Posts by 88JM
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5Dis-Grace?
by raymond frantz ini was chatting the other day with a ministerial servant about the word "" as it appears in the new testament .the word is translated 90% of the time as grace but the watchtower chooses the obscure phrase "undeserved kindness" .this article examines the definition of the word as it appears in the verse romans 6:23 and how wages in the roman army can help us determine the roots of the word.. charisma a way to understand undeserved kindness.
www.jwdoctrine.com.
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All appointed men are being told they have to pioneer now!
by stuckinarut2 inyes, you read correctly..... all appointed men have been told in a new letter that they have to pioneer to "set the lead" whenever there is a "special" campaign month.
they use some scripture saying that these ones have to show by example.... so for any of us who are appointed and have learned ttatt, it is going to be very hard to fade during this time!.
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Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants
by pixel inhello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
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88JM
With this new process, what happens if a CO goes "apostate"? We know it has happened before.
Does it mean that all the elders he appointed in the past are then scrutinized?
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Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants
by pixel inhello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
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88JM
I know my elder hubby has these in his bag
Does he print them out from the website then? Most elders read them online through the login of JW.org these days. The branch doesn't send out paper copies now, except by very special request.
I know in some halls there is sometimes one elder who knows how to use a computer and prints them out for other elders who don't.
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Letter to BOE: Adjustment in process for appointing elders and ministerial servants
by pixel inhello, you read it here first!.
governing body of jehovah's witnesses.
to all congregations.
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88JM
Next step, of course, is to cut the ties between COs and the branch.
I think the removal of DO's was a big step in doing that.
I can't decide whether elders and MS numbers will go up or down as a result of this change. I know they are more desperate for men to "step forward", and my initial thought would be that removing the number of people involved in making the descision will mean numbers go up.
This could backfire though if the CO's start appointing men who the elders don't really like - it could really put the cat among the pidgeons in a way. You could see a lot more elders "stepping down" in fact.
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Recent changes
by Thumblina ini was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.
is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?
or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??
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88JM
Blood transfusions are all but officially a 'conscience matter' but if done 'brazenly' could get you in trouble.
What's the low down on that?
Someone might be able to correct me, but I believe it's primarily due to the new "Sheperd the Flock" elders book where the directions for someone who takes a blood transfusion are different from the old elders book, i.e. less strict rules and not an automatic DF'ing.
That, combined with other anecdotal accounts from posters on here, which is not surprising given the ever-loosening restrictions on taking of more "blood fractions" over recent years.
There might be more to it than I can remember, but basically having a blood transfusion is no longer the "automatic disfellowshipping" offense it once was. That's not to say it's a guarantee you won't be DF'ed for it, depending on whether you go blabbing about it or promoting it to fellow JWs. I think most people on here have said they expect it to be a total "conscience issue" within a few years with the way things are going.
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88JM
But at least during Rutherford's time, that board of directors was doing very little actual "feeding" work at all - it was mostly administrative.
If the FDS is identified by who is doing the feeding, then for most of that time the FDS constituted of one man - J.F. Rutherford.
Given what is known about this guy and his fondness for drink and nasty attitude, are they seiously telling me he was God's sole channel of communication on earth? That's a scary thought, but is the result of this new doctrine that JWs need to face.
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Recent changes
by Thumblina ini was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.
is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?
or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??
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Recent changes
by Thumblina ini was on this board a lot when i faded and left 6 years ago but not been on much since.
is there any thread/s in particular to read showing the changes in the past 5 years?
or any kind willing person who has time to summarise them as a reply below??
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88JM
" Isn't there something about the anointed being in the same classification..."
Yes - all anointed are also classed with non-anointed in the "domestics" (as well as the GB members as individuals)
I think the "belongings" is everything, including physical assets
The RBC is no more.
Just to expand on this - new building work is managed centrally from the branch by a new committee who's name escapes me
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Artificial Blood vs. Artificial Cigarettes (e-cigarettes)
by RubaDub indisclaimer: this is a rub a dub serious comment (i can only do the serious stuff every so often when i haven't had enough fiber in my diet).. i was in a group with several brothers after the sunday meeting and brought up the new information about the artificial blood.
only one had heard of it but most thought it was a good idea.. i then mentioned that i guess the new e-cigarettes are a good idea too.
one mentioned that we don't smoke.
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88JM
Haha I'd love to get DF'ed for having an e-cigratte!