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  1. Richard Aberdeen

    Is Jesus a Religion?

    Jesus is presented throughout the New Testament as the friend of sinners and regular average people. And he is also presented as the enemy of orthodox conservative religion, which he seems to have passionately hated. Later both Stephen and Paul in Acts insist that God "does not live in temples...
  2. Richard Aberdeen

    What About the Physical Jesus?

    Isaiah prophesies that Messiah would have "no form or comeliness. And when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him" Isaiah 53:2. Many if not most historians agree Jesus was probably dark, short, unkempt by modern standards and according to Isaiah was unattractive, having nothing...
  3. Richard Aberdeen

    Is Atheism Scientific?

    At the bottom line, atheism would have us believe that the grand design cosmic reality magically appeared and, out popped magical living beings of intelligence and conscious awareness. Atheism assumes without evidence, that there is no Creator; no design, no thought, no reason and no rhyme...
  4. Richard Aberdeen

    What Does "Love" Mean in Greek?

    Greek has eight different words for "love", including "agape", unconditional universal or God's love, "eros"; sexual love, "philia"; friendship or affectionate love, "storge"; familial love or the love between parents and children, "philautia"; self love, "xenia"; hospitality or love for...
  5. Richard Aberdeen

    What Does John 1:1 Mean?

    In the beginning was the logos, and the logos was with God, and the logos was God John 1:1, inadequately translated as "Word" in most modern bibles. While it is true that the "word of the Lord" or the word of God is an aspect (or part) of God, this by no means describes everything that God is...
  6. Richard Aberdeen

    Who Are "The Jews" in the New Testament?

    In John, we find this concerning Jesus: "Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, where is he? And there was much complaining among the people concerning him. Some said, 'he is good'; others said, 'no, on the contrary, he deceives the people.' However, no one spoke openly of him for fear...
  7. 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...
  8. Richard Aberdeen

    Is There Really a Hell?

    According to astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, there is a certain type of black hole located within dark voids in the universe, where there is no light for many light years in every direction. This type of black hole, according to Tyson, contains an inner "sea of fire", left over from the...
  9. 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...
  10. 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"...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. Sue J Love

    Do Not Fall for The Lies

    “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his...

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