Reaching Islamic Witnesses
I submit these links on reaching Jehovah Witnesses to others you may one day or already have run into Jehovah Witnesses or those affected by their teachings as well and may need a handy reference as I sometimes do.
Read or ignore as you please.
Mert Hershberger
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By Former Jehovah Witnesses
A resource page on dealing with the healing of the soul. It seems particularly pertinent to the situation of a person who is in a "psych" hospital:
http://freeminds.org/psych/
(Much of this would, I believe, be good reading for anyone who is coming out of a form of legalism: Islamic or otherwise! From my personal & ministry experience, much illness is clearly a matter of losing sight of God's grace. There is an online store.)
Maintained by Randy Watters, former JW.
email: Randy@freeminds.org
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By a fellow who was a longtime leader among JWs, lots of background research:
www.towerwatch.com
Also has an online bookstore.
Maintained by Cal Lehman, former JW.
for email: cal@towerwatch.com
This is for folks who need support (a community-forum):
http://www.towerwatch.com/v-web/por
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"Following are links to web sites developed and/or maintained or recommended by members of Evangelical Ministries to New Religions. While we believe them to be beneficial and excellent sources for information, the fact that they are listed here is not meant to construe, infer nor affirm that either EMNR or its member organizations agree with and/or endorse all information, views and/or positions contained therein." The links:
http://www.emnr.org/links.html
I would guess that these different links have a number of useful pages.
By evangelicals:
Simply articles on JW & Watchtower teachings:
http://www.reachouttrust.org/submenu/su
Jehovah's Witness: +44 (0)870 770 3260 (in the UK)
To contact:
http://www.reachouttrust.org/indexl
By a fundamental evangelical:
A simple intro bible study with LOTS of references, specifically addressing the issue of the deity of Christ & the Holy Spirit: http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/j
one quote on the site:
So one can clearly see that God's word and God's creation both testify to the fact that He is a Trinity. However, some people aren't getting the message. The book, "Let God Be True", (Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc., 1952) says the following on page 92: "The trinity doctrine was not conceived by Jesus or the early Christians."
Then on page 93, this book says: "...the plain truth is that this is another of Satan's attempts to keep the God-fearing person from learning the truth of Jehovah and His Son Jesus Christ."
On page 102 of the 1946 edition of "Let God Be True," the JW's make a very blasphemous statement concerning the Holy Trinity: "...Sincere persons who want to know the true God and serve Him find it a bit difficult to love and worship a complicated, freakish looking, three-headed God."
Such a remark is entirely uncalled for and is a blank misrepresentation of what Christians really believe about the Trinity. ... The JW's believe that Jehovah is God the Father, and that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are not God. They're wrong. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are both Deity.
(A more polemical site as a whole, but the biblical references would be perhaps good starting points.)
Another website:
On the periodical, Watchtower:
http://www.spiritwatch.org/jwwtbib.htm
On the official version:
http://www.spiritwatch.org/jwnwt.ht
JW versus early Christianity:
http://www.dtl.org/cults/article/ju
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UPCOMING EVENT:
Witnesses Now for Jesus Convention
October 14-16, 2005
Blue Mountain Christian Retreat
RD 2- Box 118A
New Ringgold, Pennsylvania
(570) 386-2154
Sponsored Personal Freedom Outreach
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Message which prompted the above reply (edited):
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We met a man from Pakistan interested in Christianity. His wife is in a psychiatric hospital right now. We had a long talk with him and he says he believes but when it comes to accepting Christ as the Son of God then he can't go there. We are wondering if you know of Bible Correspondence course that we might be able to order here in the USA in the Urdu language. A church is getting him a Bible in Urdu. He told us that he has a Bible and when we looked it was Jehovah Witness!
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SOURCES OF BIBLE STUDIES:
People of God Series by David Shenk (four Bible studies in the series, cost $2 per book) Eastern Mennonite Missions, 53 West Brandt Blvd., PO Box 458, Salunga, PA 17538-0458 USA Tel: 717 898-2251, Fax: 717 898-8092
Kitab Oriental & Asian Books www.kitab.org.uk
http://www.kitab.org.uk/foreign_catalog
Bible Studies for New Believers, Stacey, Vivienne, book, 2.00
Multi Media Language Co., based in Ephrata, PA has tons of materials in most every language. Go to Reference & Evangelistic Books on Islam. website is www.multilanguage.com
http://www.multilanguage.com/urd/Defaul
URD-L38 Person of Christ in the Gospel & the Koran - Abd Al-Fadi pp ..$1.95
Examines Christ, His miracles, Sonship & deity from a Koranic viewpoint and then His deity & the Trinity from the Bible
Available in English ENG-L607...$2.75
URD-L10 Prophet or More Than a Prophet 31pp ..$.95
Proof is given from prophecies relating to Christ, His miracles, birth, death, resurrection and ascension that Jesus Christ was certainly more than a prophet.
URD-L33 Unique Person 16pp .$1.00
URD-L27 What Do You Think of Christ? - Abd -Ul-Masih 20pp ..$.95
The author tactfully invites the inquirer to think about various aspects of Christ's life: miraculous birth, His teachings, power, sufferings, victory over death & ultimate return to earth.
URD-L23 Why I Became a Christian - Sultan Muhammed Christian Kahn Bilingual 38pp ..$1.50
A Muslim intellectual who enjoyed arguing with Christians was challenged to investigate what Islam & Christianity said about being a sinner & needing salvation. He found that salvation is only in Christ.
