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  1. Richard Aberdeen

    What the Famous Say About Jesus

    Eleanor Roosevelt is reported to have memorized much of the New Testament. She was fond of the Hebrew prophet Micah: "And what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy,and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8, the famous Jesus portrait of a true patriot found in Matthew...
  2. Richard Aberdeen

    Why do Christians Say "Gospel"?

    Greek "euangelion" means "good news" or "glad tidings". It should never be translated in any other way other than this in modern English bibles. Paul is correctly translated as saying "my good news", not my gospel, as is also Jesus himself correctly translated in Luke as to proclaim good news to...
  3. Richard Aberdeen

    What is the "Eye of the Needle"?

    The discipline of "philology" is applied by historians when attempting to understand the true intentions behind words spoken in a particular historical time-frame and context, rather than wrongly assuming that word definitions found in a modern dictionary necessarily apply. For example, "deism"...
  4. Richard Aberdeen

    Is "Epistle" a Correct Translation?

    Means both "letter" and "formal letter" in Koine Greek. While today one can look up the word "epistle" in a modern dictionary and find that it refers to a formal letter of special importance, in the First Century world of Paul and other authors of the New Testament, the Greek "epistole"...
  5. Richard Aberdeen

    Disciple or Follower?

    Greek "mathetai"; means "student", "follower". It has no special religious connotation or significance, other than that to follow Jesus is both a significant and important choice. The word in Greek can be used in reference to a follower of anybody, from Karl Marx and Charles Darwin, to Ayn Rand...
  6. Richard Aberdeen

    Are Demons and Angels Superstition?

    The word translated as 'demon' in most English bibles refers to invisible (to us) evil beings that are in opposition to God. The word wrongly translated as 'angel' refers to messengers of the true God. They are invisible beings who are greater than humans and who are on the side of what is good...
  7. Richard Aberdeen

    Who Are "The Common People"?

    What is translated in most versions of the New Testament as "common people", means "crowd" in Greek. However, the vast majority of the "crowd" who followed Jesus around were most likely regular average people, rather than the elite of society. The religious leaders often hung nearby because...
  8. Richard Aberdeen

    What is "Church"?

    The Greek "ekklesia", mistranslated as 'church' in modern bibles, means "assembly" or "called out ones" for a specific purpose. This was a term applied to a Greek political assembly and appears to have been deliberately chosen by Jesus himself. In the New Testament, this term always refers to...
  9. Richard Aberdeen

    Is Christianity in the Bible?

    CHRISTIAN: Paul never once refers to himself as a 'christian', while at least five times in the New Testament he refers to himself as a follower of "the way". The way was considered to be a revolutionary new way of life, centered on the true communism of sharing all things in common and...
  10. Richard Aberdeen

    What is Salvation?

    Paul opens and closes every letter attributed to him with "grace" to you followed often by "mercy" and/or "peace", always listing grace first. He also says that Jesus gives us more grace and, we grow from grace to grace (more free, bigger and better understanding). Unlike many Christians teach...
  11. Richard Aberdeen

    What Does "Christ" Mean?

    Greek "christos" means "anointed" or "the anointed one". In Hebrew, "mashiach" means the same thing, which is translated as "Messiah" into English. Most English bibles leave this untranslated as "Christ", which is based on the Greek for Messiah. Whether we say Jesus Christ or Jesus Messiah is...
  12. Richard Aberdeen

    ARE MODERN CHURCHES REALLY BIBLICAL?

    In Acts 20:17 The word translated as "apostle" in English, "apostolos", means one who is sent away or "sent one". Thus, it is correct to refer to Paul as "Paul the sent one", rather than as "the apostle Paul", as is the bad habit of modern Bibles. Several people besides the twelve original...
  13. Richard Aberdeen

    ARE MODERN PREACHERS HONEST ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT?

    The original New Testament texts didn't contain either verses or the many often poorly divided chapters we are familiar with today; such artificial divisions can lead to significant bias, misinterpretation and confusion. Each of the various letters found in the New Testament should be understood...
  14. Richard Aberdeen

    THE JESUS NARRATIVES

    What are known today as the four 'gospels' represent a different individual insight and perspective into the same historical Jesus. Each one of them contains valuable information the others do not, while John in particular offers considerable insight and unique words and deeds of Jesus not found...
  15. Richard Aberdeen

    SALVATION

    Paul opens and closes every letter attributed to him with "grace" to you followed often by "mercy" and/or "peace", always listing grace first. He also says that Jesus gives us more grace and, we grow from grace to grace (more free, bigger and better understanding). Unlike many Christians teach...
  16. Richard Aberdeen

    Words and Deeds of Jesus

    Psalm 33:15 says and, as the evidence is clearly revealed throughout human history, God fashions each one of our hearts "individually". And thus, we need to learn to rely on Jesus as our teacher, rather than relying on the bias of scientists, educators, priests, preachers, self-help gurus...
  17. Richard Aberdeen

    GOD

    Unlike people in the past, today we have the advantage of the telescope and microscope, where we can understand that God is about both intricate microscopic detail, as well as unimaginable vastness beyond words. Even a human artist when painting a large mural, also takes time to enhance the...
  18. Richard Aberdeen

    Many Christians Ignore What Jesus Clearly Says

    Many especially conservative Christians today totally ignore what Jesus clearly has commanded us to do, which is to put our weapons away; "for all who live by the sword will die by the sword." Jesus says this in the midst of Roman soldiers waiting to take him away to be crucified, making this...
  19. Richard Aberdeen

    TRANSLATION ERRORS IN MODERN BIBLES

    Every modern version contains mistranslations, including the King James Version. Here's a list of a few of them: Gospel - correctly translated as "good news" from the Greek. Church – “assembly”. Apostle– “sent one”, such as Paul and Peter the “sent ones”. Paul calls other people “sent ones”...
  20. Richard Aberdeen

    Five Things Jesus Teaches Us

    1) You will know the truth and the truth will make you free. This provides both the proper goal of education, to know what is true and the proper reason for being educated, so we can be free. Education not based on the proper goal, to know what is true and/or, the proper reason for knowing what...

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