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  Hello Everyone

  by nurse09 in

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  i have read this boeard for some time.

  every posting that i have read has helped tremendously.

  it is good to read of others experiences.

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  tfjw

  Welcome Nurse09!
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  This good news will be preached to all the inhabited earth.....

  by jefferywhat in

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  what about these guys?

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  http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23782262-2,00.html .

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  tfjw

  The big joke here of course is that they haven't preached the good news ANYWHERE. Go up to 100 people on the street and ask them "what do Jehovah's-Witnesses believe?" I'll bet you five bucks that not one of them (who's not attached in some way to the JW's) says anything about Gods kingdom or even armageddon. You'll get a lot of "they don't believe in holidays" and "they believe in Jehovah not Jesus" but NONE of them will mention gods kingdom,

  That's why it's so funny when they talk about god judging people for not listening, most people could go before god and argue that they didn't want to listen because JW's aren't christians. So whats god gonna say? Who's really at fault?

  The 'preaching work' is so stupid on so many levels...

  Very good observation, mkr32208. "Oh, you're the one's that don't take blood transfusions". It's interesting that during C.T. Russell's time the Bible students were actually preaching about the kingdom and the restoration of all humankind. That's not how it is now. Now days one needs to take in "accurate knowledge" of the Society's teachings in order to maybe get on the side of Jehovah, if you're lucky.

  The JW cult instills a morbid fear into the minds of their adherants with the "sense of urgency" that Armageddon is just around the corner.

  http://fahuio.googlepages.com/DeepInTheTimeOfTheEnd.mp3 (small mp3 concerning GB's sense of urgency)

  The younger generations are a breeding ground for this type of hype and propaganda. They don't understand that the same things have been said, especially since the time of Rutherford.

  -- Stephen
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  2008 Theocratic Ministry School files available

  by tfjw in

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  theocratic ministry school 08 files .

  1. june through december 08 instructional stuff (6 files) .

  2008 theocratic ministry school instructions .

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  tfjw

  Sure, you're welcome.

  I like having the latest schedule so I can help the poor, tired little brothers write those 5-minute number 4 assignment talks. Publish them online so they can use them at their local KH. Hope they don't get into too much trouble with an apostate writing their talks. Especially since I like to use the "damaging" texts.
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  2008 Theocratic Ministry School files available

  by tfjw in

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  theocratic ministry school 08 files .

  1. june through december 08 instructional stuff (6 files) .

  2008 theocratic ministry school instructions .

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  tfjw

  If you just want the basics for June, here it is:
  
  June 9 Bible reading: Acts 1-4 Song 92
  Speech Quality: How Jesus Employed Visual Aids (be p.247 3)
  No.1: Introduction to Acts (si pp. 199-200 1-8)
  No.2: Acts 1:1-14
  No.3: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Reasonableness (rs p. 123 2 -p. 126 2)
  No.4: What Does "Freeness of Speech" Involve? (Heb. 3:6)
  
  June 16 Bible reading: Acts 5-7 Song 2
  Speech Quality: Ways to Employ Visual Aids (be p. 248 1-3)
  No.1: Making an Outline (be pp. 39-42)
  No.2: Acts 5:1-16
  No.3: Responding to Assertions by Evolutionists (rs p. 126 3 -p.128 3)
  No.4: Why Is the Fear of Jehovah the Beginning of Wisdom? (Ps. 111:10)
  
  June 23 Bible reading: Acts 8-10 Song 116
  Speech Quality: Using Maps, Printed Assembly Programs, and Videos (be p. 248 4 -p. 249 2)
  No.1: Preparing Student Assignments for the School (be p. 43 1 -p. 44 3)
  No.2: Acts 8:1-17
  No.3: How Jesus Will "Deliver the Poor One" (Ps. 72:12)
  No.4: Why Many People Lack Faith (rs pp. 129-30 2)
  
  June 30 Bible reading: Acts 11-14 Song 79
  Speech Quality: Using Visual Aids for Larger Groups (be p. 249 3-p. 250 1)
  Theocratic Ministry School Review
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  clarification on a topic please.

  by bite me in

  1. watchtower
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  the topic of generation.

  who according is "this generation"?

  maybe they better reclass it again because in the bible states:

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  tfjw

  From Watchtower magazine June 1, 1997:
  
  "...it did give us a clearer grasp of Jesus' use of the term 'generation,' helping us to see that his usage was no basis for calculating—counting from 1914—how close to the end we are."
  
