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The Dichotomy of Belief: When Trust in Jehovah Becomes Trust in Men
One sentence in this week's Treasures From God's Word workbook caught my attention because it Is a contradiction. Although in saying that I know not many Jehovah's Witnesses will know it is a contradiction.
Read more“Yeah, but…” — The Sound of Scripture Being Overruled
Whenever you read a scripture that plainly says something, and the first response you hear from another person—perhaps even another Jehovah’s Witness—is, “Yeah, but…,” that should tell you something important.
Read moreRediscovering the Bible Beyond the Watchtower
Back in the 1960s, many Jehovah’s Witnesses vividly remember the release of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. It came as a compact green hardcover Bible, and at the time it was presented as a major advancement because it used what was considered more modern English. Comparisons were often made with the King James Version, especially with archaic words such as “shambles,” which in older English referred to a meat market.
The Governing Body has decided...
Have you really seriously thought about what that statement, that preamble, of every organizational change means? It means the Governing Body themselves—yes, that group of old white (and Sam Herd) men in New York—openly admit that they are not inspired by God. That’s not an accusation. That’s their own statement.
400 Bible Translations Later… Have You Actually Read It?
Most people today who identify as Christians own a Bible. That’s something we often take for granted—but it hasn’t always been this way.
In the first century, believers did not possess a complete, bound Bible as we know it today. The Hebrew Scriptures existed, but they were preserved primarily in scrolls housed in synagogues or the temple. Early Christians relied on oral teaching, eyewitness accounts, and eventually individual letters—what we might think of as “books”—circulating among congregations. The Christian faith grew and spread long before a compiled New Testament ever existed.