Holy Spirit

Luke’s portrait of Jesus is strongly colored by his emphasis on this Third Person of the Trinity       

Theodicy

A literary work that tries to reconcile beliefs about divine goodness with the irrefutable fact that evil and undeserved suffering characterize human experience

Sin

Anything that fails to put God first in the order of things         

Prayer

Opening oneself to God, responding to God who is already communicating with humans         

Savior

One who delivers believers from the consequences of sin