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Family Worship: Paul—He Thoroughly Preached the Good News—(subtitles)

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Bethel Paraguay

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Visiting the cows at Wallkill Farm Bethel in New York
I remember visiting some long gone cows at the Wallkill farm back in 1984. I was a young guy… and stood too close. The cow decided to “Lick” my face. That was where I learned just how long a cow’s tongue can be.
They also told us that they don’t allow sisters to take care of the dairy cows because they get too attached to them.
Not sure if it is still the same.
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Mark Sanderson: “The Word of Our God Endures Forever”
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The Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia....
DECEMBER 19, 2016
RUSSIA
Jehovah’s Witnesses Seek Justice in Appeal Against Warning !
The Moscow City Court has scheduled an appeal hearing in which Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia will challenge the legality of the warning issued to their Administrative Center. On January 16, 2017, at 11:10 a.m., Moscow Standard Time, the court will hear the appeal and will likely hand down its ruling that same day.
The Witnesses seek to establish that the accusations of “extremist activity” are based on fabricated evidence and false statements that have been manufactured by local authorities to portray sincere worship as criminal activity. In the October 12, 2016, hearing, Judge M. S. Moskalenko of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow did not allow testimony or video that exposed the illegal actions of some authorities.
International human rights lawyer James Andrik stated: “Either way, this ruling may prove significant. If the Moscow City Court dismisses the appeal, the Prosecutor General’s Office could act on its threat against the Administrative Center. It could liquidate the Administrative Center and further harass the religious communities of Jehovah’s Witnesses and restrict their worship throughout Russia. If, on the other hand, the court upholds the appeal, it would be a breakthrough for justice.”
LETS  ALL  PRAY  TO  THAT  TIME  FOR  OUR  BROTHER'S  PLEASE ❤
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https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/russia/appeal-hearing-scheduled-20161219/

Queen Esther:
Around the earth we will share this message. Many prayers will be said and the Glory will be to Jehovah God, he has chosen his people for his name and it will give a grand witness to many about him and his people! Soon all these worldly governments will lick the dust! May Jehovah's Name be Glorified forever! 
Agape,
Bible Speaks.                          ♥❤ !!!♥•ƸӜƷ•♥!!! ❤♥.
 

(download as a pdf file for your pc)
Jehovah’s Witnesses Seek Justice in Appeal Against Warning _ JWORG Legal News.pdf

A “cozy” library at home. Perfect for a good read.
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ISAÍAS 34-37
Busquemos perlas escondidas
Puntos sobresalientes del libro de Isaías (parte 1)
23 Puntos sobresalientes del libro de Isaias.pdf

@Susan Gandara the closest thing to solve that might be the "hover over a title" and you'll see a preview pop up....
Other than that....the whole site might need a redesign. ;-) @admin

Fue creada la muerte?......si fue así.....fue Jehová quien la creó?

Hover your cursor over any topic in the forum list and it will load a preview of the article. 

What  a  cute,  heart - melting  picture ❤   YES...  tell  me  about  God's  Kingdom  please !
 

Prepare to Sing the New Songs - David H. Splane
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I would like to see a small box, like a small image (zoom in small size), next to each line, which means that small image would give you an idea of what the image of that article is like, or it will show the first image from the images of that article.
IF THAT IS POSSIBLE, speaking concerning the program/forum "possibilities" .
thank you very much for the hard work.

Artemis of Ephesus         CA 1202   Sully 1st floor   room 37 showcase 1 (3)       The goddess’s body is sheathed in a narrow tunic, decorated with rows of superimposed breasts or bulls’ testicles, symbols of fertility.   She is wearing a high calathos on her head. AR19   A close relationship has been established with the ‘ Great Artemis of the Ephesians ‘ (Acts 19:28) and the major goddesses of other peoples.   Unlike the virginal Greek Artemis, she was an opulent goddess of fertility and one of the mother-goddess figures.  Artemis of Ephesus and mother-goddess figures.
A famous statue shows her with a black face, hands and feet. The imposing temple that is dedicated to her is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the word. Significant trade was built up around her cult. AR13     “Great is Ar´te·mis of the E·phe´sians!” Acts 19:28     Close analogies exist between her and Cybele, the Phrygian goddess, as well as other female representations of divine power in the countries of Asia (Ma of Cappadocia, Astarte of Phoenicia, and Atargatis and Myletta of Syria).   It could be said that all these divinities are merely variations of one and the same religious concept. AR14 She was represented with all the attributes of the Mother of the Gods and accordingly she wore a crown of towers, reminiscent of the Tower of Babel. AR15   Ephesus was the crucible where the pagan cult of the mother-goddess was Christianised and transformed into the fervent worship of Mary, who became “Mother of God”. AR16, AR17   It was to the Christians of Ephesus that Paul the Apostle announced such a change of direction.  - Acts 20:17-30, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, note.   Theatre of Ephesus  >   In 431 AD, the third ecumenical council held in this city gave Mary the title of 'Theotokos’, a Greek word meaning ‘God-bearer’. The use of this title by the Church was a determining factor in the development of the Doctrine of Mary. The prototype of Feast of the Assumption processions could be seen in those made in honour of Cybele and Artemis. AR18

