the book reasoning from the scriptures was released in the 1980's, and it was used at virtually every meeting for service, every service meeting, and every theocratic ministry school meeting thereafter.
many jws had copies bound together with their bibles.
it was huge in jw land back then.. at that time, with the reasoning book, jws were trained to keep conversations going in spite of objections, to almost stick their feet in people's doors to keep conversations going, to defend "the truth," to argue doctrine, etc.. compare the situation today with that of the 80's.
"Make Sure of all Things" has very recently been replaced by the brochure "Scriptures for Christian Living". (SCL) It is available in print or in JW Library. There was a recent video about it also. As I recall the Reasoning book was not mentioned. The dumbing down continues.
Our current bunch of elders couldn't manage a tome like "Equipped for Every Good Work" mentioned here earlier, let alone the average publisher.
George
hi pepeep am attempting to get a current list of uk travelling overseers.
left 4 years ago and have heard rumours of many new ones.
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what’s keeping them?
this has got to be the latest it’s ever been.
maybe it’s the last one they’ll ever publish too, after dropping reporting hours for publishers ….
Last year the Service Report was published on 10th January 2023 so there's still time. I think this will be the last one however, most of the significant changes have taken place after 1st September 2023.
George
so, i finally saw the annual meeting video part 2.. this is the one with the “new light” on who might survive armageddon, vs. those who do not.. in summary, for those of you fortunate enough not to have to sit through it, it’s something like this:.
old light: once the “great tribulation” starts, that’s it for non-jws.
the “door of the ark” is closed.
Formatting seems to have gone strange on my comment
George
Maybe just try again
The main take away from the AGM Pt 2 is they don't know.
They have never known.
They never will know.
They are just a bunch of clowns trying to guess the un-guessable.
George
so, i finally saw the annual meeting video part 2.. this is the one with the “new light” on who might survive armageddon, vs. those who do not.. in summary, for those of you fortunate enough not to have to sit through it, it’s something like this:.
old light: once the “great tribulation” starts, that’s it for non-jws.
the “door of the ark” is closed.
The main take away from the AGM Pt 2 is they don't know.
They have never known.
They never will know.
They are just a bunch of clowns trying to guess the un-guessable.
George
library.
books & brochures.
enjoy life forever!—an interactive bible course.
To be appointed to the GB one has to prove he is a Company Man through and through. Cannot risk appointing a loose canon. Jesus has nothing to do with it.
George
i heard on the meeting about apps called nwpublisher and cartsmart.
new world publisher (nw publisher) is a free apple ios and google android app created by jehovah’s witnesses for jehovah’s witnesses.
congregation publishers can install new world publisher on their mobile devices and be more united and connected with their congregation.. cartsmart was built to streamline the way we schedule our public witnessing shifts.
Nothing to do with the WT Society. Developed and run by a group of JW elders in Australia.
New World Scheduler | CLM, Public Talks, Secretary, Carts (nwscheduler.com)
NW Publisher - Apps on Google Play
Scheduler is for the elders, Publisher is for the publishers etc.
George
i was searching a sellers listings for my hobby stuff--model railways--and the seller has listed this amongst it.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395090358779?hash=item5bfd3871fb:g:qmyaaoswidnliyfk.
The sad fact is I remember using those. Sunday morning, 10 - 15 minute, 4 scripture sermon. Nightmare!
George
hi another kingsom hall is up for sale if you look in the rightmove property website and look for bradford in the uk you will see that its priced at £170,000.. but why should they need to be selling a kingdom hall off espically when they are not printing about 50 million magazines a month they vant be that short of money can they ?
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This one was a quick build in the mid 1990's to seat approx 60.
I saw the location as NELSON but missed the NZ bit. I thought that looks smart for Nelson in Lancashire!
George
Here in the UK almost every KH built or restored in the last 20 years has this exact design of table.. The lectern is of a similar shape. As has been mentioned it is just a practical design for two people sitting facing each other and the audience, nothing sinister.
The tables, lecterns, magazine and literature cupboards are all the same as it is the same company that makes all the woodwork for the KH's and it make sense to use a standard design.
One thing I would say though, we needed new doors on our hall following the old ones being vandalised and it was about half the price to have a local company make them to size rather than the original company supply new ones. As I understand it the company is run by "brothers".....
George
