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- ∅➡️🗑️something of so little value it is best discarded
- 📖📖📖 Synoptic GospelsComprising the biblical books Matthew, Mark, and Luke. They distinguish themselves from the book of John in content, order and wording. Study of their literary interrelationship—the Synoptic Problem—plays a key role in New Testament scholarship.
- Advent 📅⏳🕯️Advent is the season before Christmas when Christians take four weeks to get ready for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. It’s about waiting with hope, thinking about peace, finding joy, and practicing love. People mark the weeks with candles, prayers, or special traditions, but at its heart(...) Read More
- Apostle, Jewish (יִשְׁלַח / shalach)
- Apostle, modern from dictionary.com
- Apostle, secular (ἀπόστολος)
- Aroma of GodJust as the smell of a good meal rises and fills the air—drawing people in with delight—our lives, when aligned with God’s heart, rise toward Him as something beautiful, sensed, and pleasing. Scripture uses this image to describe worship, sacrifice, and the way Christ’s love spreads through(...) Read More
- Capstone (The Stone the Builders Rejected)the capstone terminology carries dual significance. Beyond representing Jesus’ supreme importance, the stone also embodies destructive power against those who reject it—whether someone falls upon it and is dashed to pieces or it falls upon them and crushes them, the result is fatal, making(...) Read More
- capstonethe capstone terminology carries dual significance. Beyond representing Jesus’ supreme importance, the stone also embodies destructive power against those who reject it—whether someone falls upon it and is dashed to pieces or it falls upon them and crushes them, the result is fatal, making(...) Read More
- Constantly (Biblical Usage)Constantly (Biblical Usage) Definition: In the New Testament, constantly refers to an ongoing, habitual posture rather than an uninterrupted activity. The Greek adverbs translated “constantly,” “continually,” or “without ceasing” describe a repeated, persistent pattern that becomes part of a(...) Read More
- ConstantlyConstantly (Biblical Usage) Definition: In the New Testament, constantly refers to an ongoing, habitual posture rather than an uninterrupted activity. The Greek adverbs translated “constantly,” “continually,” or “without ceasing” describe a repeated, persistent pattern that becomes part of a(...) Read More
- Dialectical Thinking ☯️
- Discernment, seculardiscernment Spiritual gift that enables a believer to distinguish between good and evil and between right and wrong, and to recognize what is hidden or obscure to the spiritually immature.
- discernment Christian discernmentdiscernment Spiritual gift that enables a believer to distinguish between good and evil and between right and wrong, and to recognize what is hidden or obscure to the spiritually immature.
- Entrust
- Fullness of Time ⏳God’s timing is not our comfort. The “fullness of time” means salvation arrived in danger, disruption, and vulnerability — click for much more detail.
- Intrust
- Intrust / EntrustMeaning: To place something precious in someone’s personal care, not as a task but as a sacred responsibility. Contrast: Entrust → to assign a duty or responsibility Care → originally relational concern; now often reduced to task‑handling Reasonable care → a legal minimum standard to avoid(...) Read More
- entrustMeaning: To place something precious in someone’s personal care, not as a task but as a sacred responsibility. Contrast: Entrust → to assign a duty or responsibility Care → originally relational concern; now often reduced to task‑handling Reasonable care → a legal minimum standard to avoid(...) Read More
- Magi🫅🏿Magi — Outsiders from the east, respected for occult knowledge but viewed with suspicion in Jewish thought. Mage — Later English form of magus, meaning magician or sorcerer. Lexical Link — Both words trace back to Greek magos and Latin magus/magi. Theological Note — God chose the magi to(...) Read More
- One Best Answer ✔️
- Perseverance
- Providence (of God)1. (often initial capital letter) the foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth. 2. (initial capital letter) God, especially when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence. 3. a manifestation of(...) Read More
- SeekerIn contemporary ministry contexts, a seeker refers to someone who is either unchurched (never regularly attended church) or dechurched (formerly attended but left due to hurt or neglect), and who is now exploring a fresh relationship with God and considering a welcoming congregation
- Seven is the number of completenessSeven holds the most significant symbolic weight among biblical numbers, signifying completeness or totality.1 This symbolism emerges from creation itself: God completed his creative work on the seventh day, establishing the seven-day week as the foundational template for all subsequent uses(...) Read More
- Stringing PearlsA rabbinic teaching method that links verses together like pearls on a thread, revealing deeper and more complex connections in Scripture.
- ToilWork in Scripture begins as a good gift—humanity joining God’s creative purpose—but becomes “toil” after the fall, marked by frustration, pain, and exhaustion. Hebrew terms like ʿāmāl and yāgaʿ capture this burdened labor. Yet even under the curse, Scripture teaches that meaningful work and(...) Read More
- workWork in Scripture begins as a good gift—humanity joining God’s creative purpose—but becomes “toil” after the fall, marked by frustration, pain, and exhaustion. Hebrew terms like ʿāmāl and yāgaʿ capture this burdened labor. Yet even under the curse, Scripture teaches that meaningful work and(...) Read More
Footnotes:
- 1Koelner, R. Y. (2022). Paul’s Letter to Titus: His Emissary to Crete, about Congregational Life (p. 22). Lederer Books: An Imprint of Messianic Jewish Publishers.