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…
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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…
One of the reasons we believe that the Bible is the Word of God is the candor of its writers. They do not try to hide their faults, but freely confess them. David is a prime example of this, as he…
As a Jehovah's Witness, I work for the Lord.
The pay is not great.
But
The benefits package is out of this world.
This is a follow up to the post Look! I Am With You All the Days. In that post we made reference to the fact that memorial attendance declined dramatically from 1925 to 1928--something on the…
“Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?” (Acts 1:6)
That kingdom ended when the Jews were taken into exile in Babylon. No longer did a descendant from the royal line of King…
Today we are introducing a new feature to our forum.
It is always best when topics can be debated so that all sides can have their say; so that opposing views can be aired and the reader can make his…