Topics Started by brianhenke

16
Dr. Phil today...
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
one of his guests is a woman who doesn't want to celebrate holidays.. .
7
Funniest JW joke on TV
by brianhenke in
1. social
2. humour
what is the funniest jw joke you saw on tv?.

many years ago, gary burbank had a tv special here in cincinnati in which a number of jw jokes were made (like teenage mutant nin jehovah's witnesses).. and there was this funny moment from the weakest link.

it wasn't supposed to be a joke, but it sure is funny:.
11
How old was the oldest person you saw baptized at a convention?
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
.

i bring this up because there was a 91-year-old woman baptized at the rome convention a couple of weeks ago.. was there someone that old (or close to being 91 years old) immersed at a convention you went to?
5
John 1:1 and Jesus dying on a stake question...
by brianhenke in
1. watchtower
2. bible
.

does anyone know when the jws began saying that "the word was a god" for john 1:1?.

and when did they start saying that jesus died on a stake?
2
More Special Convention fun...
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
the german conventions may go down as the most recorded ones since the nyc one in 1958. .

http://www.go2sam.de.

http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelsvideocorner.
11
Number of people baptized at the Germany conventions
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
hamburg 248 .

dortmund unknown .

munich unknown .
8
Today's the day...
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
.

today is the day that the first of over 200 walk with god district conventions of jws begin...obviously we'll be interested in the new light, the convention releases, etc.

that comes out from them.. .
17
My Book of Bible Stories
by brianhenke in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was looking through my book of bible stories (1978 ed.

) and i have two questions:.

- have the jws re-issued it, and.... - did they make any changes between editions?.
6
Odd coincidence between me and JWs...
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
i have found out an odd coincidence between me and the witnesses... .

i was born on july 30, 1965. exactly seven years earlier - july 30, 1958 - 7,136 men and women were baptized into the jws (the borg had not been named - yet.

maybe i was fated to study about the witnesses (and talk about it right here.
35
2004 district convention theme is...
by brianhenke in
1. jw
2. friends
.

..."walking with god.

" why not call it "walking with god after we just gave him glory"?.