Indented books are superceded publications, usually out of print. List of Jehovah's Witnesses literature - Reference works. Insight on the Scriptures, 2 volumes (1988) Aid to Bible Understanding (1969, 1971) Read Online Reasoning From the Scriptures (1985, 1989) "Make Sure of All Things" (1953, 1957) Read Online (1953) Read Online (1957) "Make Sure of All Things; Hold Fast to What is Fine" (1965)See also:

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In 1928, Norman Woodworth left the Watchtower society to create the radio program Frank and Earnest with the help of the Brooklyn congregation of Bible Students. This eventually led to the founding of the “Dawn Bible Students Association” for the purpose of printing and distributing the Studies in the Scriptures series that the Watchtower Society had officially ceased publication of in 1927. In 1928, the Italian Bible Students Association in Hartford, Connecticut also withdrew its support from the Watchtower Society and changed its name to the Millennial Bible St ...

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Each congregation is part of a Circuit, being cared for by a Circuit Overseer. Each circuit of congregations is part of a District, being cared for by a District Overseer. This in turn is under the supervision of a Branch Office. The Branch Office is under direct supervision of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. All Branch Offices are part of a Zone with a Zone Overseer appointed by the Governing Body. Organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses - Circuits. The congregations come together twice ...

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Jehovah's Witnesses teach that apostolic succession is an erroneous doctrine. They base this teaching on the accounts of the replacement of Judas Iscariot and the death of the apostle James. In Acts Chapter 1, Peter says: "Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, because he had been numbered among us and he obtained a share in this ministry... For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his lodging place become desolate, and let there be no dweller in it,’ and, ‘H ...

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Apostolic Succession, Apostolic Succession - Mainstream Christianity, Apostolic Succession - Apostolicity as episcopal continuity, Apostolic Succession - Apostolicity as doctrinal continuity, Apostolic Succession - Latter-day Saints Mormons, Apostolic Succession - Jehovah's Witnesses

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Among Jehovah's Witnesses, an elder is an "older man" appointed to teach the congregation, according to Witness interpretation of Bible requirements. It is rare that an elder would be a man under thirty years of age. An elder works within a group known as a "body of elders", each assigned to specific congregational tasks entailing oversight of the congregation. Each congregation has a chairman, or presiding overseer, typically the most mature elder. Elders are not clergy in the common sense of the t ...

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Knorr's most striking contribution to Jehovah's Witnesses was an intense educational focus. Within a month of his taking office, arrangements were made for an Advanced Course in Theocratic Ministry, a school that featured Bible research and public speaking. On September 24, 1942, Knorr suggested that the Society establish another school to train missionaries for service in foreign countries where there was a great need for Kingdom proclaimers. The suggestion was unanimously approved by the board. In upstate New York, ...

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In December 2005 the UN's case against Syria came under scrutiny when a main witness of the Mehlis report (Hussam Taher Hussam) was publicly identified and dramatically recanted his testimony, claiming he had been bribed and tortured by Lebanese interests to testify against Syria.[1] However, the 10 December Mehlis report asserts receipt of "credible information that, prior to Mr. Hussam's recent public recantation of his statement to UNIIC, Syrian officials had arrested ...

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Rashomon film - The Wood-cutter. Claims he found the body of the victim (Takehiro) while looking for wood in the forest. Rashomon film - Priest. Claims that he saw the Takehiro and the woman (Masako) three days before the murder happened. (Since his report does not tell anything about the murder, and does not contradict the other reports, he is presumably telling the truth. ...

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Lodge Committee - First Witness: William Howard Taft. Taft testified for nearly a month, beginning January 31, 1902[9] Governer William Howard Taft had arrived in the Philippines in June 1900 with the Taft Commission to set up a civilian government. Taft was the first to testify in the Lodge Committee. As a lawyer, Taft would be assumed to have been a safe witness for the imperialists, but he conceded under questi ...

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Witness

• To dream that you bear witness against others, signifies you will have great oppression through slight causes. If others bear witness against you, you will be compelled to refuse favors to friends in order to protect your own interest. If you are a witness for a guilty person, you will be implicated in a shameful affair.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Witness

• To dream that you bear witness against others, signifies you will have great oppression through slight causes. If others bear witness against you, you will be compelled to refuse favors to friends in order to protect your own interest. If you are a witness for a guilty person, you will be implicated in a shameful affair.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Within hours, word of Zamora's encounter had reached the news: many people had heard the radio traffic, including a few reporters. Within days, reporters from the Associated Press and United Press International were in Socorro. Members of civilian UFO study group APRO were on the scene within two days, as were officers representing the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book. NICAP investigators appeared the following Tuesday. The first NICAP investigator was Ray Stanford, who would later write a detailed book account of his investigation (see ref ...

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Lonnie Zamora, Lonnie Zamora - The Encounter, Lonnie Zamora - Witnesses investigation and publicity, Lonnie Zamora - Other witnesses, Lonnie Zamora - Air Force investigation, Lonnie Zamora - Hoax Claims and Rebuttals, Lonnie Zamora - Blue Book Conclusion, Lonnie Zamora - Sources, Lonnie Zamora - External Links

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In 1907, Pastor Russell more pointedly expressed that Christians were not developed under the New Covenant, but that the New Covenant was future, and made between God and the nation of Israel for the purpose of teaching the world his plan. This, and controversy over other doctrines, led some to leave in 1909, leading to the formation of New Covenant Bible Students. M.L. McPhail, Pilgrim member of the Chicago Bible Students, also disassociated himself from Russell's movement at that time and led the New Covenant Bible Students in the ...

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After Charles Taze Russell's death in 1916, Joseph Franklin Rutherford was elected second president of the Watchtower Society and immediately started an intensive work of restructuring the movement which, by 1928, led to nearly three-quarters of the membership departing association with the Society. One of Rutherford's most controversial moves was the expulsion of four members (R. H. Hirsh, I. F. Haskins, A. I. Ritchie, and J. D. Wright) of the seven-member Board of Directors appointed by Pastor Russell, with his own appointees in July 1917. ...

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The ASV was used for many years by the Jehovah's Witnesses. They first began publishing the ASV in 1944 and have continued publishing the translation until the present time. The reasons for their choosing of the ASV were twofold: One reason for adoption of the ASV was due to its usage of "Jehovah" as the Divine Name, which was congruent with their doctrine, although their usage of it seems to have predated the release of the ASV. Also, there was a perception that the ASV had improved the translation of some verses in the King James Version, ...

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