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I had a chat with an elder from the local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's witnesses on Saturday; we'd met before and chatted a little, I'd asked him if the JWs had any books on the major and minor prophets because I was leading a bible study in my Parish on Justice & Peace and I was curious what JWs had to say about God's call to the prophets (and by extension to us) to bear witness to and testify about God's purposes.
Being a nice chap, as he is, and being an elder among JWs he had access to quite a lot of books and to my surprise he came along to the coffee shop with five JW books in hand, a total of around one thousand five hundred pages. There's a book on
One must give credit to him for keenness to satisfy my question!
Anyway, we had quite a pleasant chat over coffee and I've had a bit of a look through the book on Jeremiah, but, alas, it is much more of a HOW TO witness about Jehovah book than it is a book about the specifics of the book of Jeremiah. The last of the books in the list I gave above is one of their basic doctrine books, no doubt intended for studying with a potential convert (or 'interested person' as they say).
I thought I'd share this little story with you all. As I look through the books if I find anything interesting I'll try to remember to report it back to you all.
Being a nice chap, as he is, and being an elder among JWs he had access to quite a lot of books and to my surprise he came along to the coffee shop with five JW books in hand, a total of around one thousand five hundred pages. There's a book on
- Isaiah (it is volume II, so I wonder where volume I is?)
- Jeremiah
- Daniel
- The twelve minor prophets
- and one called KNOWLEDGE THAT LEADS TO EVERLASTING LIFE.
One must give credit to him for keenness to satisfy my question!
Anyway, we had quite a pleasant chat over coffee and I've had a bit of a look through the book on Jeremiah, but, alas, it is much more of a HOW TO witness about Jehovah book than it is a book about the specifics of the book of Jeremiah. The last of the books in the list I gave above is one of their basic doctrine books, no doubt intended for studying with a potential convert (or 'interested person' as they say).
I thought I'd share this little story with you all. As I look through the books if I find anything interesting I'll try to remember to report it back to you all.