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This is a translation of the July 21, 2017 article in Trouw, a major Dutch newspaper, concerning what is expected of Jehovah's Witnesses elders when handling cases of child sexual abuse. This…
A friend who is going through a difficult time right now, because of loving and sticking to the truth in the Bible instead of blindly accepting the teachings of men, was asked by one of his elders to…
Gods Kingdom Rules (kr chap 15 para 29-36) - Fighting for Freedom to Worship
The main area covered in this week’s section is that of child custody (paragraphs 29-33).
It is difficult to comment on…
[From ws6/17 p. 4 – July 31-August 6]
“The God of all comfort . . . comforts us in all our trials.”—2Co 1:3, 4
(Occurrences: Jehovah=23; Jesus=2)
Here we go again, marginalizing Jesus. The title and…
Bible Study (bh 215 para 3 – 216)
Paragraph 1 states “Decades in advance, Bible students proclaimed that there would be significant developments in 1914. What were these...?"
Yes, indeed what were…
[From ws5/17 p. 22 – July 24-30]
What is this article about? The answer is found in paragraph 4.
In this regard, let us consider three areas of life that if not kept in their proper place could…
Treasures from God’s Word – When Jehovah forgives, does he forget?
Ezekiel 18:19, 20 – Jehovah holds each person responsible for his own actions (w12 7/1 page 18 para 2)
The last sentence of the…
[From ws5/17 p. 17 – July 17-23]
“Because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love of the greater number will grow cold.” – Mt 24:12
As we’ve discussed elsewhere,[i] the so-called sign of the last…
Even after 3 ½ years of preaching, Jesus still hadn’t revealed all the truth to his disciples. Is there a lesson in this for us in our preaching activity?
John 16:12-13[1] “I still have many things…
Treasures from God’s Word – Do you keep your promises?
Ezekiel 17:18,19 – Jehovah expected Zedekiah to keep his word (w12 10/15 page 30 para 11, W88 9/15 page 17 para 8)
The reference for W88 says in…
[From ws5/17 p. 8 – July 10 – 16]
“No greater joy do I have than this: that I should hear that my children go on walking in the truth.” – 3 John 4
In the theme text, John is not speaking to his…
I've just published a thought-provoking new article on the BP - Bible Study Forum (a separate site) by a new contributing author, Eleasar. It was a toss-up as to whether to publish on this site or…