AO 19939    Richelieu room 6 showcase 4        Known for his massive deportations
of populations (we find in this text an account
of expeditions against Elam, Tyre and Egypt),
Ashurbanipal was even more 
renowned for his taste for literature.     Excavations unearthed an immense library
that he formed in Nineveh and which included
some 22,000 texts and clay tablets. King Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Bible
The capture of Susa, capital of Elam, is referred to in this prism. This event enabled this king to be identified with the ‘ great and honorable As´e·nap·par ’ of Ezra 4:10.   This name, which features in a part of the book written in Aramaic, is clearly a shortened form of the name of the King of Assyria, with an ‘r’ at the end instead of an ‘l’, Aramaic like Persian not having the letter ‘l’.  

that's something interesting. thank you.
I do remember the "Louvre" special brochure, that I found in the JW-ARCHIVE. 
The Louvre Museum - Bible in Hand Tour
http://wiki.jw-archive.org/The+Louvre+Museum+-+Bible+in+Hand+Tour
thanks for all the information.

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Interesting word  "decolonizing" which  I have heard in my field service and when I read articles regarding Islam and Africa. 
Victimization of Africa by 'colonist' nations is part of well-documented old history...of the past 400 years. So to counteract this we now have the major fashion trend to de-colonize everything - even ideas.... at all our universities. So I presume they want modern philosphy (because I cannot think that previously colonized nations go back as far as Aristotle and Socrates). 
But- these nations have been in political and financial turmoil since the colonizers left.... so what major contribution regarding philosophy could they bring to the table? They definitely cannot bring any good ideas to promote equality, justice or peace in the world because we have seen the most atrocious genocides and poverty and class inequality coming from Africa in the last 60 years.  
So I conclude that these students are demanding change to the curriculum out of ignorance and are bowing to the new propaganda trend that is present on all university campuses in Europe and USA.
Islam also has a major issue with "crusaders and colonists" since the Turkish empire was destroyed by colinist nations during the First World War and parts of the middle east came under Brtish and French control. 
 There is only one major philosophy they can offer the world and to which everyone must bow- Islam. So the derogatory term "colonists" is used in a lot of their literature. Since most of the Middle East departments and universities have been hi-jacked by proponents of Islam, and the political activists for Islam are on all campuses, I am not surprised to see this new wave of politisized curricula being democratically demanded by the ignorant masses. 
My take on this: the world is really going crazy as all kinds of extremist political. propaganda is being spread throughout the world (like never in history before because of social media) and all kinds of evil organizations are infiltrating and spreading their polarizing agendas especially amongst the youth.
It is therefore wise to follow the directive of Jesus to be no part of this world and not participate in its political battles... be careful as serpents. Be discreet and wise like the slave.
I see a political trend in the world which was predicted in Rev 16: 14..." it is expressions of demons (propaganda) that is going out into the world to gather the nations together for Armageddon. "  
This is only the beginning of a world-wide trend which is already in progress and escalating fast.  One is not allowed to publicly and logically expose or refute bad or immoral ideas as 'morally wrong' because then you are promoting "hate". It will eventually affect our preaching work as well.
How bad this will get in future- no one knows. We are aware that it will lead to Aramageddon, so we can only watch and wait on Jehovah in silence as the bible advises us to do.
 

I haven't completely rounded the learning curve here. Trying to delete a duplicated post, but all I can do is to edit it.

