In my daily Bible reading this jumped out at me:
"However, let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or a wrongdoer or a busybody in other people’s matters.16 But if anyone suffers as a…
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I think that chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews is one of my favorite chapters in all the Bible. Now that I have learned–or perhaps I should say, now that I am learning–to read the Bible without bias…
This started out as a comment on Apollos' excellent post on "Was Adam Perfect?" but kept growing until it got too long. Besides, I wanted to add a picture, so here we are.
It is interesting…
[There are some insightful and thought-provoking comments under the post “The Devil’s Great Con Job” which got me thinking about what congregation membership really entails. This post is the result…
“Do you think you know more than the Governing Body?” Try raising an objection to something taught in the magazines using scriptures to support your position and you will inevitably be met with this…
Why do we hold on to 1914 so tenaciously? Is it not because a war broke out in that year? A really big war, at that. In fact, “the war to end all wars.” Challenge 1914 to the average Witness and…
Did anyone notice today the line in paragraph 14 of the study (w13 9/15 p. 14) that said, "Hence, in 1922, J. F. Rutherford, who took the lead in the preaching work..."
One of our objectives with…
There have been quite a few excellent comments made under Apollos’ post, “An Illustration” about the situation many are facing in the congregation as they make their newfound knowledge known to…
“Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mat. 24:36)
“It does not belong to YOU to get knowledge of the times or seasons which…
With presumptuousness the prophet spoke it.
You must not get frightened at him. (Deut. 18:22)
It is a time honored truth that one of the best ways for a human ruler to control a population is to keep…
From this week's Bible reading, we have these insightful words from Paul.
(1 Timothy 1:3-7) . . .Just as I encouraged you to stay in Eph′e·sus when I was about to go my way into Mac·e·do′ni·a, so I…
Some have commented that we need to be more positive in this forum. We quite agree. We would like nothing better than to speak only of positive and upbuilding truth from God’s word. However, to…