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Have you seen this boy? By what name do you know him?

English, French - Caleb
In Belgium & Holland he's called David
German - Philipp
Portuguese - Pedrinho
Efik - Kokoete
Yoruba - Kola
Sweden: Kevin
Zimbabwe: Kuda
Tanzania - Karebu
Sesotho - Kalebe
Xhosa - Sihle
Igbo - Kelechi
Shona - Kuda
Swahili - Kalebu
Kinyarwanda - Karebu
Arabic Jade
 
In other languages he is also known as:
Khwezi KALEBE Kelech / Kelechi Kaleb Kelechi Dulane Kнwezιιιι Icabi Kokoette   ------------------------------------ His sister: In Belgium & Holland it is " Sofie "   Anyone have more info to share about Caleb and Sophia? I'm still wondering what the official names of his parents are.

16 grupos lingüísticos representados en los carros en Edmonton en Alberta, Canadá.
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September 2016 Presentations

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November 2016 Presentations

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Wells Fargo employees opened roughly 1.5 million bank accounts and applied for 565,000 credit cards that may not have been authorized by their customers, regulators said. Credit Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/business/dealbook/wells-fargo-fined-for-years-of-harm-to-customers.html

Does anyone have the video sample presentations for September. I know that they are in our library but I do not know how to transfer them to the tv From the app. So our home bound brothers and sisters can watch on a big screen. 

The first "all witness" assisted-living home was opened in the USA two years ago. Legacy Place Cottages, formerly Jah-Jireh Homes of America, is a 40 bed facility in Allentown, PA that lovingly takes care of elderly brothers and sisters in a Christian atmosphere with a small staff of Witness employees. The facility is desperately seeking a cook, qualified nurses and health care aides that are Jehovah's Witnesses to join their staff. If you are looking for employment and are able to relocate, you would do well to consider working at this beautiful, loving, Christian facility in a lovely, picturesque, quite town about 30 minutes from the Poconos Mountains. If they don't find enough Jehovah's witness to staff the facility they will be forced to employ non-witnesses. If you have schooling, training, or experience in cooking, nursing or health care please apply.
For more information go to http://www.legacyplace.org.
At the bottom of the page is contact information and an employment tab to send a resume. If you prefer to call, ask for "Mike."
 

The Revealing of God’s Sons 

The Revealing of God’s Sons 

Have you seen this boy? By what name do you know him?

English, French - Caleb
In Belgium & Holland he's called David
German - Philipp
Portuguese - Pedrinho
Efik - Kokoete
Yoruba - Kola
Sweden: Kevin
Zimbabwe: Kuda
Tanzania - Karebu
Sesotho - Kalebe
Xhosa - Sihle
Igbo - Kelechi
Shona - Kuda
Swahili - Kalebu
Kinyarwanda - Karebu
Arabic Jade
 
In other languages he is also known as:
Khwezi KALEBE Kelech / Kelechi Kaleb Kelechi Dulane Kнwezιιιι Icabi Kokoette   ------------------------------------ His sister: In Belgium & Holland it is " Sofie "   Anyone have more info to share about Caleb and Sophia? I'm still wondering what the official names of his parents are.

1st pic: Bro.'s Carmouche, Sellers, and Robinson 2nd pic: Bro.'s Vasquez, Robinson, and Vasquez 3rd pic: Bro.'s Carmouche, Sellers, Robinson and Sis. Vasquez

This is what Reddit.com said: "Most modern popular music has an alternating structure, where verses with different lyrics alternate with a chorus (or refrain) that has substantially the same lyrics each time. Often, after a few verses and choruses, there will be a new section called the bridge, which will have a new, contrasting melody and often a new key. Then, there will usually be another verse and chorus."

A Sunday meeting worksheet I made today for my young Bible student! I wasn't sure what he would think of it... But he loved it! It helped him pay attention and get so much out of the meeting!
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As of July 20 this year, and ordinary Russian citizens and foreigners residing in Russia, faced with huge fines for publicly display their beliefs, even if they allow it at home. This reflected a new level of repression of freedom of expression and civil society in post-Soviet Russia. According to the observations of the Centre for Humanitarian Technologies government restrictions on free religion in Russia in recent years, constantly being tightened, bringing the country to the top of the bar in a number of violators of religious freedom.



Today, restrictions have been placed on the fact that religious people can not speak, even within their own home, so that Russia is already included in a number of countries, such as Vietnam, which also prohibits the exchange of religious beliefs outside places of worship. Mikhail Odintsov, who until recently was responsible for the protection of the rights of believers in the Russian Federation to the Ombudsman, noted that "in the religious policy, we have come to the norms of the USSR."

