Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses

by Ron Rhodes

Book Overview

Christians have great news to offer Jehovah's Witnesses. In this revised and updated version of the top-selling Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses (more than 90,000 copies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565071069
• ISBN13: 9781565071063
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Reasoning from the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses

A must have for any Christian home or library. A very easy to use resource. I have read many books about helping Jehovah's Witnesses, but this is by far my favorite one and seems to cover everything.

Very Thorough and Logical

This book by Ron Rhodes provides responses to the false interpretations of many verses of the Bible that are advanced by Jehovah's Witnesses. Topics covered include the Watchtower Society, the New World Translation, the Trinity, the different views of salvation of Jehovah's Witnesses and Christians, past failed end-times predictions by Jehovah's Witnesses, celebration of birthdays, and blood transfusions. Also offered are tips for discussions with Jehovah's Witnesses. Rhodes advocates not forceful assertions of certain truths as much as he counsels that you ask pointed questions that undermine the false beliefs that the Jehovah's Witness holds, enabling him to come to his own conclusion that his beliefs are not true.

Best book in print on refutting Jehovah's Witnesses!

I could not recommend this book more in dealing with Jehovah's Witnesses. No single book offers more information on how to reason from the Scriptures than this book. Being over 400 plus pages long, Ron Rhodes covers nearly every subject that could come up when a Jehovah's Witness comes to your door. In fact, I would go as far as to say that this book offers enough information for even a long term dialogue with a Witness. Ron Rhodes not only reasons from the Scriptures, but he even provides documentation to show how the Watchtower organization is unreliable and shouldn't be trusted. Jehovah's Witnesses claim to follow only the Scriptures. But Ron Rhodes demonstrates that this is only lip service. They actually follow an organization. What was most helpful to me is the questions Ron Rhodes provides the reader. Just as Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to give answers for just about any question that is asked of them, so too Ron Rhodes provides the reader with questions to ask the Witness in particular situations. Having been in a few encounters myself, i've found many of these questions to be very effective. But be warned: widom is needed when dealing with JW's. We should never be suprised in they offer an answer to the question that is asked of them. We must always excercise discernment. Simply asking a question isn't going to be the end-all of the conversation. We must continue to press these questions in long term situations. Once they see that the Watchtower explanations aren't satisfactory, they will be able to think for themselves. Although Ron Rhodes offers excellent advice, we must always remember that it is God who saves and God who pursuades. This means that unless God intervenes, no JW will ever accept your reasoning, no matter how convincing. This is why we must never give up. God may have a purpose in your witnessing to JW's. And if God is glorified through the proclamation of His truth, then that should be reason enough to patiently endure conversations with even the hardest Witness.

From One Who's Been There & Only Sought to Know the Truth

With much regret, I have found those who downgrade this book are either a current Jehovah's Witness or simply do not know the real facts concerning what the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society teaches. Simply put: the truth is, more often than not, blunt, stinging and very repulsive to one who is supporting any untruth. And it wasn't any different when Jesus exposed the false teachers of His day. There were no kind words about the truths He was revealing but only to seek His death so as to stop His teachings from being heard. Truly, one of the most distasteful experiences in life is to discover that one has believed and supported a lie----that they were wrong. This book is an excellent source of well-documented facts that clearly reveal the falicies of the Witness teachings. The information is presented in a very effective, direct, and yet respectful manner. It presents questions that will assist any honest-hearted Witness to seriously think about what they have been taught by the Watchtower. At this point, you might be wondering what qualifies me to make such bold statements. And I don't blaim you. You see, for 8-years I was a very zealous and devout Jehovah's Witness. I would spend, at least, 100 hours per month presenting what the Watchtower taught from door-to-door. I loyally attended all 5 required meetings per week (14+ hours worth) and every special assembly that was located in another assigned city. I held several congregational leadership callings, and gave many public discourses to very large gatherings. And, with the sincerest of humility, whenever a member (in either my congregation or within my city) needed a biblical answer to a seemingly difficult question, or to effectively defend a Watchtowers teaching, I was usually sought for such a reply. But, above all, my love, my hobby and my recreational enjoyment comprised of very long hours of Bible study and vast reaserch (quite often, for 2 or more days,and to only briefly pause for something to eat or to freshen-up). My ultimate desire was always to know and to clearly understand the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, of what God's Word declared. For this reason, I had always prayed to Jehovah that if I were to, somehow, discovere that I was not supporting the truth I would instantly make any required change(s)----scripturally, doctrinally and denominationally. Consequently, it was during a sincere effort to defend the Watchtower Society that the evidence against it began to grow and mount higher and higher (many of what Ron Rodes reveals in this book). Today, I am a very happy and God praising born again Christian (17-years now, to be exact). And it is only due to the blood and cross of Jesus Christ and the Lord Holy Spirit's profound guidance and loving-patience. Therefore, this book will effectively assist anyone who desires to know the true teachings and history of the Jehovah's Witnesses, what the Bible really states, and how to present such to any honest-hearted and t