This video is a continuation from the last one in which the disciples question Jesus as to the identity of the other sheep. Imagine another discussion that focuses on a narrower question: if the disciples had wondered about Jesus’ promise of twelve thrones, what Scriptures and experiences could they have drawn on? For a discussion […]
Category: Examining Doctrines
When Jesus said, “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold,” what could his disciples reasonably have understood him to mean? What questions might his words have raised, given what they already knew? How might they have connected his promise of twelve thrones with their experience of Jesus interaction with the Samaritans who […]
Whimsical dramatization of Jesus asking his disciples the question “Who is the faithful and discreet slave” and the ensuing conversation.
In a recent JW Broadcasting morning-worship talk, Paul Gillies warned Jehovah’s Witnesses about apostasy by using an analogy most people would immediately understand – Food poisoning. The analogy works like this:Spoiled food may contain nutrients, but it also contains toxins.Apostate material may contain isolated truths, but it is spiritually dangerous overall.But the organization itself acknowledges […]
The traditional Christian interpretation of life after death can be summarized this way:When a faithful Christian dies, the person’s conscious existence continues in the presence of Christ, while the body remains in the grave. At Christ’s return, the resurrection occurs and the person receives a glorified body.The interpretation this video is suggesting is different:Death, followed […]
In Philippians 1:23, Paul says that he desires “to depart and be with Christ.” In 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, he says that to be away from the body is to be at home with the Lord. In the same chapter, he speaks of the present body as a tent and of longing to be with Christ. […]
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What Happens At Death?
The Bible does not give us a single, detailed chart of the afterlife. Its language comes from many centuries, literary genres, and historical settings. It speaks of Sheol, Hades, Paradise, Gehenna, resurrection, the age to come, heaven, judgment, and new creation. These terms overlap, but they are not interchangeable.So rather than forcing every passage into […]
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. But God gives it […]
The pronunciation of the divine name represented by the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, יהוה (YHWH), remains one of the most debated questions in biblical philology. Nehemia Gordon has argued that medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserve the pronunciation Yehovah, while the prevailing scholarly reconstruction has generally been Yahweh. The evidence deserves careful attention—but it does not make the pronunciation Yehovah incontestable. Gordon’s Manuscript […]
As Part of the July 2026 JW Broadcast William Turner, helper to the governing body applies some biblical texts accurately in isolation, but the overall structure of his morning worship talk strongly nudges the listener toward trusting human leadership and organizational directives under the banner of “trusting Jehovah,” and it does so in ways that […]