Doug

Featured on our Home Page is the article What Does the Bible Say About Nuclear War? A few snippets from the article say ~ There is the fear that the use of just one small-scale nuclear weapon will ignite a full-scale nuclear war that will devastate our world. Will God permit nuclear war? The Bible does not say. It does say that "fearful sights", or terrifying events , would occur in our day. Even if man were to use nuclear weapons again, God would not allow the situation to escalate to the point of global annihilation. In the news today is an article about the Pentagon drafting a new nuclear strategy designed to give the USA more options for using shorter-range nuclear weapons. The theory is to have credible limited-response options short of an all-out strategic exchange. Our website provides us, and the public, with the comfort of knowing this planet will not be destroyed, even if there is some use of nuclear weapons again!

"If God did not permit their wickedness, if he intervened with force to prevent it, their chorus of protests that their freedoms were being infringed upon would rise to the high heavens! They actually want him to permit their personal wickedness, but they want to be able to sow it without reaping its consequences". Never heard it expressed so well. Imperfect humans want to lie occasionally, cheat a little, sin by commission or by omission. We imperfect humans want to do those things from time-to-time, we just don't want to get in trouble for doing them. We may even feel it's righteous under certain circumstances. "There is no man that does not sin" Ec 7:20, 1 Kings 8:46

Beautiful, Hubert ! May we see one another as Jehovah does.

Uani's post ??? NO, her link to the NYTimes is very relevant.

The journalist who wrote the NYTimes article needs some objectivity. Her opening line; "The Jehovah's Witnesses, a pacifist religious group" is her viewpoint. Everything she wrote after that line is evidence that JW's are not a pacifist group under all circumstances. Jehovah's Witnesses fight when necessary, and this is one of those times. The article, dated January 25, 2022, says "While Berlin has memorials for the murdered Jews, Sinti and Roma, gay people and euthanasia victims, there is no memorial as yet dedicated to the Jehovah's Witnesses killed by the Nazis". However, on June 24, 2026 officials in Berlin dedicated a memorial recognizing the courage of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Nazi era.

The New World Bible Translation Committee began in 1950. They released six volumes over the next 10 years. Maybe the green one on the shelf is one of those volumes. The first release was the entire Christian Greek Scriptures. Second release was the first 8 books of the Hebrew Scriptures. Third release ~ The next 9 books, through Esther. Fourth release ~ The next 5 books, through the Song of Solomon Fifth release ~ The next 3 books, through Lamentations. Sixth volume ~ Ezekiel, Daniel and the minor prophets, through Malachi In 1961 the brothers made one bound Bible , and, shall we say , it was a brick 😂 Probably almost 4 inch's thick.

If Jehovah loved the world so much that he was willing to make His firstborn available as the ransom sacrifice, can we imagine how much He loves those who exercise faith in that ransom? 99.99% of the world that Jehovah loves do not love Him, or don't even believe in Him. So, how precious to Jehovah and Jesus are those who do love Him and want to have his approval. The most valuable thing you can offer to Jehovah as an expression of your love for him is your time. We all have the same amount of time each day. We can give it to Jehovah when we pray, attend meetings, speak to others in the ministry or informally, shepherd one another etc. Jehovah takes notice of every minute we give Him. And the sparrow that lands on the ground in search of food does not go unnoticed either. And, to be honest, if you or I don't make it ~ we won't know what we're missing anyway.

Is this the 1914 puzzle again? The brothers made two mistakes in their calculations, but they were offsetting mistakes, leading to the correct date of 1914. 4026 (descending) + 2026 (ascending) = 6052

Great crowd of 2

I was a man trapped inside a woman's body. 🙍‍♀️

We know we will continue to preach during the GT. But I wonder if the cart ministry, SMPW, might be discontinued for safety reasons.

I didn't realize how many court cases we have in progress. We received favorable decisions in Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria and Italy in the last few months.

I didn't know this. But after I posted, I thought no, Trump's UN Ambassador would veto Obama

There are statements that he has been the least effective Secretary-General since the UN began. He may wish to have some singular success to shape his legacy. His term ends 12.31.26. It will be very interesting to see who replaces him. Obama????