Available in English ENG-L814...$ .30
Read or ignore as you please.
Mert Hershberger
===
By Former Jehovah Witnesses
A resource page on dealing with the healing of the soul. It seems particularly pertinent to the situation of a person who is in a "psych" hospital:
http://freeminds.org/psych/
(Much of this would, I believe, be good reading for anyone who is coming out of a form of legalism: Islamic or otherwise! From my personal & ministry experience, much illness is clearly a matter of losing sight of God's grace. There is an online store.)
Maintained by Randy Watters, former JW.
email: Randy@freeminds.org
=
By a fellow who was a longtime leader among JWs, lots of background research:
www.towerwatch.com
Also has an online bookstore.
Maintained by Cal Lehman, former JW.
for email: cal@towerwatch.com
This is for folks who need support (a community-forum):
http://www.towerwatch.com/v-web/por
=====
"Following are links to web sites developed and/or maintained or recommended by members of Evangelical Ministries to New Religions. While we believe them to be beneficial and excellent sources for information, the fact that they are listed here is not meant to construe, infer nor affirm that either EMNR or its member organizations agree with and/or endorse all information, views and/or positions contained therein." The links:
http://www.emnr.org/links.html
I would guess that these different links have a number of useful pages.
By evangelicals:
Simply articles on JW & Watchtower teachings:
http://www.reachouttrust.org/submenu/su
Jehovah's Witness: +44 (0)870 770 3260 (in the UK)
To contact:
http://www.reachouttrust.org/indexl
By a fundamental evangelical:
A simple intro bible study with LOTS of references, specifically addressing the issue of the deity of Christ & the Holy Spirit: http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/j
one quote on the site:
So one can clearly see that God's word and God's creation both testify to the fact that He is a Trinity. However, some people aren't getting the message. The book, "Let God Be True", (Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc., 1952) says the following on page 92: "The trinity doctrine was not conceived by Jesus or the early Christians."
Then on page 93, this book says: "...the plain truth is that this is another of Satan's attempts to keep the God-fearing person from learning the truth of Jehovah and His Son Jesus Christ."
On page 102 of the 1946 edition of "Let God Be True," the JW's make a very blasphemous statement concerning the Holy Trinity: "...Sincere persons who want to know the true God and serve Him find it a bit difficult to love and worship a complicated, freakish looking, three-headed God."
Such a remark is entirely uncalled for and is a blank misrepresentation of what Christians really believe about the Trinity. ... The JW's believe that Jehovah is God the Father, and that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are not God. They're wrong. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are both Deity.
(A more polemical site as a whole, but the biblical references would be perhaps good starting points.)
Another website:
On the periodical, Watchtower:
http://www.spiritwatch.org/jwwtbib.htm
On the official version:
http://www.spiritwatch.org/jwnwt.ht
JW versus early Christianity:
http://www.dtl.org/cults/article/ju
==
UPCOMING EVENT:
Witnesses Now for Jesus Convention
October 14-16, 2005
Blue Mountain Christian Retreat
RD 2- Box 118A
New Ringgold, Pennsylvania
(570) 386-2154
Sponsored Personal Freedom Outreach
======
Message which prompted the above reply (edited):
==
We met a man from Pakistan interested in Christianity. His wife is in a psychiatric hospital right now. We had a long talk with him and he says he believes but when it comes to accepting Christ as the Son of God then he can't go there. We are wondering if you know of Bible Correspondence course that we might be able to order here in the USA in the Urdu language. A church is getting him a Bible in Urdu. He told us that he has a Bible and when we looked it was Jehovah Witness!
=====
SOURCES OF BIBLE STUDIES:
People of God Series by David Shenk (four Bible studies in the series, cost $2 per book) Eastern Mennonite Missions, 53 West Brandt Blvd., PO Box 458, Salunga, PA 17538-0458 USA Tel: 717 898-2251, Fax: 717 898-8092
Kitab Oriental & Asian Books www.kitab.org.uk
http://www.kitab.org.uk/foreign_catalog
Bible Studies for New Believers, Stacey, Vivienne, book, 2.00
Multi Media Language Co., based in Ephrata, PA has tons of materials in most every language. Go to Reference & Evangelistic Books on Islam. website is www.multilanguage.com
http://www.multilanguage.com/urd/Defaul
URD-L38 Person of Christ in the Gospel & the Koran - Abd Al-Fadi pp ..$1.95
Examines Christ, His miracles, Sonship & deity from a Koranic viewpoint and then His deity & the Trinity from the Bible
Available in English ENG-L607...$2.75
URD-L10 Prophet or More Than a Prophet 31pp ..$.95
Proof is given from prophecies relating to Christ, His miracles, birth, death, resurrection and ascension that Jesus Christ was certainly more than a prophet.
URD-L33 Unique Person 16pp .$1.00
URD-L27 What Do You Think of Christ? - Abd -Ul-Masih 20pp ..$.95
The author tactfully invites the inquirer to think about various aspects of Christ's life: miraculous birth, His teachings, power, sufferings, victory over death & ultimate return to earth.
URD-L23 Why I Became a Christian - Sultan Muhammed Christian Kahn Bilingual 38pp ..$1.50
A Muslim intellectual who enjoyed arguing with Christians was challenged to investigate what Islam & Christianity said about being a sinner & needing salvation. He found that salvation is only in Christ.
Available in English ENG-L814...$ .30
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