In July, the new bill (known colloquially named after one of its authors as "the law of Spring") was introduced a number of amendments to the "anti-extremist legislation". The provisions relating to religion were introduced into it five days before the second reading and adopted without public discussion, despite the expression of a wide public protest. Despite the fact that the law is determined by name, as the anti-extremist, he is best suited for use in order to strengthen the ongoing crackdown on civil society in Russia. In recent years there has been the introduction of increasingly repressive amendments to the laws on Russian non-profit and religious organizations, as well as designed to unconstitutional methods to discriminate against religious minorities, NGOs and journalists ...

In accordance with the current legislation on extremism, for example, it opened a criminal case against the followers of Jehovah's Witnesses and at the border confiscated their religious literature, preparing the ground for the liquidation of a religious organization. While violence by extremists on religious or other motivations of their actions is, as everywhere, a real problem in Russia, the concept of "extremism" is used as a shortcut for hanging it on the unpopular from a group of administrators who pose no threat to the state .. .

Height of repression against civil society, combined with the spread of frightening rumors about "predatory foreign religions" form a toxic mix. After the fall of the Soviet Union in Russia expressed concern over the perception of wealthy foreigners coming into the country to create their own religious communities at the expense of Russian Orthodoxy and weakened the Soviet system. After 70 years of state persecution of people for their religious beliefs and all religions it is, perhaps, was understandable. However, "the protection of Orthodoxy" is now perceived as matching a strategic national interests.

In 2000, the Russian federal official made a statement on national security policy, saying that the priorities "of the Russian Federation's national security also include the protection of the. . . spiritual and moral heritage "and" opposition to suggest the negative influence of foreign religious organizations and missionaries. "

Spring Act expands the definition of extremism and combines it with a "national security" in the form of protection from the preaching work. It is an extensive ban on most forms of missionary activity, including joint confession of their beliefs in private homes of citizens. Missionary activity, defined as "activities of religious organizations aimed at the dissemination of information about his teaching (including the exchange of information online) among non-participants" can be carried out by persons with documented authorized by their religious associations and proof that their organizations registered.

Authorized representatives can participate in missionary activity only in the church and preach in the territory of the region, which registered respective religious organization or group. The same actions are prohibited in residential areas as well as an attempt to circumvent the law, by the conversion of residential premises in the target - for religious use. Persons who violate the law must pay a fine of 5000 to 50 000 (in the amount of six weeks, the average wage, or US $ 780).

Organizations are responsible for the violations committed by its members and may be fined from 100 000 to 1 000 000 and eliminated.
Participation of foreign missionaries, the new law also limited: they can be invited to the country of the religious organization with which they shall be an agreement, and representative offices of foreign religious organizations (foreign religions that do not receive local or national registration) may not engage in missionary activity.

Article vaguely formulated law is unclear and it is not clear how they can be interpreted. The law includes a ban on any missionary activity, which is aimed at "disturbing public security and public order; extremist activity, coercion into destroying the family "," damage morals "and" the conviction of persons to refuse to perform civil duties established by law. " The offer is so broad categories is impossible for people to be able to clearly define what they can do. "Refuses to perform civil obligations", for example, is a broad category, is used in Soviet times for the imprisonment of religious dissidents.
Many ambiguities. What is illegal missionary work, if the "missionary" does not belong to a registered religious organization? What activities are missionary - "church services" or "religious rites and sacraments" (which are permitted in residential buildings), and the conditions under which this activity is illegal "missionary"?

Several people in different regions of the country have been prosecuted under the law, and these precedents suggest that the law will be interpreted broadly. For example, a citizen of Ghana, was convicted on August 1 for the baptism in the pool, rented in the resort, although it is claimed that does not seek to attract new members. Independent American Baptist preacher was fined August 14 for holding a prayer meeting at his home, because he was allegedly told about it on the bulletin board in the backyard.

In connection with the controversy of the new law of the Constitution it is hoped that it will be canceled. The law clearly violates Russia's constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and religion, as well as international commitments of the Russian Federation on freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Russian legislation and international standards provide every opportunity for the formation of laws that would protect the state from the real threats of violence but prohibits citizens exchange views Spring Law expressly directed against religious expression and harm law-abiding citizens.

Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the Civil Society and Human Rights Development Council under the Russian President, personally protested Putin said that the law "creates an unreasonable and excessive restrictions on the freedom of conscience of believers of all religions, and encroaches on the fundamental constitutional principle of non-interference in the internal structure of religious associations ".

Elizabeth A. CLARK - Doctor of Law, Professor, Deputy Director of the International Center for Law and Religious Studies of the University of Brigham Young.

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A Sunday meeting worksheet I made today for my young Bible student! I wasn't sure what he would think of it... But he loved it! It helped him pay attention and get so much out of the meeting!
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Do you have any photos of "miniature literature carts" that you want to share? Please post as a reply below:

Have you seen this boy? By what name do you know him?

English, French - Caleb
In Belgium & Holland he's called David
German - Philipp
Portuguese - Pedrinho
Efik - Kokoete
Yoruba - Kola
Sweden: Kevin
Zimbabwe: Kuda
Tanzania - Karebu
Sesotho - Kalebe
Xhosa - Sihle
Igbo - Kelechi
Shona - Kuda
Swahili - Kalebu
Kinyarwanda - Karebu
Arabic Jade
 
In other languages he is also known as:
Khwezi KALEBE Kelech / Kelechi Kaleb Kelechi Dulane Kнwezιιιι Icabi Kokoette   ------------------------------------ His sister: In Belgium & Holland it is " Sofie "   Anyone have more info to share about Caleb and Sophia? I'm still wondering what the official names of his parents are.

Have you seen this boy? By what name do you know him?

English, French - Caleb
In Belgium & Holland he's called David
German - Philipp
Portuguese - Pedrinho
Efik - Kokoete
Yoruba - Kola
Sweden: Kevin
Zimbabwe: Kuda
Tanzania - Karebu
Sesotho - Kalebe
Xhosa - Sihle
Igbo - Kelechi
Shona - Kuda
Swahili - Kalebu
Kinyarwanda - Karebu
Arabic Jade
 
In other languages he is also known as:
Khwezi KALEBE Kelech / Kelechi Kaleb Kelechi Dulane Kнwezιιιι Icabi Kokoette   ------------------------------------ His sister: In Belgium & Holland it is " Sofie "   Anyone have more info to share about Caleb and Sophia? I'm still wondering what the official names of his parents are.

(Hechos 3: 1-6)
La tarde a pleno sol, exalta y dora Del templo la gran área silenciosa. Jerusalén hace una pausa y ora; un hombre espera ante la puerta Hermosa.
Poco favor la vida le ha otorgado, tiende la mano procurando dones. No puede andar sobre sus pies lisiados Y despierta profundas compasiones.
Pedro al verlo le dice conmovido: -"Plata y oro no tengo para dar; en nombre de Jesús, el santo ungido, ¡ponte sobre tus pies y empieza a andar!"
Hoy no podemos dar lo que ellos dieron ni podemos quitar impedimentos, pero sentimos como ellos sintieron, la excelencia del mutuo acercamiento.
Déjame que me asome a tu tristeza, acurruca en mi hombro tu desvelo; te alcanzaré un bocado de belleza envuelto en las palabras del consuelo.
Pedro tuvo un poder que ha caducado, ningún don milagroso está operando; pero el amor de Dios nunca ha menguado; ¡Levanta el corazón y sigue andando!
Al derramar mis versos en tu oído mi serena amistad a darte vengo. Como hizo Pedro con el impedido, yo también, te estoy dando lo que tengo.

La respuesta que da la Biblia
Claro que sí. De hecho, la mejor ayuda proviene de “Dios, que da aliento a los deprimidos” (2 Corintios 7:6, Nueva Biblia Española).
¿Qué clase de ayuda ofrece Dios a los deprimidos?
Fortaleza. ¿De qué manera “da aliento” Dios a los deprimidos? Tal vez no elimine todos sus problemas, pero les da las fuerzas que necesitan para seguir adelante (Filipenses 4:13). Usted puede tener la certeza de que él escucha sus oraciones, pues la Biblia asegura: “Jehová está cerca de los que están quebrantados de corazón; y salva a los que están aplastados en espíritu” (Salmo 34:18). Lo que es más, Dios puede escuchar sus ruegos por ayuda aun cuando usted ni siquiera sea capaz de expresar sus sentimientos con palabras (Romanos 8:26, 27).
Ejemplos bíblicos animadores. El escritor de uno de los salmos le expresó su angustia a Dios con estas palabras: “Desde lo profundo de mi desesperación [...] clamo por tu ayuda”. ¿Qué lo ayudó a combatir su depresión? Recordar que Dios no desea que vivamos atormentados por sentimientos de culpa. “Si llevaras un registro de nuestros pecados —reconoció el salmista—, ¿quién, oh Señor, podría sobrevivir? Pero tú ofreces perdón, para que aprendamos a temerte.” (Salmo 130:1, 3, 4, Nueva Traducción Viviente.)
Esperanza. Además de darnos consuelo hoy, Dios promete poner fin a todas las causas del sufrimiento y la depresión. Cuando cumpla dicha promesa, “las cosas anteriores [como el dolor de la depresión] no serán recordadas, ni subirán al corazón” (Isaías 65:17).
Nota: Los testigos de Jehová confiamos en la ayuda que Dios brinda, pero también buscamos atención médica cuando sufrimos de enfermedades como la depresión (Marcos 2:17). Con todo, no promovemos ningún tratamiento en particular, pues cada quien debe tomar sus propias decisiones en materia de salud.