That's true. They have both been re-published by various publishers through the years. At Bethel, in the 1970's when we quoted from it a lot more often, we only knew of one edition of Matthew Henry, although that same edition with same page numbering was also in a three-volume paperback version. For Albert Barnes, there was an 1850-something version that was on the shelf until 1977 and it disappeared, probably to someone's office. There were also a couple of old stand-alone volumes from an incomplete set, or from prior to the combined set. We also had two single-volume Barnes' Notes on the New Testament both from Kregel Publications: a 2nd printing 1963, and a 7th Printing from 1974. The page numbering was nearly the same. Also, Brother Schroeder had, in his office, a set of them which had been published in several separate volumes, along with some standalone OT commentaries by Barnes. They had completely different page numbering.
It's not wrong to mention only the publishing date, which could be any of about 25 different dates for Barnes (less for Matthew Henry). But in WTS publications, we sometimes mentioned a date, but without a page number, and we sometimes mentioned a page number, but without any date. I was primarily commenting that the Watchtower readership would generally have no idea if these men were from modern times or hundreds of years ago. Since Insight, the Watchtower, as far as I know, has never put a date next to quotes from Matthew Henry, or Albert Barnes.  Since the 1980's, except for two footnotes (without dates), all references to Matthew Henry do not refer specifically to a commentary or a book, but to Matthew Henry as a commentator, scholar, or British author:
*** w05 1/1 p. 31 Questions From Readers ***
Understandably, then, many draw the conclusion reached by Bible commentator Matthew Henry . . .
*** w07 4/15 p. 14 Follow Paul’s Steps to Beroea ***
They tested what they heard by using the most trustworthy touchstone. They carefully and diligently searched the Scriptures. Bible scholar Matthew Henry concluded: “Since Paul reasoned out of the scriptures . . . .
*** w98 9/15 p. 14 par. 17 Times and Seasons in Jehovah’s Hands ***
Some Bible scholars link this expectation to Daniel’s prophecy. In commenting on this verse, Matthew Henry wrote: “We are here told . . .
*** w94 2/15 p. 11 “What Will Be the Sign of Your Presence?” ***
British author Matthew Henry commented: “The destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans was very terrible, but this exceeded it.
Prior to Insight, references to him more often included the name of his work: "Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible" even if without a hint about the fact that it originally came from the 1700's.
With the exception of one side note (like a footnote) this is similar to the "Barnes' Notes" references. Since Insight, there is never a date or name of his books or commentaries, although at least the term "19th-century" is mentioned a couple of times. Examples:
*** w11 9/15 p. 22 par. 9 “Run . . . That You May Attain It” ***
Scholar Albert Barnes observed: “As a runner would be careful . . .
*** w07 4/15 p. 27 Let the Congregation Be Built Up ***
Bible scholar Albert Barnes recognized that Jesus’ direction to “speak to the congregation” could mean . . .
*** w02 12/15 p. 5 Lessons From the Record of Jesus’ Birth ***
19th-century Bible scholar Albert Barnes . . .
*** w02 12/15 p. 5 Lessons From the Record of Jesus’ Birth ***
19th-century Bible scholar Albert Barnes . . .
*** w00 6/15 p. 17 par. 2 “All You Are Brothers” ***
. . . it is contrary to the ‘simplicity that is in Christ,’” noted the Bible scholar Albert Barnes. . . .
With reference to what I said in a previous post on the use of commentaries in the Watchtower magazine, Albert Barnes is referenced 10 times in the 1970's (positively) and only 2 times in the 1980's (once negatively). Yet, his works, such as "Barnes' Notes" are mentioned 8 times in the 1970's (positively) and have only been mentioned twice since the 1970's until now. And one of those was a negative reference in 1984. Discounting the negative reference that means only one time, positively, since 1978. And even that supposedly positive reference said he "makes an honest admission" that something was true. (Imagine how "positive" we would take it if someone said that Brother Splane had to honestly admit that something was true.)
There is also a tendency, as partially indicated above, to reference any commentators as persons: as scholars, commentators or theologians, but not necessarily as authors, and therefore with very few references to their specific books. Before Insight, it was much more common to also reference the title of their commentaries or books. 
Sorry for a lot of trivial detail, but if you are looking for subtle differences between the Aid Book research "era" and the Insight research "era," then the above does express a kind of trend to quote commentaries less. Although the two commentaries I used in the examples above are almost always used favorably, except in the 1980's, it is a little more common now to quote a commentator as a "bad" example, too. I think this helps serve as a kind of reminder that we heard in the 1980's, in warnings against seeking out commentaries for a different view of something.  

Hello everyone,
I see that most of the “illustrations” come from this /illustrationstoponder.blogspot/ blockpage, (that the Librarian had collected long time ago) and all these illustrations go around the world and translated !
Here is a similar story to that one I read here in this forum. 
Cute Experience
http://illustrationstoponder.blogspot.gr/2008/07/cute-experience.html
[greetings] thanks.
 

Detail from the “House of Eternity” of the Royal Prince Khaemwaset, son of King Ramses III, QV44, west ‘Uaset’-Thebes:
the God Shu (wearing the feather) and King Ramses III (wearing the Red Crown with three uraei)
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