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  1. 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"...
  2. 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"...
  3. 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...
  4. Richard Aberdeen

    What Was NT Fellowship Like?

  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Richard Aberdeen

    WAS JESUS A CARPENTER?

    It is virtually certain that Jesus was not a carpenter as the term is generally perceived today. Many if not most historians believe the literal Greek refers to either a stone mason, handyman or common laborer stone mason's helper. Though ambiguous, it is believed the literal Greek may refer...
  11. Dream About The Hug

    Dream About The Hug

    Dream About The Hug I woke up this morning and caught the end of a dream. In this dream there appeared to be a person I know who recently returned to this forum. He was giving his friend a hug. His friend had something like a yellow, partially inflated belt/band wrapped around him that went from...
  12. TLHKAJ

    Coming to a City or Town Near You....

    This is so important, y'all. If you care about health, safety, privacy, environmental pollution, etc... this is something to be aware of. This is the Beast system being set up in our midst. PRAY ....and prepare accordingly!
  13. DaniBaker

    how God used me to help a friend

    Hey guys. I recently reconnected with a buddy I've known for years who told me his feelings of addiction are bad right now. What's more, he's getting married in 6 months and that he feels just empty. I decided to sit with him, we talked and prayed for some time (removed) 2 Peter 2:10 tells us...
  14. G

    Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” - how James saved me from myself!

    Hi there, This verse literally saved me, from myself. Specifically, I realised that I was making plans constantly, without trusting the Lord at all. Even in meditation, I would try to reach a state that I thought was stable - not what the Lord was giving me, should He be willing. If feel a...
  15. Keturah

    Juneteenth & Civil Rights 6/19/23

    Juneteenth National Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June...
  16. MatthewG

    Galatians 4:21-31;5:1-26 - Hagar and Sarah - Freedom in Christ

    Hagar and Sarah 21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free...
  17. MatthewG

    Freedom & Bondage (Call It For What It Is)?

    Hello you, whoever is reading, This video is very long and may be hard to get through however if you are able to make it hopefully you will learning some truth to the matters of when it comes to Freedom and Bondage. May the spirit of God help in your search for truth friend. Freedom and...
  18. MatthewG

    The Great News

    Jesus Christ came and paid for the whole world - all peoples - sin one time for all people that pleased God's justice against sin. Jesus Christ has overcame, hell, sin, death, the grace, and even Satan. Did you know that all people are going to a heavenly realm - either outside or inside of the...
  19. MatthewG

    James 5:13-20 (The importance of prayer - and understanding the darkness of our heart)

    Hello you and welcome; this is a going through of talking about verse by verse a little bit of things we covered over the previous chapters, along with the verses of 13 through 20, this finally finishes up the completion of going through the book of James verse by verse; if you would like to...
  20. FollowHim

    Christians are mystics - we connect with God with our hearts

    14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. 15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: "The LORD's right hand has done mighty things! 16 The LORD's right hand is lifted high; the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!" Psalm 118:14-16 7 The...