List of Important Words

Go to the Words Starting with a Letter

A

Atonement - The work Jesus Christ did in his life and death to pay for our sins and earn our salvation.

B

Biblical Theology - The study of what the individual authors and sections of the Bible teach and how that teaching fits into the historical development of the Bible.

C

Church - Either a local body of believers in Jesus Christ (that is: a local church) or the community of all of believers in Jesus Christ for all time (that is: the universal church).

D

Disciple - A person who followed Jesus during his life, especially one of the twelve Apostles.

E

Eternal Life - Eternal life is the never ending life that God gives to each person who is saved by faith in Jesus alone.

F

Faith - Trust or dependence on God that He is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.

G

Grace - Grace is the undeserved kindness that God freely chooses to give people.

H

Hell - Hell is a real place that people go to if they die without salvation by faith in Jesus alone.

I

Immersion - The way people in the New Testament were baptized by putting them completely under the water and then bringing them back up again.

J

Jesus - God the Son and the Christ.

K

King - One of the three offices Jesus Christ fulfilled in which he rules over the church and the creation.

L

Love - Love is choosing to put someone before yourself, even when you do not feel like doing it.

M

Mary - Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ.

N

Natural Revelation - The way God reveals himself to all people through the natural world around us.

O

Omnipotence - The teaching that God is all-powerful and able to do anything that He chooses to do.

P

Pharasee - A pharasee was a member of the religious leaders of Israel.

R

Repent - To repent means to turn away from your sin and turn to God for forgiveness.

S

Sin - Sin is your evil thougts and actions. Your heart of rebellion against the perfect will and character of God.

T

Theology - Theology is the study of what God through the Bible has to teach us about Himself or any given topic.

U

Ultimate Reality - Ultimate reality is the highest, most important part of everything that exist. God is ultimate reality.

W

Worship - The activity of bringing praise to God’s perfect character and perfect actions with our voices, hearts, and actions.