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- Wilderness journey and covenant renewal
Numbers and Deuteronomy recount wilderness testing, leadership, and renewal of the covenant before entry into the land. - Will and Activity in Christ
In the terminology of the sixth ecumenical council, natural will is a nature's capacity to will, and energy means its activity or operation. Christ has divine and human natural willing and activity because he is… - Windows & Light
Windows may be plain, geometric, or filled with biblical imagery. Approaches to sacred art differ widely among Protestant traditions. - Wisdom beside God before creation
Wisdom's poetic self-description becomes an important Christian text about the Word, without narrating an appearance. - Wisdom dwelling among humankind
A wisdom poem became an important Christian witness to God's coming among humankind. - Wisdom of Sirach
Sirach gathers practical and theological wisdom; its Greek preface describes translation by the author's grandson. - Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon brings Jewish fidelity into conversation with Greek-language philosophical and rhetorical forms. The fate of the righteous, the gift of wisdom, the folly of idolatry, and a retelling of the exodus… - Wisdom, suffering, and easy answers
Proverbs offers patterned observations about wise conduct; Job stages a long dispute over suffering that resists a simple reward-and-punishment formula; Ecclesiastes questions what human labor can secure. Read these… - Wittenberg
Wittenberg was a university, printing, preaching, and reform center associated with Martin Luther. The Ninety-Five Theses of 1517 began with repentance and challenged indulgence preaching; they should not be read as… - Women as disciples, witnesses, and coworkers
The Gospels name women who support Jesus' ministry and witness the death and resurrection. Paul names women in his network of coworkers and hosts. Each passage has its own setting: a resurrection narrative, a… - Women Disciples and Witnesses
The Gospels name women who followed Jesus, supported the ministry, remained near the Cross and burial, and became the first witnesses of the empty tomb and resurrection proclamation. - Women, Gender Hierarchy, and Household Discipline
The Qur'an granted women specified property, inheritance, dower, and legal rights in a patriarchal environment and condemns female infanticide. It also places men in a qawwam role, gives sex-differentiated… - Worship and Preaching
Protestant worship ordinarily includes Scripture reading, preaching, prayer, song, baptism, and the Lord's Supper. Historic Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Methodist worship can be liturgical, while many free… - Worship God alone and do not put him to the test
Jesus answers two wilderness temptations with Moses' instructions about worship and testing God. - Worship God alone: the control passage
Jesus insists on exclusive worship and service of God. His refusal sets a control against which later honor or worship of Jesus must be interpreted. - Worship Space
The congregation meets here for Scripture, prayer, song, and the church's ordinances or sacraments. Some traditions call the whole room the sanctuary. - Wycliffe's propositions are condemned in London
Church authorities condemn propositions associated with Wycliffe on the Eucharist, clerical authority, and church property. Wycliffe answers from within the scriptural and theological disputes of his own period. - Yahweh answers Job from the whirlwind
The divine answer confronts Job with creation's mystery, leading from hearsay toward humbled encounter. - Yahweh appears to Solomon at Gibeon
A divine dream invites Solomon's request for discernment; a later appearance couples dedication with covenant warning. - Yahweh descends on Sinai in fire
Fire, smoke, trembling, and a divine voice mark the covenant descent, while Israel sees no form. - Your throne, O God
Hebrews applies a royal psalm to the Son and, in the standard reading, addresses him as God while also speaking of God, your God. - Zeal, undeserved hatred, and sour wine
John and Paul reuse distinct lines of the sufferer's lament for Jesus' temple action, rejection, and passion. - Zebulun
Jacob and Leah's sixth son; his birth name is tied to honor or dwelling, and Jacob's testament associates his line with the seashore and ships. - Zechariah
Zechariah combines restoration-era visions with later oracles about kingship, shepherding, conflict, and divine rule. Its symbolic figures and changing literary forms require more care than a list of detached… - Zechariah
Prophet whose visions encourage restoration. - Zechariah of Israel
Last northern king of Jehu's line. - Zechariah's visions of restoration
Zechariah's visions encourage rebuilding and imagine renewed priestly and royal life. - Zedekiah
Judah's last king before Jerusalem's destruction. - Zephaniah
Zephaniah announces the day of the Lord against complacency, injustice, and idolatry, then turns toward a humbled remnant and restored joy. Its judgment reaches beyond Judah without leaving Judah exempt. - Zephaniah
Prophet of the day of the Lord and restoration. - Zephaniah and the day of the Lord
Zephaniah calls Judah to repentance and speaks of judgment and a purified remnant. - Zerubbabel
Leader associated with rebuilding the Temple. - Zimri
Northern king whose reign lasts seven days. - Zipporah
Moses' wife in the Exodus account. - Zwingli and the Zürich Reformation
Zwingli's preaching and civic reforms in Zürich form a distinct Swiss Reformation, including a different account of the Lord's Supper from Luther's. - Zürich
Zürich's Reformation developed through Zwingli's preaching and decisions by the city council, including the disputation of 1523. It provides a distinct civic and Swiss setting, not simply a duplicate of Luther's…