Luther and Calvin were good men. Did they have extreme faults? Yes of course. But they fought against the corruption of Christianity.
brotherdan
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WTBTS "uses" heroes of church history only when it suits them to make a point
by AuntBee in" god raised up bold champions for his word, among whom were luther, zwingli, melanchthon, wycliffe, knox and others.
" (divine plan of the ages) um...hello??
bold champions for his word?
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Did you ever know of a elder wanting montary comp for doing a sheparding visit?
by highdose ini knew an elder who would help and support those in the cong, but in return he expected some kind of compensation such as: goods brought for him or his family, services given for free etc.. this elder had a working class job but lived a very middle class life style because of this unspoken arrangement.
great holidays, new cars and his wife was very much the queen bee of the cong.
hardly wore the same thing twice and delighted in patronising the other sisters who she considered beaneath her.
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brotherdan
I DO know that bethellites expect handouts. If you've ever gotten a yearbook in the mail before it gets to the congregation, that is basically a bethellite saying, "Please, sir, can you give me some money? I can't live on this meagerly wage."
The Watchtower doesn't even send out the books for free for bethellites. The bethellite has to pay for the shipping. So they are hoping that from the 10 or so that they send out, someone will be so kind as to send them some money.
No one ever sent me money. Not even my parents. They thought, "Jehovah is taking good care of him."
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WTBTS "uses" heroes of church history only when it suits them to make a point
by AuntBee in" god raised up bold champions for his word, among whom were luther, zwingli, melanchthon, wycliffe, knox and others.
" (divine plan of the ages) um...hello??
bold champions for his word?
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brotherdan
Luther, Zwingli, Melanchthon, Wycliffe, Knox and others.
You have to remember what they are trying to do here. They are trying to make a connection from themselves to Jesus' apostles. There was supposed to be an unending faithful slave (which there was/is...but it sure doesn't include them), from the apostles down to the end.
In the end though, men like Luther will always be remembered as champions of Gods Word, while men like Russell, Rutherford, Knorr, and Franz will be remembered as destroyers of it.
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2011 Yearbook - "Tracing All Things with Accuracy"
by pirata in2011 yearbook - "tracing all things with accuracy", p.9-13.
jesus said that the faithful slave would be discreet in giving the domestics "their food at the proper time.
" christ thus indicated that those who dispense this "food" would be conscientious, prudent, and discerning in providing spiritual food for the household of faith.-matt.
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brotherdan
The Writing Department itself has a comprehensive library with thousands of books.
And if you know much about Barbara Anderson, Ed Dunlap, or Ray Franz, you will know that they rarely use these for any theological research. They use them for the pointless articles about a spider web or the migration patterns of the Emperor penguin. What a dishonest piece of kaka... If they were to use real commentaries and lexicons in their theological studies (if you can even call them that) then they would have to throw out 90% of what they believe.
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brotherdan
I grew up with my parents listening to Gary Moore. Still got the blues is an amazing song. It feels like it is part of my childhood.
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Attended The Watchtower Study Today (GAG ALERT)
by im stuck in inwent to the meeting today.
what a ra ra to be zealous in preaching sales meeting.
i was totally disgusted at the outright deception that they are spewing out.. .
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brotherdan
I was waiting for someone to say, some can no doubt sell their homes and finish out the last days in full time service.
At first this was funny...and then I realized...someone could very well say this and get the approving head nods from the rest of the audience.
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Called to be Free - Dissolution of the Worldwide Church of God
by Dogpatch in[the time links work on my website, not good here].
called to be free - dissolution of the worldwide church of god.
[note: this presentation is over an hour long and is very well done, but i have marked key time slots from the video so if you are in a hurry you can watch the key highlites.].
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brotherdan
myelaine, Terry's loss of faith is a tragedy. Especially since he has such a wonderful mind. While he thinks he is "free" now, he is captive of his own thinking. It really is sad.
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!
by watersprout init's my birthday todaaaaayyyyy!!!!.
carrot is making me pancakes and taking me out for lunch!
i love my birthday, cause it's all about meeeeee!!!!!!!!.
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brotherdan
Happy birthday, buddy! Make it a good one! I'll be thinking about you!
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My Grandmother's Funeral
by mrsjones5 intoday was my grandmother's funeral.
she had a hard life (which i will not divulge here) and the circumstances of her death weren't much better.
she was not a jw but because she was my mother's mother she got a jw eulogy (yeah the jw infomercial).
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brotherdan
watersprout, I've missed you on the board lately. I hope you are doing alright. PM me when you get a chance.
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DON'T SAY THIS WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING!!!!
by brotherdan ini was recently talking with my good friend ding via pm on jwn, and the subject of legalism in prayer came up.
ding has much experience with jehovah's witnesses.
he was never one himself, so i get to teach him some things about the organization that he occasionally does not know.
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brotherdan
factfinder, you are on a good road. Please PM me when you get a chance.
Prayer, while being respectful to God, is not a legalistic function. Doesn't God know what is already in your heart? So why would expressing your inmost feelings to him offend Him? If you were to tell God, "I don't understand you, and I don't respect you!" that would be an appropriate prayer. God already knows what you feel. But your expressions to Him show Him that you want to communicate and are willing to humble yourself.
We all (me included) slack on our prayers sometimes. But God knows what we are going through. He knows the doubts we are having about Him. But He is always there for us when we want to come to Him.