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Sunday's Watchtower Study: Saved by Grace
by ozziepost inthis week's watchtower study article "are you living up to your dedication?
" includes this statement (para 11):.
"in any case, our salvation depends, not on anything we might do, but on jehovah's undeserved kindness [grace] through christ jesus, our lord.".
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Looking at Geography with WTS
by ozziepost indid you know that europe isn't all that important?.
well, you may be surprised then to learn that the wts is correcting the worldly view of the world in the its latest (2001) yearbook.. europe: "though europe has long been classified as a continent, in reality it juts to the west as a gigantic peninsular of eurasia."(p56).
islands of the earth: "though we have included the island continent of australia here, the largest island is greenland"(p61) {gotta put it somewhere, i suppose!].
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GB Letter: Media Hurting JWs
by ozziepost ina letter from the governing body inserted in the witnesses' 2001 yearbook acknowledges the damage that media attention is causing to the witness organisation.. they state that "in many places there are also influential people who would like to suppress the worship of jehovah.
as we deal with these situations........"(p5).
then on p20 they state: "opposers continue to stir up public opinion against jehovah's witnesses, sometimes using the media or other public avenues to further their aims.
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Thought for the Day
by ozziepost insomeone once said: "the christian church is the only religion that shoots its wounded.".
how could this apply to the witness organisation?.
just a thought.. ozzie [8>]
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Question #3 "What will you say?"
by ozziepost inall irregular and inactive publishers will be pleased with the heartwarming news that april will see a special campaign by the elders to encourage you.
yes, don't faint, it must be true because the april kingdom ministry says so.
in fact, so strong is the forecasted encouragement, that it states on paragraph 25 of the insert article:.
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Don't they need the Holy Spirit?
by ozziepost inyou may always have believed that the preaching work was directed by jesus, who in his parting words to his disciples said: .
"all authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.
go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things i have commanded you.
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How can you get more?
by ozziepost inthe headline on the april kingdom ministry reads: "how all who attend the memorial on april 8 can benefit more fully".. notice the expression "more fully".
how does this gel with our scriptural hope of salvation?
by coming to the memorial and sharing in it we "keep proclaiming the death of the lord, until he arrives.
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Who's to blame?
by ozziepost inwhen viv mouritz , former branch coordinator in australia, addressed the special meeting of sydney and surrounding area congregations at the superdome last weekend, he blamed the young witnesses who were leaving "the truth" for the drop in numbers in australia.. at the service meeting this week in one sydney congregation it was announced by a bethel elder that the elders have been told (as if they didn't know already!
) that 2,000 have left "the truth" in the past two years in australia.
this typical congregation of 120 publishers has lost 19 inactive since 1999.. the march 2001 issue of kingdom ministry (australian edition) gives the number of publishers for december as 58,426, pioneers 3,315 and 19 baptized.. in dec '98 there were 58,706 pubs,and in dec '99 there were 58,000.. with 1,600-1,800 being baptized each year, there is indeeed a 2,000 shortfall.. so, who's to blame?
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Should Christians drink cappucino?
by ozziepost inshould a true christian drink a cappucino?.
perhaps you have never considered the matter, but what are the origins of this popular beverage?.
the name cappucino is derived from the word to describe the bones of 4,000 capuchin friars in rome, italy.
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Tertullian Re-instated!
by ozziepost ineach week on h20 this poster from oz makes comment on the current week's watchtower study.
may i commence my postings here with this post that has appeared on h20 by not looking at a scriptural teaching (so called) but a teaching of the watchtower nonetheless.
1. tertullian the first to use the word trinitas.