Theological Dictionary word of the day: Abrahamic religion
In the study of comparative religion, an Abrahamic religion is any of those religions deriving from a common ancient Semitic tradition and traced by their adherents to Abraham ("Father/Leader of many" Hebrew אַבְרָהָם Arabic ابراهيم), a patriarch whose life is narrated in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and as a prophet in the Qur'an.

This forms a large group of related, largely monotheistic religions, generally held to include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith (based upon Islam), and comprises about half of the world's religious adherents.

According to the Jewish tradition, Abraham was the first person to reject idolatry, hence he symbolically appears as the founder of monotheistic religions. In that sense, Abrahamic religion could be simply equated with monotheistic religion, but not all monotheistic religions are Abrahamic. In Islam he is considered as the first monotheist and is often refered to as Ibrahim al-Hanif or Abraham the Monotheist. The term, desert monotheism, is sometimes used for a similar purpose of comparison in historical contexts, but not for modern faiths.

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Theological Dictionary word of the day: New Testament view on the life of Jesus
The four canonical gospels of the New Testament are the main sources of information for the traditional Christian narrative of Jesus' life.


Genealogy and family

The Gospels give two accounts of Jesus' genealogy: one in the male line through his legal father Joseph of Nazareth (Matt 1:2–16 and one through his mother, Mary, while referencing his supposed father; Luke 3:23–38). Both accounts trace his line back to King David and from there to Abraham. These lists are identical between Abraham and David, but they differ between David and Joseph. Matthew starts with Solomon and proceeds through the kings of Judah to the last king, Jeconiah. After Jeconiah the line of kings terminated when Babylon conquered Judah. Thus, Matthew shows that Jesus is the legal heir to the throne of Israel. Luke's genealogy is longer than Matthew's; it goes back to Adam and provides more names between David and Jesus, thus giving us direct descendants from Adam to Jesus through Mary.

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Theological Dictionary word of the day: Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse of John is the canonical book of the New Testament commonly placed last in the Bible. It is the only biblical book that is wholly composed of apocalyptic literature.

Naming
The book is frequently called "Book of Revelation" or simply "Revelation"; however, the title found on some of the earliest manuscripts is "The Apocalypse/Revelation of John" (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ), and the most common title found on later manuscripts is "The Apocalypse/Revelation of the theologian" (ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ). Many mistake The Book of Revelation for the plural revelations, which is false; there was only one known revelation recorded in the author's manuscript. The first sentence of the book, The Revelation of Jesus Christ ... unto his servant John, is also sometimes used as a title.

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PRAISE GOD! (Beloit, March 21, 2007)

Greetings, Timothy Family,

I wanted you to know that we sold the Timothy Truck, painlessly, yesterday. Thank you for praying about that over these past 6 weeks since our meeting. We got $3500 for it and with a "seed gift" we got from a lady in Cashton, WI, we have over 50% of our money for the purchase of a used Toyota pick-up for the Six Trees work, already. Praise God for His faithfulness to detail. Our base line is $7000 by 17 June.

I've put a paragraph about it in the Easter newsletter that will be out soon. Wanted all of you to know.

God bless you!
Larry and Susan

Theological Dictionary word of the day: General epistles
General epistles (also called Catholic Epistles) are books in the New Testament in the form of letters. They are termed "general" because for the most part their intended audience seems to be Christians in general rather than individual persons or congregations as is the case with the Pauline epistles. However, 2 John and 3 John are included in this group despite their addresses respectively to the "elect lady", speculated by many to be the church itself, and to "Gaius", about whom there has been much speculation but little in the way of conclusive proof as to his identity.

There has been considerable speculation as to the authorship of these works. All but the most conservative scholars tend to believe 2 Peter to be a pseudonymous forgery, but these scholars are adamant in their defense of its authenticity and place in the Biblical canon. Protestant Conservatives tend to attribute the books of James and Jude to Jesus' younger half-brothers, while Roman Catholics and others who hold to the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary see this, obviously, as heretical.

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Theological Dictionary word of the day: the letters of Paul
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen or fourteen letters in the New Testament of the Christian Bible traditionally believed to have been written by the apostle Paul. Among them are some of the earliest extant Christian documents. They provide an insight into the beliefs and controversies of formative Christianity and, as part of the canon of the New Testament, they have also been, and continue to be, hugely influential in Christian theology and ethics.

The Letters of Paul are as follows:

• Romans
• 1 Corinthians
• 2 Corinthians
• Galatians
• Ephesians
• Philippians
• Colossians
• 1 Thessalonians
• 2 Thessalonians
• 1 Timothy
• 2 Timothy
• Titus
• Philemon

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Theological Dictionary word of the day: Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament after the four gospels. This book describes the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts. The traditional view is that it was written by the Macedonian Christian physician and historian Luke the Evangelist (also the author of the gospel of Luke).

