Download or read book The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society Jehovah s Witnesses written by Edmond C. Gruss and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Witnessing to Jehovah s Witnesses written by Charlie Avila and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a quick overview of this book.First of all, I share an important encounter I had with two Jehovah's Witnesses that came to our church door. In many ways, what happened that day provides the true purpose for this book - exactly how do you effectively witness to a Jehovah's Witness?In the second chapter, I show what Jehovah's Witnesses believe about themselves. Most people are shocked to know how they really think about themselves. And no one can effectively minister to a Jehovah's Witness until he understands how he is thinking about his life.The third chapter is just as shocking, and helps answer why Jehovah's Witnesses target weak Christian believers. In this chapter, we learn what they believe about Christians and churches. It is a tragic historical truth, but many Jehovah's Witnesses today were former professing Christians and members of Christian churches. This may be a startling truth to many, but nearly all of the main leaders of the Watchtower Society since its founding in 1879 have been people who were raised in strong, Bible-believing, churches.In the next chapter, we give a brief but detailed overview of the first four presidents of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. We present historical backgrounds on Charles Taze Russell, Judge Joseph Rutherford, Nathan Knorr, and the unofficial "theologian" of the Watchtower, Frederick Franz. As of January 1st of 1976, the executive leadership is under the domain of the Governing Body. This is the group leading the Watchtower Society today.In the fifth chapter, we have the all-important study of the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses. This is a fascinating overview on many of the bizarre doctrinal positions and prophecies that have been formulated over the years. We will look at everything from blood transfusions to saluting the flag, from 1925 to 1975, from memorial services to the Beth Sarim mansion, from the Revised New World Translation to Rutherford's book, Millions Now Living Will Never Die!Finally, based on what we've learned about their history and beliefs, we'll look at some very practical and definite ways that a Christian believer can use to engage a Jehovah's Witness about his theology. Special emphasis will be given to prophetic date-setting and doctrinal flip-flops that have tormented Jehovah's Witnesses for years.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by Marley Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1956, is the first authoritative, comprehensive account of the worldwide activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It traces their origins and development, and a special section covers the founding, organization and development of the movement in Great Britain.
Download or read book A People for His Name written by Tony Wills and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) from their origins in the 1870s up to the mid-1960s. Long out-of-print, now in a second edition. This title was originally published using the pen name "Timothy White."
Download or read book Millions of Ex Jehovah s Witnesses Many Reasons They Left written by Edmond C. Gruss and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many former Jehovah's Witnesses left the organization simply because they followed what was clearly stated in their own book The Truth that Leads to Eternal Life (1968, 1981): "We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with God's Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are lovers of the truth, there is nothing to fear from such an examination" (p. 13). Contents of this book: Preface Introduction 1. Why Is It Difficult to Leave? 2. Independent Bible Reading and Study 3. Doctrinal Changes and Other Problems in Watch Tower Publications 4. Examples of Changes in Watch Tower Publications 5. Dishonest Scholarship-Hiding or Distorting the Truth 6. False Prophecy, Armageddon and the New World 7. 1914-Fact or Fallacy? 8. The 1975 Fiasco and the 6,000 Year Tradition 9. The Worship of Jesus-Is It Proper or Idolatry? 10. Two Classes of Christians since 1935? 11. A False Prophet with Another Gospel 12. Conclusion Sources of Information Selected Bibliography Edmond C. Gruss, Professor Emeritus at The Master's College, Santa Clarita, California, was raised in the Jehovah's Witnesses for ten years. He is the author of several other books on the Jehovah's Witnesses: Apostles of Denial, Jehovah's Witnesses and Prophetic Speculation, We Left Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah's Witnesses-Their Monuments to False Prophecy (with Leonard Chretien), Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes and Prophetic Speculation: What Does the Record Show? He is also the editor of The Four Presidents of the Watch Tower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses): The Men and the Organization They Created. He has written a number of articles and also books on the cults and the occult.