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Category Archives: Jehovah’s Witnesses
Sermon of the week: “Jesus Declares His Deity” by Don Green.
We continue our month long series on the deity of Jesus Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity with Don Green’s sermon Jesus Declares His Deity. If you did not hear last Wednesday’s sermon of the week by Don Green … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Awake!, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Deity of Christ, Deity of Jesus Christ, Don Green, God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, Trinity, watchtower
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Sermon of the week: “John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses” by Don Green.
DefCon will be examining the deity of Jesus Christ throughout the month of December. Each sermon of the week will feature the next installment of this five-part series by Don Green. We start off with part one today with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Awake!, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Deity, Deity of Christ, Deity of Jesus Christ, Don Green, God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus, John, John 1:1, JW, JWs, Religion, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, watchtower
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Ten (very) quick Questions for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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Tagged Apologetics, Awake!, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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How seeker-friendly churches skew the Gospel like a cult.
“If the ark and the tabernacle had to be built exactly according to God’s plan, should not the Church also be built according to His plan? Surely the Bride of Christ is of even greater importance than the ark or … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Awake!, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, God, heresy, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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On this day in history . . .
As most Americans celebrate Halloween today there is a smaller segment that will celebrate Martin Luther’s nailing of the 95 theses to the Wittenberg door in 1517 which sparked the Protestant reformation. But there’s an even smaller segment that will … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Awake!, Bible, Charles Taze Russell, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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Blasphemous association or divine doctrine?
Question: Would there ever be an occasion in which you would equate God the Father on the same plane as anything or anyone else? Would you ever combine or associate God with anyone or anything in which the relation would … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, God, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Theology, Trinity, watchtower
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“Do I qualify for the kingdom?”
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, God, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, JWs, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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Apologies from former Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, God, heresy, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, JW, JWs, Religion, Theology, watchtower
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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses Children of the Devil?
When I ask if Jehovah’s Witnesses are children of the devil, I’m not trying to provoke an emotional response. The Watchtower leaves me with no other option than to answer that question in the affirmative. I’ve asked many Jehovah’s Witnesses … Continue reading
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Sermon of the week: “God’s Wrath: Vengeance is Mine, I Will Repay” by John Piper.
Your sermon of the week is a fantastic message by John Piper entitled God’s Wrath: Vengeance is Mine, I Will Repay. This message is a must-hear for Jehovah’s Witnesses and others who deny Hell’s existence. It is also for those … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, God, Jesus, John Piper, Religion, Sermon, Sermons
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The crowd or the cross?
The Jehovah’s Witnesses deny it, the Mormons reject it, the Gentiles are offended by it, the Jews stumble over it. Oh, the wonderful cross.
Posted in Encouragement, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism
Tagged Bible, Christianity, church, Encouragement, God, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, LDS, Mormons, Religion, watchtower
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How to witness to a Jehovah’s Witness.
In this 14 minute audio clip from Way of the Master Radio (WOTMR), Todd Friel plays an audio clip of Ray Comfort witnessing to a Jehovah’s Witness who came to his door. This was not a dramatization nor a reenactment, … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Podcasts
Tagged Bible, christian, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Encouragement, Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus, Ray Comfort, Religion, Todd Friel, watchtower, Way of the Master
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Fun with My 1,000 Closest Jehovah’s Witness Friends
My friend and I had an adventure at the Jehovah’s Witness district convention on the weekend. Our goal was to pass out tracts to those leaving the event. I was surprised by how large the event was—probably a few thousand … Continue reading
Bentley’s “prophecy” sounds awfully familiar
Watch the video at this post. Then read what another group had to say about Jesus’ “Second Coming” Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Bible Reference Notes: “Whose Name?”
The Bible Reference Notes for today are on the subject of Whose Name? I put these together a while back when debating with some Jehovah’s Witnesses on exactly whose name is above all other names. I thought readers would be … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, Religion
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“Don’t bother reading your Bible”
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a pattern among many false religions and false teachers of the Word. Catholicism–Don’t bother reading your Bible. You can’t understand it. Let the Magisterium tell you what it means. Mormonism–Don’t bother reading your … Continue reading
Download your free cult flyer here.
It was the spring of 2006 and I kept seeing Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses going door to door throughout the neighborhoods of my community. It got me thinking: What are the local Christian Churches doing to spread the Gospel of … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Random Selections
Tagged Christianity, Cults, Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, LDS, Mormonism, Religion, watchtower
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JW’s on creation
The following is the jist of an exchange I had on another blog with a Jehovah’s Witness about the roles of the Father and the Son in the work of creation. Suppose a fellow named William Taylor is telling me how … Continue reading
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What did it take?
What did it take for God to save us? To put it into human terms, I would say this: Suppose I broke into your house, tied you up, and made you watch as I beat your son, killed your wife, … Continue reading
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Another Jehovah’s Witness, another senseless death.
This time it’s a twenty-two year-old mother who died after giving birth to twins. Read the story here. Also see this related post on the Watchtower’s murder of a fourteen year-old boy.
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Tagged blood transfusion, cult, Jehovah's Witnesses, murder, watchtower
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Yes, you should believe in the Trinity
From Tower To Truth Ministries, they show us a couple of ways to answer the Jehovah’s Witnesses and their booklet Should You Believe In The Trinity? In this dialogue, Chris is the Christian, John is the Jehovah’s Witness. Here is … Continue reading
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Only 144,000 In Heaven (Give Or Take a Billion)
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that none of the Old Testament saints are going to heaven. Only 144,000 good Jehovah’s Witnesses (who have lived since Jesus’ death) will be in heaven. The Old Testament saints and today’s generation of JWs will eventually … Continue reading
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Jehovah’s Witnesses: When admitting that you’re a false prophet seems so natural.
“True, there have been those in times past who predicted an “end to the world,” even announcing a specific date. Some have gathered groups of people with them and fled to the hills or withdrawn into their houses waiting for … Continue reading
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Debates with a Jehovah’s Witness.
A Jehovah’s Witness by the name of TJ has been going “door to door” in cyberspace. Actually he’s been going “blog to blog” with his messages of Hath God really said? I engaged him on one blog regarding the physical, … Continue reading
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Bible Reference Notes: “Hell and the Eternal Soul.”
Your Bible reference notes for today are on the topic of Hell and the eternal nature of the human soul. I composed this in 2006 during my four-week debate with Jehovah’s Witnesses as they argued that Hell is fictional and … Continue reading
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Jesus, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the cross.
This is an interesting three-minute video. It starts off rather strange, and a few seconds into it you may find yourself asking, “Why am I watching this?” But hang in there. As weird as it may seem at first, … Continue reading
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Book review: Winning the Witnesses by Daniel Rodriguez.
I just got through reading the brand new book Winning the Witnesses by Daniel Rodriguez (Evangelist to Jehovah’s Witnesses for over 22 years). It was a very good book; quick and easy read. This 107-page book deals with evangelizing Jehovah’s … Continue reading
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Questions and answers for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Pretty good 3-minute video . . . and the music was a great choice.
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Why did Charles Taze Russell include a pagan symbol on his books?
The symbol of the sun god Ra found in Egyptian art: The symbol of the sun god Ra found on the Jehovah’s Witnesses book Divine Plan for the Ages:
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More proof the Watchtower is a false prophet.
“Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the Creator’s promise of a peaceful and secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914 passes away.” Awake! October 8, 1995 Click on the above picture to see this … Continue reading
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