March 1, 2000 From: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 To: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 Re: Blood and upholding righteous standards Dear Brothers I appreciate your February 21, 2000 reply in consideration of my letters dated February 16, 1998, July 31, 1998 and November […]
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Reply to Third Letter
February 21, 2000 From: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 To: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 Dear Brother Jensen: We acknowledge your letter of January 18, 2000, in which you sent us a copy of your letter of November 15, 1999. In addition to considering […]
Third Letter
November 15, 1999 From: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 To: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 Re: Blood and upholding righteous standards Dear Brothers Back in 1998 I wrote you with questions regarding facets of our teaching and stance on use of blood. (See my […]
Reply to Second Letter
August 24, 1998 From: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 To: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 Dear Brother Jensen: Your letter of July 31, 1998, has been received, and we note your response to our recent correspondence to you in connection with the Biblical view […]
Second Letter
July 31, 1998 From: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 To: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 Re: Blood and upholding righteous standards Dear Brothers I appreciate your letter dated March 23, 1998 in response to questions regarding blood and upholding righteous standards. Having read your […]
Reply to First Letter
March 23, 1998 From: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 To: R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 Dear Brother Jensen: This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 16, 1998. You ask about the propriety of a Christian accepting blood fractions for medical purposes. […]
First Letter
February 16, 1998 R. Jensen 24 Running Deer Road Phenix City, AL 36870 To: Watchtower Bible & Tract Society 25 Columbia Heights Brooklyn, NY 11201 Re: Blood and upholding righteous standards Dear Brothers I am an elder in the C——– congregation in C——– Alabama. What I write about in this letter has nothing to do […]
The Jensen Letters
Beginning in 1998, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, an elder in the United States by the name of R. Jensen wrote to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society asking for support on how to respond to questions raised by physicians and insurance claims examiners he encountered at his place of employment regarding the position of Jehovah’s […]
Article reprinted by permission of AJWRB. Author Lee Elder As scientists and clinicians search for therapeutics and a cure for COVID-19, there is one tried treatment that is consistently being cited for its potential: convalescent plasma. (https://covidplasma.org/) Plasma is a product rendered from blood. In medical settings, this is often called fresh frozen plasma (FFP). Individuals […]
Don Quixote is a well-known fictional character created by 16th-century Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes in his classic novel by that name. In that novel, Don Quixote fills his mind with legends and fables about brave knights in glittering armor coming to the rescue of damsels in distress. Soon he begins to believe that he […]