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by Edmond C. Gruss and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses the False Teachings of the Watchtower Society written by Billy Crone and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behind the Watchtower Curtain written by David A. Reed and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Apocalypse Delayed written by M. James Penton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1876, Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Charles T. Russell, their founder, advised his followers that members of Christ’s church would be raptured in 1878, and by 1914 Christ would destroy the nations and establish his kingdom on earth. The first prophecy was not fulfilled, but the outbreak of the First World War lent some credibility to the second. Ever since that time, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been predicting that the world would end “shortly.” Their numbers have grown to many millions in over two hundred countries. They distribute a billion pieces of literature annually, and continue to anticipate the end of the world. For almost thirty years, M. James Penton’s Apocalypse Delayed has been the definitive scholarly study of this religious movement. As a former member of the sect, Penton offers a comprehensive overview of the Jehovah's Witnesses. His book is divided into three parts, each presenting the Witnesses’ story in a different context: historical, doctrinal, and sociological. Some of the issues he discusses are known to the general public, such as the sect’s opposition to military service and blood transfusions. Others involve internal controversies, including political control of the organization and the handling of dissent within the ranks. Thoroughly revised, the third edition of Penton’s classic text includes substantial new information on the sources of Russell’s theology and on the church’s early leaders, as well as coverage of important developments within the sect since the second edition was published fifteen years ago.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses and the Secular World written by Zoe Knox and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the historic tensions between Jehovah’s Witnesses and government authorities, civic organisations, established churches and the broader public. Witnesses originated in the 1870s as small, loose-knit groups calling themselves Bible Students. Today, there are some eight million Witnesses worldwide, all actively engaged in evangelism under the direction of the Watch Tower Society. The author analyses issues that have brought them global visibility and even notoriety, including political neutrality, public ministry, blood transfusion, and anti-ecumenism. It also explores anti-Witness discourse, from media portrayals of the community as marginal and exotic to the anti-cult movement. Focusing on varied historical, ideological and national contexts, the book argues that Witnesses have had a defining influence on conceptions of religious tolerance in the modern world.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the present day, the Watch Tower Society has become one of the best known but least understood new religious movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement in terms of the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah's Witnesses, without defending or seeking to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically examines the historical and theological bases of the organization's teachings and practices, and discusses the changes and continuities which have defined it. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars of new religious movements and contemporary religion.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements written by George D. Chryssides and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. Despite their unfavorable portrayal in popular culture, however, new religious movements are a global phenomenon and much remains to be studied about these movements. In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated introduction summarizes the phenomenon of new religious movements and lays out the changes to the dictionary since the 2001 edition, while the main body of the dictionary consists of close to 600 cross-referenced entries on key figures, ideas, themes, and places related to various new religious movements. An index organizes the information in the dictionary, and a comprehensive bibliography leads the researcher to further sources. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about new religious movements.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Jehovah s Witnesses written by George D. Chryssides and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating from a small group of Bible students who met under Charles Taze Russell’s leadership and grew into an international Society, to which the second leader Joseph Franklin Rutherford and gave the name ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’. Two World Wars shaped Watch Tower attitudes to civil government, armed conflict, and medical innovations such as blood transfusion, as well as to mainstream churches. The twenty-first century has seen some important changes in the Watch Tower organization, and coverage is given to changes in organizational structure, its use of the World Wide Web, and its major relocation from Brooklyn to Warwick. This updated second edition of Historical Dictionary of Jehovah's Witnesses contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on key concepts, themes, and people relating to Jehovah’s Witnesses. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Jehovah's Witnesses.
Download or read book Jehovah s Witness Literature written by David A. Reed and published by Baker Publishing Group (MI). This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date review of more than 100 years of writings arranged chronogically. As a practical reference book, it will equip Christians to speak confidently to Jehovah's Witnesses.
Download or read book Cult Watch written by John Ankerberg and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of the entire Facts On series, Cult Watch gives you facts about the major cults and movements in a format you can use in counseling or witnessing.
Download or read book What the Watchtower Society Doesn t Want You to Know written by Wilbur Lingle and published by CLC Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilbur Lingle puts into layman’s language his many years of documented research about the inner workings of the society. Here is a true picture of what goes on behind the walls of the Kingdom Halls, a clear image of truth that the Watchtower Society doesn’t want you to know.
Download or read book Zion s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ s Presence written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
