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- I believe that love is best exemplified via the attributes of grace. †. Heb 12:28 . . Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. The New Testament Greek word for "grace" is charis (khar'-ece); which means: graciousness. Webster's defines...

- An "expert witness" can be defined as: A witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon the witness's specialized...

- To her credit, Teresa sensed that her spiritual condition was abnormal. But for the life of her; she couldn't figure out what was wrong in her association with a God whom she was led to believe cared for her. "I am told God loves me; and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is...

Sorry StanJ; no offense, but I really don't think you're conscientious enough at this point in time to be worth going to the trouble of explaining certain things about the supernatural characteristics of a genuine Spirit-born child of God as per John 3:3-12...

I haven't been to college to study koiné Greek so I have to rely upon the expertise of scholars for the best way to translate the Bible into the English language. It can't be due to coincidence that the KJV, NKJV, NIV, NAS, NASB, the Catholic, and even the Watchtower Society, all translate 2Cor...

- †. 2Cor 5:17 . .Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. The Greek word for "new creation" is ktisis (ktis'-is). Ktisis makes its first appearance in the New Testament at Mark 10:6 where it refers to intelligent design and the origin of the...

I don't know if they do it deliberately but obfuscation does serve a useful purpose: it creates dependence upon the Society to interpret the Bible. The primary purpose of the Society's missionary endeavor isn't evangelism; it's to place Watchtower literature in people's homes...

- The Watchtower Society argues that the account of the metemorphe (transfiguration) found at Matt 17:1-9 showed Jesus' true angelic form, proving his ability to materialize a human form at will. Oh? According to the Society's own doctrines, it is impossible to exist as a spirit being and a...

- I'm guessing that Prince was one of the garden variety JWs; a.k.a. the hewers of wood and haulers of water rather than one of the elite 144,000 spirit-born Witnesses. It's both tragic and ironic that the Watch Tower Society's garden variety missionaries go worldwide advertising a kingdom that...

- Teresa referred to Jesus as her husband; viz: her spouse. So her association with Christ was on a very different level than that of John Q and Jane Doe pew warmer. †. Gen 2:18 . .The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him. The Hebrew...

In other words: the Society maintains that Jesus' crucified body has to stay dead so Michael can be an angel again. But that's not the only reason the Society gives for keeping Jesus' crucified body perpetually deceased. Another explanation is given on page 237 of the April 15, 1963 issue of...

- †. 1Cor 15:4 . . He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. One of the primo scriptures related to Christ's recovery is located in the Psalms. †. Ps 16:8-10 . . I have placed Jehovah in front of me constantly. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be made to totter...

- †. 1Cor 15:1-4 . . Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. . . . For I delivered to you as of first...

- Prince started out in life as a Seventh Day Adventist. Sometime around 2001 he joined the Jehovah's Witnesses; which is the missionary arm of the Watchtower Society. According to the Society's theology, human life is entirely physical. In other words; people experience no conscious existence...

- †. John 2:19-22 . . Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days. Therefore the Jews said: This temple was built in forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days? . . . But he was talking about the temple of his body. When, though, he was raised up from the dead, his...

- Teresa complained in her private letters of feeling abandoned by Christ-- referring to him as "the absent one" --and in point of fact was unsure that a God actually exists out there. "I feel that God is not God; and that He does not really exist." "If there be God . . please forgive me."...

- Were you to ask John Q. and/or Jane Doe Watchtower Society missionary if they believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, I can assure you they would answer in the affirmative. However, what you may not know is that you and they would not be on the same page as the conversation would be...

- In order to discuss Mother Teresa intelligently, it's necessary to bring her religion into the picture because Teresa was a Christian missionary whose duty it was to represent the beliefs and practices of Roman Catholicism; which is a religion that holds the Holy Bible in very high regard...

- As a Christian missionary, abroad representing Christ, Rome's poster child, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (a.k.a. Mother Teresa) is a terrible disappointment. It turns out Teresa was a remarkable actor. Her public image bore no resemblance whatsoever to the secret life of her inner being. Below are...

- Depending upon one's translation of choice; Jesus Christ is described in John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16, and John 3:18, as the only-begotten god and/or the only-begotten son of God. Either way, the koiné Greek word for "only begotten" is monogenes (mon-og-en-ace') which is a combination of...