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 [From ws4/16 p. 18 for June 13-19] “They continued devoting themselves…to associating together.”—Acts 2:42 Paragraph 3 states: “Immediately after the Christian congregation was formed, followers of…
 [From ws4/16 p. 13 for June 6-12] “Let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and sound in all respects, not lacking in anything.”—James 1:4 The introductory paragraphs of the…
For a long time now, I have wanted to write about what the Bible teaches concerning the salvation of humankind.  Coming from a background as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I thought the task would be…
The outlines and videos for the 2016 Regional Convention, “Remain Loyal to Jehovah!” have been leaked. I know that many of you will be going to this year’s convention, and it would be wrong to…
[From ws4/16 p. 5 for May 30-June 5]   “Be imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”—He 6:12   I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that we’ve been…
The power of prayer is something we recognize and when many pray for someone in need, our Father takes note.  Thus, we find appeals like Colossians 4:2,  1 Thessalonians 5:25 and 2 Thessalonians 3:1…
In my daily Bible reading—which unfortunately, is not as ‘daily’ as I’d like it to be—I came across these two related verses: “28 Then they led Jesus from Caʹia·phas to the governor’s palace. It was…
A consideration of the vine and branches metaphor in John 15:1-8 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one abiding in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit. For apart from Me you are able to do…
There is a Morning Worship video on JW.org delivered by Kenneth Flodin, Helper to the Teaching Committee, titled, “This Generation Will…Not Pass Away”.  (See it here.) At the 5-minute mark, Flodin…
[From ws3/16 p. 18 for May 23-29] “This is the way. Walk in it.”—Isa 30:21 I have put all the doctrinal corrections at the end of the article so as not to detract from a discussion of what appears to…
In the May, 2016 Watchtower—Study Edition, a question from readers introduces what Witnesses like to call “new light”. Prior to this article, Witnesses were not allowed to applaud when an…
A few users are reporting an inability to log on to the Bible Study Forum. The reason is that they are under the impression that it's a part of this Beroean Pickets site.  It is in a thematic sense,…