Obadiah, book of
The shortest book in the Old Testament. Not much is known about the prophet Obadiah or when the book was…
Things
Obedience
Doing what we’re told to do. Obedience has been a part of life since the time of Adam and Eve…
Offering/Sacrifice
Gifts to God. They show that a person trusts God and wants to do what He commands. The Old Testament…
Olive
Olives were eaten for food, and olive oil was used in cooking, lamps, medicines, and ointments. Olive wood was used…
Oxen
Oxen are bulls with their sex glands removed. Because they were strong, they were usually used to pull wagons, plows,…
Palm
Date palms have grown in Israel for at least five thousand years. When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the Sunday…
Parable
A story that teaches a lesson. Each parable in the Bible usually points out one spiritual truth and teaches a…
Persecute/Persecution
To harm or destroy, sometimes by injury or torture. Usually people are persecuted because of their beliefs. Prophets were sometimes…
Peter, 1 and 2
Written by the apostle Peter between AD 62 and 69 to Christians in northern Asia Minor (now Turkey). Peter may…
Philemon, book of
In AD 61, Paul wrote this short letter to Philemon, a believer living in Colossae (now southwestern Turkey). Philemon had…
Philippians, book of
Written by the apostle Paul to the church at Philippi (now part of Greece) while he was imprisoned in Rome…