acts chapter 2 clearly shows (in jw minds) that door-door preaching was a must for all converts.
(acts 2:37, 38, 41, 42) “now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart, and they said to peter and the rest of the apostles: “men, brothers, what should we do?” peter said to them: “repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of jesus christ for forgiveness of your sins, but also, preach to others by knocking on their doors.
...and on that day about 3,000 people were added.
I read and reread the above quote from Acts and could not remember ever reading in the Bible about door knocking.
So l checked my NIV Bible and no , nothing about doors or knocking.
Then l looked at the Greek in an interlinear version. There is NO MENTION of the words door or knocking.
So it seems that the Org. have been naughty again.
Jan
i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.
apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.
his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..
JeffT l agree that America could well be heading for civil war . As an outsider looking in l started saying months ago that the potential for blood in the streets was growing. The country seems divided on politics , race , religion and economic lines as never before.
Jan
is this the "great tribulation" which jesus warned he would bring upon the corrupt christian congregations worldwide, (revelation 2:22; 7:14) or is it the same 1st century g.t.
which he said would never occur again?
(matthew 24:21).
BoogerMan do the words " corrupt Christian congregations worldwide " actually appear in print ?
Reminds me of the joke
I saw a chap on a tractor driving up and down shouting " the end is nigh , the end is nigh " . I believe it was Farmer Geddon . Boom boom .
Jan
today, i received a call from my oncologist nurse.
she informed me that i will need to sign a consent form for a blood transfusion.
the doctor will see me next wednesday to go through the consent form with me.
What everyone else has said.
Also when Jesus healed someone on the Sabbath and the religious leaders had a go at Him he said that it was not breaking the Sabbath laws to do good and heal people. So saving lives is more important than rules .
Life is sacred and Jews have no problem having blood transfusions because they understand that life and saving lives is not banned by the blood rules . They are about the sacredness of life.
Jan
mixes are playlists that youtube makes of your favourite music.. so i thought it would be interesting if people posted their yt playlists here.. er, i don't know how to post my playlist.. anyhoo, i guess i can just post a series of songs in multiple posts from my playlist.
😁.
https://youtu.be/bmitvsoxgai.
I have a lot on my playlist , not on YT but on Amazon music on Alexa. So l will just list them .
Kings and Queens Ava Max
Human Rag and Bone Man
Born to Wild Steppenwolf
Sound of Silence Disturbed
Ladbroke Grove A J Tracey
Summer Time Blues Eddie C
The Business Tiesto
Eye of The Tiger Survivor
Uptown Funk Mark Ronson
Head and Heart Joel Corry
Crazy What Love Can Do Various
Cake by The Ocean DNCE
All About That Base Meghan Trainer
Lady Eleanor Lindisfarne
Living On A Prayer Bon Jovi
Take It Off Kesha
Real Wild Child Iggy Pop
Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
Paranoid Black Sabbath.
Jan
i always found the account of the "woman at the well" to be particulary interesting.
this unknown shunned woman of ill-repute was specifically sought out and chosen by jesus.
why?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7dzonv3iy&ab_channel=michaelpapale.
LHG , l agree .
Jan
full disclosure, i am an atheist/slight agnostic and really don't believe in god/s.. however, i do find solace in a good evensong at the cathedral.
because one of my kids came with me, it has inspired him to become a christian and hence got baptised in a uk high church (anglican cum catholic hybrid).. so, i take him to visit different places eg, ely cathedral.
he likes me to accompany him to his new church.
Punky , what a change , fantastic. Just let me have a Praise the Lord moment . Thanks .
It's nice that you and your son find the love and acceptance genuine. I'm sure that you will be able to express your thoughts honestly, without judgement because Rev Ron and missus Ron will have heard it all before .
Sea Breeze isn't that basically what l said ? 😂.
Yes l would agree that wot you wrote is pretty much the broad timeline agreed upon. However when it comes to details, like who the Antichrist might be , what much of the imagery represents , what form the mark of the beast may take then people can only speculate .
Jan
full disclosure, i am an atheist/slight agnostic and really don't believe in god/s.. however, i do find solace in a good evensong at the cathedral.
because one of my kids came with me, it has inspired him to become a christian and hence got baptised in a uk high church (anglican cum catholic hybrid).. so, i take him to visit different places eg, ely cathedral.
he likes me to accompany him to his new church.
I think that's great news , but then l would . May l ask if your son was ever part of the Org and exposed to JW teaching ? He must find the Anglican, even high Anglican, church very different.
My Bible study group has recently finished studying Revelation. If l said that any of us understood it l would be lying .
We sought out the thoughts of various commentators and each one had a different observations. Basically they didn't KNOW either.
So l would go along with Iriddle80. Maybe add that prior to the nice stuff something like a nuclear war might be being described . That is pure conjecture but a possibility l think .
Jan
i always found the account of the "woman at the well" to be particulary interesting.
this unknown shunned woman of ill-repute was specifically sought out and chosen by jesus.
why?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7dzonv3iy&ab_channel=michaelpapale.
This and other episodes from the Bible should inform the WT view of women and change it .
Jesus used a WOMAN to evangelise to the Samaritan community, even the men . Mary Magdalene was the first person to see the risen Jesus and was the person chosen to tell the , male , disciples that the Lord was risen .
So Jesus felt that women were ( are ) not second class citizens only fit to take a back seat .
WT take note.
Jan
.......you will experience a fate worse than death!
you have been warned - don't come crying to me if you don't go.
you've got one month to change your mind.
Off topic l know but l was widowed at age 59 . After 3 yrs alone l decided to move on and joined an online dating agency.
Now l had been with my late husband from age 14 ( married 42 yrs ) . So this dating lark was very strange, especially in a new millennium. My online adventures proved entertaining to people around me , not least my hairdresser.
I met a lovely man and some of you may remember that l got remarried around 18 months ago .
Never say never.
Jan
