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You can be “a Source of Great Comfort”
“These are my fellow workers for the Kingdom of God, and they have become a source of great comfort to me.” – Colossians 4:11 [From ws 1/20 p.8 Study Article 2: March 9 – March 15, 2020] This article was refreshing to review. For the most part it was free of material...
Timing of the Memorial Celebration Nisan 14 2020
When is Nisan 14 in 2020 (Jewish Calendar Year 5780)? The Jewish Calendar consists of 12 lunar months of 29.5 days each, bringing the “return of the year” in 354 days, falling short by 11 and one-quarter days of the solar year length. So the first problem in...
“Go, Therefore, and Make Disciples”
“Go, therefore, and make disciples …. , baptizing them.” – Matthew 28:19 [From ws 1/20 p.2 Study Article 1: March 2 – March 8, 2020] This study article is based on the new year text, which per paragraph 1 is “OUR YEARTEXT FOR 2020: “Go, therefore, and make...
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses have “a Disapproved Mental State”?
“Just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a disapproved mental state, to do the things not fitting.” (Romans 1:28 NWT) It may seem like a bold statement even to suggest that the leadership of Jehovah's Witnesses has been given over to a...
Parents – Train Your Children to Love Jehovah
“Children are an inheritance from Jehovah.” – Psalm 127:3 [From ws 12/19 p.22 Study Article 52: February 24 – March 1, 2020] Paragraphs 1-5 contain perfectly reasonable advice. In doing so the Organization makes it clear that others should not pressure couples as to...
How Well Do You Know Jehovah?
“Those knowing your name will trust in you; you will never abandon those seeking you, O Jehovah.” – Psalm 9:10 [From ws 12/19 p.16 Study Article 51: February 17 – February 23, 2020] To give you food for thought as to whether the Organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses...
Examining Matthew 24, Part 6: Is Preterism Applicable to Last Days Prophecies?
A number of exJWs seem to be persuaded by the idea of Preterism, that all the prophecies in Revelation and Daniel, as well as those in Matthew 24 and 25 were fulfilled in the first century. Can we definitely prove otherwise? Are there any adverse effects resulting from a Preterist belief?
Jehovah Provides for Your Liberty
“You must … proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants.” – Leviticus 25:10 [From ws 12/19 p.8 Study Article 50: February 10 – February 16, 2020] This week's study article is acceptable until we reach paragraph 12 where we are introduced to the concept of a...
Is the Governing Body Knowingly Deceiving Us over 607 BCE? (Part 2)
In our first article, we examined the Adad-Guppi Stele, an historical document which quickly demolishes Watchtower's theory of possible gaps in the established line of Neo-Babylonian Kings. For the next piece of primary evidence, we will look at the planet Saturn....
Have Jehovah’s Witnesses Reached the Tipping Point?
While the 2019 Service Report seems to indicate that there is on-going growth in the Organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses, there is shocking news out of Canada to indicate that the figures have been cooked and in fact the organization is shrinking far faster than anyone had imagined.