OldSoul
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Preach the Good News ... how?
by OldSoul inthis thread is for jehovah's witness lurkers and posters here.. acts 13 shows paul and his traveling companions entering a synagogue, speaking before false worshippers in a group setting.
other examples of this particular kind of preaching to unbelievers are:.
acts 2:43-47. acts 5:17-21. acts 5:41, 42 (also house to house).
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Galatians -- A Commentary for Active Jehovah's Witnesses
by OldSoul inhere paul states that the source of his teaching was not human.
he did not receive it from men.
he also saw james, who was not an apostle.
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Is Early Christianity the Basis For JW Practices?
by OldSoul inearly christianity: what was it like?
did the early christians ask the public for donations to fund their ministry or other works?.
did the early christians encourage believers to distribute communications from the apostles and older men in jerusalem to the public as a primary part of their ministry?.
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WELCOME, enosant! And HELLO to all lurkers!
by OldSoul inwell, enosant, you made it here.
there are many nominal witnesses here, many who have left, many who are leaving and many who've been thrown out.
admittedly, there is some teeth gnashing going on here, but given that our families have been stripped from us by policies of a multi-billion dollar corporation that operates under the guise of religion i don't think that is an unreasonable reaction.. kick back and enjoy the fresh air.
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Positive thoughts for Cygnus
by OldSoul incygnus,.
i know you're going through some rough times.
you have my thoughts, whether you post or not.. respectfully,.
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Go AA! It's your birthday!! Gonna par-tay, like...
by OldSoul inh i p p y barthday, a[lltheway]atheist!!
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Phinehas executed a man for getting married...
by OldSoul init just dawned on me: the way an israelite got married was by taking a woman into his home/tent.
when zimri did that with a midianitess, he was killed by phinehas for it.
where was the standard set forth that they could not marry midianite women on pain of death?
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Does "proselytizer in Christ's name" = "Christian"?
by OldSoul ini am confused by a generally accepted perception that there is a need to proselytize to be a christian, or at least testify.
any information (preferrably in the form of scripture) that someone can give to shed light on this enigma would be very helpful.. respectfully,.
oldsoul
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To those who claim to speak for God: An answer!
by OldSoul intoreador asked me for a list of scriptures that strips authority from [groups] who claim to speak for god or who claim to have "the truth.
" i answered his question, but realized that others might be able to benefit from these, too.. so, if you want to take the path i took, study these chunks (paragraph context minimum) of scripture and ask two questions of each:.
(1) what does the bible say about spirit?.
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The reason I arrived, and why I'm still here...
by OldSoul inthanks to lilycurly, i don't think i will be able to even nominally remain a witness for much longer.
the whole "fading" thing goes against the grain anyway.. i arrived here, as my first venture into ex-jw land, as a lurker.
within a few hours, i spotted two people i knew whoto my surprisehad not yet become ex-ex-jws but were still posting here.