Catastrophe" ("al Nakba", Arabic: النكبة‎). After the United Nations proposed to partition the territory of the British Mandate of Palestine into two states, Jewish and Arab, the Arabs refused to accept it and the armies of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon and Iraq, supported by others, attacked the newly established State of Israel which they refused to recognize. As a result, the region was divided between Israel, Egypt and Transjordan.
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Imputation (also imputed righteousness) is a concept in Christian theology proposing: the righteousness of Jesus Christ satisfies all criteria necessary to share in God's grace. Those who trust in the promise that the death of Jesus on the cross atones for their sins believe in this type of righteousness as opposed to imparted righteousness and sanctification. The teaching of imputed righteousness is a signature doctrine of the Lutheran, and Calvinist/Reformed traditions of Christianity.
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Jacob's Ladder refers to a ladder to Heaven described in the Genesis 28:11-19 which the biblical patriarch Jacob envisioned during his flight from his brother Esau:
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The term fine-tuned universe refers to the idea that conditions that allow life in the universe can only occur with the tightly restricted values of the universal physical constants, and that small changes in these constants would correspond to a very different universe, not likely conducive to the establishment and development of matter, astronomical structures, or life as it is presently known.
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Zechariah or Zecharya (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה, "Renowned/Remembered of/is the Lord") was a person in the Old Testament bible and Jewish Tanakh. He was the author of the Book of Zechariah.

It is a theophoric name, the ending -iah being a short Hebrew form for the Tetragrammaton, which was very commonly in its times in association with people & places names


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Samuel or Shmu'el (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל) is an important leader of ancient Israel in the Book(s) of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.

His status, as viewed by rabbinical literature, is that he was the last of the Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prophesy inside the Land of Israel. He was thus at the cusp between two eras.


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Daniel (Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל) is a figure appearing in the Hebrew Bible and the central protagonist of the Book of Daniel. The name "Daniel" means "God is my judge" or "God's judge."
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The Essenes (es'-eenz) were followers of a religious way of living in Judaism that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. Many scholars today argue that there were a number of separate but related groups that had in common mystic, eschatological, messianic, and ascetic beliefs that were referred to as the "Essenes". There are also contemporary movements which identify themselves as Essenes, including the "Orthodox" Christian Essenes.
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Saul Alinsky (January 30, 1909, Chicago, Illinois – June 12, 1972, Carmel, California) was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing.

A year before his death in 1972, from the prologue his book Rules for Radicals (his final work, published in 1971), he wrote:


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The supernatural (Latin: super- "exceeding" + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are are not observed in nature, and therefore beyond verifiable measurement. If a phenomenon can be demonstrated, it can no longer be considered supernatural. Because phenomena must be subjected to verifiable measurement and peer review to be considered as a scientific theory, science cannot approach the supernatural.
"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so." —Galileo Galilei

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Joseph of Arimathea, according to the Gospels, was the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrin (which is the way bouleutēs, literally "senator", is interpreted in Matthew 27:57 and Luke 23:50). Joseph was an "honourable counsellor, who waited (or "was searching" which is not the same thing) for the kingdom of God" (Mark, 15:43). As soon as he heard the news of Jesus' death, he "went in boldly" (literally "having summoned courage, he went") "unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus."
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In the arts, history, archaeology, the study of antiques, and similar fields involving unique or scarce artifacts from the past, and, with regard to documents in law, authenticity (Greek: ἀρχηγός from 'archēgos'='author')
  1. the chief leader, prince
    • of Christ
  2. one that takes the lead in any thing and thus affords an example, a predecessor in a matter, pioneer
  3. the author
Strong's Number: 747 Greek: archegos
Author: translated "Prince" in Act 3:15 (marg., "Author") and Acts 5:31, but "Author" in Hebrews 2:10, RV, "Captain," RV marg., and AV, and "Author" in Hebrews 12:2, primarily signifies "one who takes a lead in, or provides the first occasion of,anything." In the Septuagint it is used of the chief of a tribe or family, Numbers 13:2 (RV, prince); of the "heads" of the children of Israel, Numbers 13:3; a captain of the whole people, Numbers 14:4; in Micah 1:13, of Lachish as the leader of the sin of the daughter of Sion: there, as in Hebrews 2:10, the word suggest a combination of the meaning of leader with that of the source from whence a thing proceeds. That Christ is the Prince of life signifies, as Chrysostom says, that "the life He had was not from another; the Prince or Author of life must be He who has life from Himself."
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William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American philosopher, theologian, and Christian apologist. He is a prolific author and lecturer on a wide range of issues related to the philosophy of religion, the historical Jesus, the coherence of the Christian worldview, and Intelligent Design. He is married and lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is currently a Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University in La Mirada, California. Craig is a fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, which is the hub of the Intelligent Design movement.
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According to the Trinitarian interpretation of the New Testament, Jesus was both human and God, so he had the power to lay his life down and to take it up again; thus after Jesus died, he came back to life. This event is referred to in Christian terminology as the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and is commemorated and celebrated by most Christians annually on Easter Sunday.
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Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution, where the victim was tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang there until dead. It is mostly widely known as a not uncommon but extremely dishonorable as well as excruciating form of judicial execution in the Roman Empire, though similar methods were employed in other ancient cultures. Crucifixion has special significance in Christianity, which holds that Jesus was crucified but later resurrected. Because of this the Christian cross or crucifix has become a common symbol of Christianity.
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Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (April 8, 1859 – April 26, 1938) was a philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology. His work was a break with the purely positivist orientation and understanding of the science and philosophy of his day, giving weight to subjective experience as the source of all of our knowledge of objective phenomena.
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The Lucis Trust (originally known as Lucifer Publishing) is a non-profit organization incorporated in New York State, created in 1920 by Alice Bailey and her husband Foster, to manage the business of publishing Mrs. Bailey's twenty-five esoteric books. Its headquarters are in New York City (at the 24th floor of 120 Wall Street), London (Lucis Press Ltd.) and Geneva (Lucis Trust Association).
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The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר, seðɛɾ, "order", "arrangement") is a special Jewish ritual which takes place on the first evening of the Jewish feast of Passover (the 15th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar) in Israel, and on the first and second evenings of Passover (the 15th and 16th days of Nisan) in the Jewish Diaspora.
This year's Passover begins on Tuesday, March 30 2010 and goes through Monday April 5, 2010
Incorporating the holiday meal, the Seder relives the enslavement and subsequent Exodus of the Children of Israel from Ancient Egypt through the words of the Haggadah, the drinking of Four Cups of Wine, the eating of matzot, and the eating of and reference to symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate.
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Hosanna is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity. In Judaism, it is always used in its original Hebrew form, Hoshana.

The appearance of Christ was described by the prophet Zechariah, Zec 9:9.


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