  The November 1, 1995 issue of the Wt magazine covered the change in their "understanding" on the topic as mentioned by DNCall.
  
  From the November issue:
  “This Generation” Identified
  
  What, then, is the “generation” so frequently referred to by Jesus in the presence of his disciples? What did they understand by his words: “This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur”? Surely, Jesus was not departing from his established use of the term “this generation,” which he consistently applied to the contemporary masses with their “blind guides” who together made up the Jewish nation. (Matthew 15:14) “This generation” experienced all the distress foretold by Jesus and then passed away in an unequaled “great tribulation” on Jerusalem.—Matthew 24:21, 34.
  
  In the first century, Jehovah was judging the Jewish people. Repentant ones, who came to exercise faith in Jehovah’s merciful provision through Christ, were saved out of that “great tribulation.” True to Jesus’ words, all things prophesied occurred, and then the “heaven and earth” of the Jewish system of things—the entire nation, with its religious leaders and wicked society of people—passed away. Jehovah had executed judgment!—Matthew 24:35; compare 2 Peter 3:7.
  
  Those Jews who had paid attention to Jesus’ prophetic words realized that their salvation depended, not on trying to calculate the length of a “generation” or of some dated “times or seasons,” but on keeping separate from the evil contemporary generation and zealously doing God’s will. Though the final words of Jesus’ prophecy apply to the major fulfillment in our day, first-century Jewish Christians also had to heed the admonition: “Keep awake, then, all the time making supplication that you may succeed in escaping all these things that are destined to occur, and in standing before the Son of man.”—Luke 21:32-36; Acts 1:6-8.
  
  Today, “the great day of Jehovah . . . is near, and there is a hurrying of it very much.” (Zephaniah 1:14-18; Isaiah 13:9, 13) Suddenly, at Jehovah’s own predetermined “day and hour,” his fury will be unleashed upon the world’s religious, political, and commercial elements, together with the wayward people who make up this contemporary “wicked and adulterous generation.” (Matthew 12:39; 24:36; Revelation 7:1-3, 9, 14) How may you get saved out of “the great tribulation”? Our next article will answer and tell of the grand hope for the future.
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  2008 Theocratic Ministry School files available

  by tfjw in

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  theocratic ministry school 08 files .

  1. june through december 08 instructional stuff (6 files) .

  2008 theocratic ministry school instructions .

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  tfjw

  Theocratic Ministry School 08 files
  
  1. June through December 08 instructional stuff (6 files)
  
  2. 2008 Theocratic Ministry School Instructions
  
  3. 2008 Theocratic Ministry School Schedule
  
  and two other files; one document is 177 pages in length; total 11 files - pdf, doc, rtf all in one zip file.
  
  http://fahuio.googlepages.com/home
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  2008 Theocratic Ministry School PDF

  by betweenworlds in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  not sure if anyone has posted this or not yet, but here it is just in case:

  http://hufffamily.com/html/theocratic_goodies.html

  shelli

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  tfjw

  Looks like the guy who owns the site may have killed the link to that particular page. This seems to happen after a week or couple of months after a link gets posted. Wonder if it would be best to have links in a private board instead.
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  Spirit medium/KIT/John S. Thompson/--by request!

  by Atlantis in

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  spirit medium/kit/john s. thompson-by request!.

  request from researcher:.

  a favor please!

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  tfjw

  Thanks for allowing to use your post on a site.
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  Bible Topics for Discussion booklet

  by tfjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know where i can get a copy of the little booklet called "bible topics for discussion" published by the society?

  this is a larger version (more pages) of what is printed in the back of the smaller nw translation.

  has about 30-32 pages, printed on "bible paper" and covers several topics.

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  tfjw

  Atlantis, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you VERY much! and the extra stuff at the end brings back memories.
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  Bible Topics for Discussion booklet

  by tfjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  does anyone know where i can get a copy of the little booklet called "bible topics for discussion" published by the society?

  this is a larger version (more pages) of what is printed in the back of the smaller nw translation.

  has about 30-32 pages, printed on "bible paper" and covers several topics.

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  tfjw

  Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the little booklet called "Bible Topics for Discussion" published by the Society?
  
  This is a larger version (more pages) of what is printed in the back of the smaller NW translation.
  
  Has about 30-32 pages, printed on "Bible paper" and covers several topics. Very small, about the height and width of the WT tracts. We used to use it in pioneering a lot, not for distribution but for quick reference.
  
  A scan of this publication would be nice, or I would purchase an actual printed one if the price is reasonable. Thanks,
  Stephen