An alternative name for the book is Acts of the Holy Spirit. It describes many of the journeys and actions taken by the apostles, meaning "those who have been sent" by God, to be His witnesses.

This was originally applied exclusively to those who had personally seen and/or lived with Jesus of Nazareth. The book of Acts contains many descriptions of miraculous events (which were given as signs from God to validate the apostles' teachings), which were performed by the Holy Spirit through the apostles. These included miraculous healings, casting out evil spirits, the raising of the dead, and also historical descriptions of everyday life in The Roman Empire and in ancient Jerusalem.

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Theological Dictionary word of the day: the Gospels
Books in the new testament referred to as the Gospels:

In Christianity, gospel means "good news". Received opinion holds that the word gospel derives from the Old English god "good", and spell "news", a translation of the Greek word ευαγγέλιον, euangelion (eu good, -angelon message) (from this word comes the term "evangelist"). However, the word corresponding to "good" in Old English had a long vowel, and would normally develop into a MnE *goospel, leading some scholars to hold that the Old English term was not a translation of the Greek "good news," but rather a fresh coinage, "message concerning God."

Gospel has generally been used in three ways:

1. To denote the proclamation of God's saving activity in Jesus of Nazareth or to denote the message proclaimed by Jesus of Nazareth. This is the original New Testament usage (for example Mark 1:14-15 or 1 Corinthians 15:1-9, see also Strong's G2098).
2. More popularly to refer to the four canonical Gospels, which are attributed to the Four Evangelists: (Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John); and sometimes other non-canonical works (eg. Gospel of Thomas), that offer a narrative of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
3. Some modern scholars have used the term to denote a hypothetical genre of Early Christian literature (cf. Peter Stuhlmacher, ed., Das Evangelium und die Evangelien, Tübingen 1983, also in English: The Gospel and the Gospels).

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TIMOTHY MISSION FAMILY LOOKS FORWARD
(3 February, 2007, Beloit, WI)

On Saturday, representatives, missionaries, and workers from Timothy Ministries convened at Clare Cottage for a day of devotional Christian worship, prayer, and planning for the next 15 months. The people who compose the Timothy Ministries mission team are always seeking God's way forward and wanting to be in position to serve where there are real spiritual needs on the fields where they are invited to work.

The mission emphasis (for manpower, time, and resources) is shifting slightly to include Bible teaching and ministry training (which has always been at the centre of Timothy Ministries' ethos), plus revival preaching for the strengthening of the local church, spiritually and in terms of effective outreach for Christ.

To that end, Dr. Larry and Susan Correll will be spending more time as itinerant teaching and preaching missionaries, both overseas and here in North America. During the next 15 months, they will be working with...

• a number of local churches in America... in Bible Teaching Conferences and Revival Preaching Ministries.


• Kum Bible College personnel and sites in Lujizweni, Six Trees, Capetown, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. (in conjunction with short-term workers, Joe and Dawn Correll, Dr. Philip Allen, and Rudy and Marty Zuniga)


• Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Charismatic leaders in Kinshasa, DRCongo.


• Church leaders in up to seven venues in England and Scotland, including Cheshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Cumbria, and Aberdeenshire. (in conjunction with Philip and Helen Clarke)


• Church Leaders in two venues in Belgium, in Auvelais and Dour.


• Mission Workers, Buck and Mary Van Zandt, in the Naco, Mexico Training School Project in conjunction with Indian Trails Mission, Arizona.

At this writing, two other missions in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Zurich, Switzerland are being discussed for later this year.

Please pray for the traveling ministries that attach to the work of Timothy Ministries personnel. Please pray for the effective communication of God's Word and the Holy Spirit's Power both in America and overseas. Please pray that Timothy Ministries workers will be good and faithful servants of Christ wherever they go, demonstrating a clear testimony of salvation, a keen faith in Jesus, and a humble heart.

2 Timothy 2: 2..... training Christian workers around the world.... until Christ comes,

Larry & Susan Correll
http://timothyministries.org

Little by little, the prophetic idea of Kum Bible College is not only becoming reality, but extending far beyond what any of us could've ever imagined. We praise and glorify the Name of our Lord Jesus for His far-thinking and far-reaching vision. The work will never be done until He comes. Until then, we want to equip, enable, and encourage the African believers to "sweep across the African continent like a divine tsunami, changing the course of history with the powerful wind of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the holy rain of the Spirit of God!" We have heard that call on our lives more clearly than ever.

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(BELOIT, WI - 22 August 2006)

Latest Photos from KUM Bible College main campus, Kum Bible College East, Six Trees village, mountain farms near Lesotho, Anointed Voice of Africa Ministries, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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