Accurately Interpreting the Scriptures: part 4

Jehovah Witnesses and the 144,000 John writes, “Revelation 7:9-12 (NASB) “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 [...]

Accurately Interpreting the Scriptures: part 3

Jehovah Witnesses and the 144,000 The official teaching of the Watchtower Organization is that only 144,000 Jehovah Witnesses go to heaven.  They are named the “Anointed Class.”  All remaining Jehovah Witnesses will live forever on a “paradise earth.”  All non-Jehovah Witnesses will physically die and cease to exist; no soul no afterlife; just the grave [...]

Accurately Interpreting the Scriptures part 2

Jehovah Witnesses and Psalm 37 My purpose in this series is to help equip Christians interpret the Bible correctly.  This will not be a class in hermeneutics (science and art of interpretation) but just some general guidelines that have helped me when I talk about the Bible. The two Jehovah Witnesses at my door read from their [...]

Accurately Interpreting the Scriptures: part 1

When I wrote my blog “Lacking Biblical Knowledge,” I based it on an encounter with Jehovah Witnesses at my door. What I didn’t realize was how I would stir up comments from followers of the Watchtower Organization. As I read through the posted comments, I realized how much this organization violates basic principles of Biblical [...]

Lacking Biblical Knowledge

A week ago I answered my door and two Jehovah Witnesses dressed in ties wanted to share their beliefs with me. They announced we’re in the end times and through their organization I could enjoy life on a paradise earth forever. They read from their Bible Psalm 37:29 “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they [...]

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