this sunday's watchtower:.
1.study every weekdevote the needed time and effort to study regularlyif possible, study twice a week2.prepare for each study sessionread the lesson beforehandhighlight key words or phrases that answer each study questionthink of how the material applies to them3.communicate with jehovah every daylisten to jehovah by reading the bible dailythink of what the bible is teaching about jehovahspeak to jehovah by praying each day4.develop a personal relationship with jehovahsee jehovah as a real personappreciate jehovah’s beautiful qualities and personalitylearn to love jehovah from the heart5.attend congregation meetingsaccept this as part of the bible study programsee the benefits they can receive by attending the meetingsmeet others whose good example they can imitate.
vs. bible:.
Romans 10:9
For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and exercise faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be saved. (NWT)
Romans 10:13
For everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. (NWT)
So calling on the name of Jehovah and having faith that Jesus is Lord are the same thing?
Anyway, it results in salvation.
No WT publication in sight :-)
so a couple of weeks ago my wife (who is an active jw) got a delivery of apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots and onions.. the story i heard was that the "branch bought a bunch of food that would go to waste and was delivering it".. i am in california and a friend of mine in another cong.
50 or so miles away had the same thing happen.. a few days ago we got another delivery and as a matter of fact my wife was asked if she could "help jehovah with delivering his gifts".
unfortunately she is in poor health and unable to so so.. anyway, the story seems fabricated to me and i am wondering what is really going on.. does anybody have any ideas?
"It is the USDA program “Farmers to Families” it’s meant to be for food banks and religious organizations that support them".
That's exactly what I thought.
Explains why they were told not to talk about it on social media.
They are even taking credit for it making the R&F think that the organization is paying for the food.
My family is doing just fine financially and so is my friend that got his deliveries.
So many people are having a rough go of it and JW.ORG is taking what SHOULD be going to food banks.
Shameful.
so a couple of weeks ago my wife (who is an active jw) got a delivery of apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots and onions.. the story i heard was that the "branch bought a bunch of food that would go to waste and was delivering it".. i am in california and a friend of mine in another cong.
50 or so miles away had the same thing happen.. a few days ago we got another delivery and as a matter of fact my wife was asked if she could "help jehovah with delivering his gifts".
unfortunately she is in poor health and unable to so so.. anyway, the story seems fabricated to me and i am wondering what is really going on.. does anybody have any ideas?
So a couple of weeks ago my wife (who is an active JW) got a delivery of apples, oranges, potatoes, carrots and onions.
The story I heard was that the "Branch bought a bunch of food that would go to waste and was delivering it".
I am in California and a friend of mine in another cong. 50 or so miles away had the same thing happen.
A few days ago we got another delivery and as a matter of fact my wife was asked if she could "help Jehovah with delivering his gifts".
Unfortunately she is in poor health and unable to so so.
Anyway, the story seems fabricated to me and I am wondering what is really going on.
Does anybody have any ideas? Is this going on in other parts of the country?
friends,.
of course we have the vampire story, but this is what i'm thinking of now:.
in the current dutch jw.org law cases about child abuse and religion rights the jw.org is represented by shane brady, partner of w. glen how & associaties.
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@Vidiot...Just the way I worded it.
Of course it's always been propaganda in style but what I meant was it looks more like the propaganda posters from my cold war childhood.
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MightyV8...I LOVE it! LOL
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last night they announced that this summers district convention will be held at an assembly hall.. this is the first time i've seen this happen.
there are a couple of congregations in the same hall here and they aren't going to the same ones.
they are having multiple dates.. the hall they are going to use can only hold 1500 people max.. just wondering if maybe they just couldnt get anything bigger this year or if the falling numbers are playing a part in this decision.
No not SanDiego...Northern California.
last night they announced that this summers district convention will be held at an assembly hall.. this is the first time i've seen this happen.
there are a couple of congregations in the same hall here and they aren't going to the same ones.
they are having multiple dates.. the hall they are going to use can only hold 1500 people max.. just wondering if maybe they just couldnt get anything bigger this year or if the falling numbers are playing a part in this decision.
Last night they announced that this summers district convention will be held at an assembly hall.
This is the first time I've seen this happen. There are a couple of congregations in the same hall here and they aren't going to the same ones. They are having multiple dates.
The hall they are going to use can only hold 1500 people max.
Just wondering if maybe they just couldnt get anything bigger this year or if the falling numbers are playing a part in this decision. Is it happening in your neck of the woods?
I am in California.
Any thoughts?
i really enjoyed it and thought i'd share for what it's worth.... https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/how-you-can-heal-from-growing-up-in-a-legalistic-church.html.
I really enjoyed it and thought I'd share for what it's worth...
