Testing False Teachers: Is "Christian" Really in the Bible?

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In his video series "Testing Christianity," Mr. Ron Charles of  @Truthunedited makes a number of claims about Christianity and the word "Christian." He says Christianity is against the Bible, that the apostle Peter never wrote the word "Christian" in 1 Peter 4:16, and that Christianity is a corrupted, pagan-influenced "religion of tares." Are any of these claims valid? That's what we test in this video. We also look at some common warning signs of cults.

Links mentioned in this episode
Research on the use of Linguistic Manipulation by cults:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385905992_Linguistic_Manipulation_in_Cults
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/cultish-techniques-of-manipulation
https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-psychology-of-cults.html

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Chapters
00:00 Words Mean Things
02:38 The Claims of Truthunedited
10:43 "Christian" in the Bible
12:07 1 Peter 4:16
12:55 Lost in Translation
14:36 Did Peter Know Greek?
18:45 Cultural Misappropriation
23:23 Greek Influences in Christianity
25:28 We Are To Be Set Apart
28:08 Appealing to Josephus
35:23 Syncretism and Language
40:27 Acts 11 "First Called Christians"
41:49 Early Christianity v. Judaism
50:35 How the Bible defines "Christian"
54:40 Language of a cult?