by Guest Writer | Jun 27, 2016 | Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Trinity, Volume 22, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Winter/Spring 2016
(Originally printed in the Winter/Spring 2016 Issue of the MCOI Journal Page 14) By Jay Hess In my personal exploration of the Doctrine of the Trinity as described in Scripture, I found it to be the most complex doctrine I have ever studied. I was raised a Jehovah’s...
by Joy Veinot | Apr 4, 2016 | Angel of the Lord, Church Fathers, Cults and Religions, Deity of Christ, Early Church Fathers, Fall 2003, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Salvation
(Originally printed in the Fall 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal) Should you believe in the Trinity? This is the question raised by the widely circulated, 1989 booklet published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTBTS)*, appropriately titled Should You Believe...
by Joy A Veinot | Mar 21, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Faithful and Discreet Slave, False Prophet, False Teacher, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Volume 8, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Winter 2002
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2002 edition of the MCOI Journal) In the July 1, 1994 WATCHTOWER,* page 5, under the heading “Wheat and Weeds,” there appears this interesting statement: “Jesus Christ himself taught that true Christianity would temporarily...
by Jonathan Miles | Feb 15, 2016 | Cults and Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, MCOI Journal, Spiritual Abuse, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Winter 2001
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2001 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 13) I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 31, 2015 | Ambassador, Cults and Religions, Jehovah's Witnesses, Transgender
It is New Year’s Eve, the end of another calendar year. Many are preparing to celebrate tonight, ushering out 2015 and ringing in the New Year. New Year’s resolutions will be made, most of which will be broken or forgotten in short order despite all good intentions....
by Don Veinot | Dec 17, 2015 | Crisis of Conscience, Fred Franz, Jehovah's Witnesses
Many, perhaps most former Jehovah’s Witnesses and those on their way out of the Watchtower organization are understandably angry at the dishonesty, manipulation and outright lies of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. That is very understandable. It is not unlike...