tuesday, february 27. let the elders who preside in a fine way be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.—1 tim.
5:17.. those related to us in the faith certainly merit honor and respect.
this is especially true of the elders who are taking the lead.
Karter
Yes. While we were still attending, an Elder in our congregation was on a JC with some friends of ours. He was brutal to them. Hateful and an assh*le. He was due double honor! He was an Elder, a prince, sitting at Jesus right hand. Just a few short weeks later it came to light that this Elder (Mr. Double Honor) was screwing around on his wife. So much for that holy sprit! Double honor, my a**!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/janice-harper/a-reason-and-season-to-st_b_1146103.html.
a reason (and season) to stop shunning.
by janice harper.
Great article! Thank you for posting Barbara.
tuesday, february 27. let the elders who preside in a fine way be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.—1 tim.
5:17.. those related to us in the faith certainly merit honor and respect.
this is especially true of the elders who are taking the lead.
And we wonder why these guys think they are something special. I wouldn't trust these "men" to haul my trash out, much less take my problems to them.
sooner or later it happens to all of us.the time comes for us to draw our last breath and pass from this life into the next.over the years history has recorded some fascinating "famous last words"...here are a few.. "i've never felt better".douglas fairbanks,sr.,actor.. "iam about to----or i am going to-----die;either expression is correct".dominique bouhours,french grammarian.. "don't let it end like this.tell them i said something.
"pancho villa,mexican revolutionary.. "all my possessions for a moment of time!
"elizabeth 1,queen of england.. "everybody has got to die,but i have always believed an exception would be made in my case.now what?
Victor French (Mr. Edwards on Little House on the Prairie) had this done at his funeral. Great idea. I think I will have this done at mine. It sure would make some smile!
"At his funeral, his humorous farewell for friends and family was "Eat Shit, Love Victor," a message displayed overhead by an airplane."
so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".
i can share the following from my part of the world too!.
in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!
Maybe they will sell the KH to a church. They sold our KH to a church. Interesting thing....I can not enter a church for a wedding, funeral, etc. or do business with a church but WT can sell a KH to a church. You just can't make this stuff up!!!!
The hypocrisy is staggering!!!
It sums up WT perfectly!
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He is smoking weed? Drag his as* into a JC. He murdered someone? No biggie!
You just can't make this sh*t up!!!
i was just pondering this passage of scripture:.
romans 8:35-39 (new world translation).
35 who will separate us from the love of the christ?+ will tribulation or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword?+ 36 just as it is written: “for your sake we are being put to death all day long; we have been accounted as sheep for slaughtering.”+ 37 on the contrary, in all these things we are coming off completely victorious+ through the one who loved us.
GB....follow the money.
The rank and file are afraid of anything anti WT. Most are so detached from the "real world", it is hard to function and they become misfits. Our family has NO "worldly experience." No 8-5 job dealing with others that are non JW's. They are comfortable with WT telling them how to think and what to think. It's just easier for them. They are scared of their own shadows and anything "worldly" is petrifying. Sad but true!
just when you think you've seen it all comes another interesting use of a kingdom hall.a young man serenades his girlfriend with a song (possibly a watchtower song) from the stage through a microphone and backed by recorded music.
then he steps off the stage and gets down on one knee and proposes as he pulls out a ring from his coat pocket.
the large projector screen flashes up behind them with a picture of a sapphire and diamond ring.cameras capture the joyous moment as she accepts and they lock together in a loving hug.
We were not even allowed to play a "worldly" song at our wedding without a disapproving look. I guess if they are line dancing at the Kingdom Halls and playing rock music and dancing at the Assembly Halls now, why not.
My two cents....they should have just said their vows right then and there. They had everyone there and were at the KH. Sure would have saved a lot of money. lol
dear brothers and sisters.
after many years outside of the truth, living as an atheist, i have come to realise that i have been on the wrong path.
the fool has said in his heart that there is no god, and i have been a fool.
I think you have a PERFECT experience for the next Circuit Assembly. Go for it!!!
