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A Simpler Approach The Faithful and Discreet Slave The Life and Teachings of Jesus

A Simpler Approach to the Faithful and Discreet Slave Part 7

Guided By Holy Spirit? The Watchtower February 2017 study edition on page 26 paragraph 12 states the following in an article entitled: “Who Is Leading God’s People Today?”: “The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction. In fact, the Watch Tower Publications Index includes […]

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A Simpler Approach The Faithful and Discreet Slave The Life and Teachings of Jesus

A Simpler Approach to the Faithful and Discreet Slave Part 6

Food at the Proper Time “For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah your God has chosen you to become his people, his special property, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. “It was not because you were the most numerous of all the peoples […]

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A Simpler Approach The Faithful and Discreet Slave The Life and Teachings of Jesus

A Simpler Approach to the Faithful and Discreet Slave Part 5

The Lesson of the Loaves By use of the account of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with just 5 loaves of bread and two fish, -Matthew 14:14-22, the July 15, 2013 Watchtower study article entitled: “Feeding Many Through the Hands of a Few” focused on the fact that Jesus did so by means of his disciples. […]

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A Simpler Approach The Faithful and Discreet Slave The Life and Teachings of Jesus

A Simpler Approach to the Faithful and Discreet Slave Part 4

The big adjustment in 2013 Not all anointed ones make up the slave. Only the members of the governing body. The first appointment of the slave to provide food for the domestics occurred not in 33 C.E. but in 1919 No “evil slave” class. What of the Evil Slave? “But if ever that evil slave […]

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Religious History Shunning

The Crushing Weight of Authority Part 2

Persecution of Jerome of Prague This reformer, who was the companion of Dr. Huss, and may be said to be a co-martyr with him, was born at Prague, and educated in that university, where he particularly distinguished himself for his great abilities and learning. He likewise visited several other learned seminaries in Europe, particularly the […]

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Compassion for the Other: Faith and Doubt among Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses have come under much criticism for their policy of shunning. Often critics, viewing things from the perspective of the disfellowshipped person, see this as cruel and unloving treatment. While I personally have come to know of many experiences that have led me to agree with those who view this to be an extreme […]

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Religious History Shunning

The Crushing Weight of Authority Part 1

Healing a Man Born Blind (With comments from Albert Barnes) 1Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents […]