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[We now come to the final article in our four-part series. The previous three were merely the build-up, laying the groundwork for this astonishingly presumptuous interpretation. - MV] This is what…
This week in the Bible Study we were told who the anointed are, and who the Great Crowd is, and that the other sheep are God's friends. I say "told", because to say "taught" would imply that we were…
[First appearing on April 28 of this year, I've republished (with updates) this post because this is the week we actually study this particular Watchtower article. - MV]
It appears that the sole…
[Originally published on April 22 of this year, this is a re-posting (with some additions) of a review of the second study article in the July 15 issue of The Watchtower which explains our new…
[This post was originally published on April 12, 2013, but given that this weekend we will be studying this first article of a series comprising one of our most controversial issues in some time, it…
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“Who really is the faithful and discreet slave…?” (Mt. 24:45)
Imagine you are reading this verse for the first time. You come across it without prejudice, without bias…
There’s a part in this week’s Service Meeting based on Reasoning from the Scriptures, page 136, paragraph 2. Under the “If Someone Says—“ section we are encouraged to say, “May I show you how the…
The November Study Edition of The Watchtower just came out. One of our alert readers drew our attention to page 20, paragraph 17 which reads in part, “When “the Assyrian” attacks…the life-saving…
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In Part 2 of this series, we established that there is no scriptural evidence for the existence of a first century governing body. This begs the question, Is there…
I hate playing the grinch, but sometimes I just can't help myself.
Today's Daily Text is a prime example of the ridiculous places a false doctrine can take us. It says, "If we want to 'prove…
A number of our readers have commented that they have been fighting depression. This is quite understandable. We are continually faced of the conflict that results from holding to opposing positions…
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Our modern-day Governing Body takes as divine backing for its existence the teaching that the first century congregation was also ruled by a governing body…