[Enoch was kind enough to lighten my load this week by supplying most of the research and wording for this article.]
[From ws12/16 p. 26 January 30-February 5]
“Sin must not be master over you,…
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[From ws11/16 p. 26 January 23-29]
“Get out of her, my people.” – Re 18:4
What does it mean to break free from false religion? The answer, according to this week’s Watchtower study is:
In the…
This week's study in the God's Kingdom Rules book celebrates the organization's use, from early on, of a “variety of methods of preaching to reach the largest audience possible”. The study is taken…
[From ws11/16 p. 21 January 16-22]
If you are reading this for the second time, you will notice some changes. I realized I had mistakenly crossed two unrelated articles in this review and have now…
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!” - Canto VI, XVII, popularized by the Scottish poem, Marmion.
It is an accepted truism that lies beget more lies as the liar…
[From ws11/16 p. 14 January 9-15]
“When you received God’s word…you accepted it…
just as it truthfully is, as the word of God.” (1Th 2:13)
The theme text for this study is an abridged version of…
[From ws12/16 p. 9 January 2-8]
The three “theme questions” for this study are:
What convinces you that Jehovah is the incomparable Organizer?
Why is it reasonable to conclude that Jehovah’s…
Covering Chapter 6 Paragraphs 1-7 of God’s Kingdom Rules
Every so often a claim is made in a publication that is so ridiculous, so obviously false, that one has to bite one’s own tongue at the…
[From ws12/16 p. 4 December 26-January 1]
The opening example in this week’s study teaches us something we can all agree upon: it is a fine thing to encourage someone when they’re feeling depressed,…
Covering Chapter 5 Paragraphs 18-25 of God’s Kingdom Rules
Are we guilty of making wild and unsubstantiated claims? Consider the following:
Ever since then, Christ has guided his people to focus…
[From ws11/16 p. 26 December 5, 19-25]
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not being seen.”—He. 11:1 BLB[i]
Paragraph 3 of this week’s study asks us: “But what…
Covering Chapter 5 Paragraphs 10-17 of God’s Kingdom Rules
From paragraph 10:
“Decades before 1914, true Christians already understood that 144,000 faithful followers of Christ would rule with…