This is not true. It is true that all of the events that Russell expected (and predicted) for 1914 did not come true. But none of these were derived from the Great Pyramid. It was the other way around. All of the events were derived from beliefs he inherited from Nelson Barbour who inherited the methods from Millerite Second Adventists and the specific dates of 1874 that was already mentioned by Miller and promoted by other Second Adventists after Miller's dates failed. A lot of things were expected to happen between 1874 and the end (Armageddon) in 1914/1915.
Others were already promoting the mysterious and supposedly uncanny wisdom emanating from the Great Pyramid, before Russell published anything about it. Russell, realizing that God would need something besides the Bible to appeal to the new "scientific" orientation of the world wanted to believe that all this potential "craze" about the Pyramid was that opportunity for God to show that such knowledge was there all along but not ready to be seen until wisdom went "to and fro" in the last days. He agreed with the prophecies that proved that the last days started in 1798-1799. So "now was the time"! (Daniel 12:4 and Isaiah 19:19,20)
It was Russell's desire to see "truth" in these pyramids that pushed him to see Nelson Barbour's dates and events in the various air vents and drainage vents that zigzagged their way through the structure. It was more like reading tea leaves, coffee grounds, or the entrails of birds. (Since these various lengths added up to a timeline, it was probably a little more like palmistry.) You can pretty much see what you want to see in them.
For a while (from a published paper diagram) he saw an overall timeline that reached from OT times with the exact number of inches in one place to reach 1874. Then later in the exact same space, as 1914 became more important than looking backwards to 1874, he saw the exact number of inches to reach 1914 after that same space was measured again more closely. But he also used various broken rocks and directional changes and "puddles" along the way to also point out the timing of various other events expected mostly between 1874 and 1914. But these events were always believed first and then imposed upon what he thought he could see in the pyramid. He saw so many things in it that he called it "the Bible in stone" and called it "Jehovah's witness." Yet, as far as I could see, he didn't see any hints in the pyramids first and then look for Biblical events that might fit the timeline.
He promoted the Great Pyramid idea in most of the six volumes of Studies in the Scriptures. But he went into more detail in only two of them. (Volume 1 and 3) He also answered some Watchtower questions that came from readers about whether or not a certain event had a parallel in the Pyramid.
You and I would look at these disconnected drainage ditches and air vents and not see any connection to dates even if we measured them perfectly. But Russell was of a different mindset. From things he said, we know that he actually thought it gave evidence that the Watch Tower was the true "faithful slave" providing truths at the proper time if he, ironically, could declare that he found the "presence of Christ" in the inner chambers of this structure.

Can the timing of Jesus' Second coming, or Presence, be calculated through Bible chronology?
It's been brought to my attention that C.T. Russell, the founder of the WTS, believed Christ's return could be calculated by determining the length and termination point of the Gentile Times and by calculating the close of 6,000 years of human history.
These scriptures speak to this directly and indicate that it is not so:
Matthew 24:36-39 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. for the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.  For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Mark 13:32-37 "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.  It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.  Therefore, be on the alert---for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning---in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep.  What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'"
Acts 1:7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.
 

A Sunday meeting worksheet I made today for my young Bible student! I wasn't sure what he would think of it... But he loved it! It helped him pay attention and get so much out of the meeting!
- Contributed
 

I recently read another study which showed that the effects of Zika are worse in socio-economically deprived locations...... it seems it could be a combination of bad nutrition and mosquito infections which makes the outcome worse... ...