Matthew and Mark offer two different renderings of the same account.
(Matthew 19:16, 17) . . .Now, look! a certain one came up to him and said: "Teacher, what good must I do in order to get…
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This week’s The Watchtower study opens with thought that it is a great honor to be sent by God as an ambassador or envoy to help people establish peaceful relations with Him. (w14 5/15 p. 8 par. 1,2…
[I had originally decided to write a post on this topic in response to a comment made by a sincere, but concerned, reader concerning the advisability of the public nature of our forum. However, as I…
Make Sure of the More Important Things (w13 4/15 p. 22)
Do Not Tire Out (w13 4/15 p. 27)
These two articles seem to be published with the goal of encouraging continued support and obedience to those…
Serve Jehovah with fear And be joyful with trembling.
Kiss the son, that He may not become incensed
And YOU may not perish [from] the way,
For his anger flares up easily.
Happy are all those taking…
It is interesting how commonplace Scriptures you've read dozens of times take on new meaning once you abandon some long-held prejudices. For example, take this from this week's Bible reading…
Apollos forwarded this extract from Studies in Scriptures, Volume 3, pages 181 to 187. In these pages, brother Russell reasons on the effects of sectarianism. As witnesses, we may read this superb…
“Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19)
Let’s summarize what we’ve learned so far.
We cannot prove with certainty that Rev. 7:4 is referring to a literal number of individuals. (See…
[Note: To facilitate this discussion, the term “the anointed” will refer to those who have the heavenly hope according to the official teaching of Jehovah’s people. Likewise, “other sheep” refers to…
(Jeremiah 31:33, 34) . . .“For this is the covenant that I shall conclude with the house of Israel after those days,” is the utterance of Jehovah. “I will put my law within them, and in their heart I…
The exact phrase, “great crowd of other sheep” occurs more than 300 times in our publications. The association between the two terms, “great crowd” and “other sheep”, is established in over 1,000…
(Proverbs 26:5) . . .Answer someone stupid according to his foolishness, that he may not become someone wise in his own eyes.
Isn’t this a great Scripture? It provides such an effective technique in…