Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse

by David A. Reed

Book Overview

No other book answers the Jehovah's Witnesses' misinterpretation of Scripture so immediately and shows how to use the same Scripture in leading Jehovah's Witnesses to Christ.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801077397
• ISBN13: 9780801077395
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Baker Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10

Customer Reviews

once lost

I grew up a Jehovah's Witness. At 17 years old, I began searching for the love of God which I had not yet found. Asking Jesus to live in your heart is the only way to truly understand what the Holy Spirit reveals to us through the Bible. I found this book extremely helpful to understand scriptures that had been twisted and that I had been brainwashed to believe. This is a great book that will aide you in coming to your own conclusion on what the Bible says, not what the Watchtower Society wants you to believe it says.

False Reviews

I thought I should inform people looking for contorversial literature on Jehovah's Witnesses that a reviewer who claims to be "A Reader" from America, or various cities or states, is really a JW. He or she claims to be have been investigating the Jehovah's Witness cult, then was given these books. Well, this person has put pretty much the same review for almost all controversial literature on JWs on this site, and many other online sites. This person has not read all these books.

Excellent Resource

I read this and "How to answer Jehovah's Witnesses Subject by Subject" by David A Reed and "How to Answer Jehovah's Witnesses" by Dr. Robert Morey. All three are excellent resources but all different in the approach they take to teach the reader in this area. This book is good for the verse for verse answer's but did not have the answer for when they use Proverbs as an example for the creation of Christ. The answer was addressed in Dr. Morey's book for that verse. Additional resources can be found at David Reed's internet site- Comments to the Friends. I have purchased original books from the Watchtower Organization (1968 Watchtower, 1972 Awake, 1975 Jehovah's Witness Yearbook etc.)just to verify for myself some of the information stated in Dr. Morey's book and everything that I have checked does confirm what has been said.In addressing the JW who wrote above, see my response for the book written by David Reed on Jw's answered subject by subject. In addressing the person who wrote that it does not matter what other people believe and we should get a life I ask him to consider the following. Paul said to tell the TRUTH in love, not just to love. Jude 1:3 says to defend the faith. Titus 1:9 says to rebuke those sharply so that they will be sound in the faith. Galations chapter 1 says that anyone who preaches a different Gospel than what Paul taught was accursed and 1 Corinthians chapter 15 does not say anything about Christ returning in 1914 as JW's assert. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees publically and continually to show their errors (Mathew Chapter 23 & many others. Consider for a moment that we actually care about JW's, Mormons and other false religions and try to tell them about the only true gospel of Jesus Christ. Consider that people have died from not recieving blood transfussions from the watchtowers teachings and ask yourself if you should keep quit. We ask JW's to look at the scripture as the final authority to see if what they believe is true as the Bereans did in the book of Acts. Go to James Whites site(alpha and Omega ministries, where you can get a MP3 download that shows how they changed the Bible into the New World Translation and edited sections just to match their beliefs. This book is a great resource and I strongly recommend it and Crisis of Conscious.

A very good resource on JW use of Scripture

This book begins with a short introduction. It then has short chapters outlining the basic teachings of the Watchtower and critiquing the Watchtower's "New World Translation." Then the bulk of the book is an index of verses from both the Old and New Testaments that are relevant to JWs. Then the last three chapters contain a short outline of Watchtower history, "Techniques for Sharing the Gospel with Jehovah's Witnesses," and Reed's testimony of how he came out of the Watchtower.The verse-by-verse evaluations are excellent. The cover both verses JWs cite that they claim support their doctrines and verses showing that their doctrines are false. For the former, Reed gives a concise explanation of how the JWs are misusing the verse. For the latter, Reed explains what doctrine of the Watchtower the verse refutes and why.This is a very helpful resource to have around when a person gets "stumped" by something a JW says. He or she can look up the verse in this book and be prepared for the next time. And the JW, if he or she is open enough to listen, can see what "the other side" has to say about important verses.The opening and closing short chapters also contain helpful information. But given their brevity they do not provide a lot of detail. For further study on such subjects one would have to consult other books. But Reed's testimony is very interesting.Reed's companion book "Answering Jehovah's Witnesses: Subject by Subject," would be another helpful resource to have around. It provides further details on subjects addressed in this book. And for additional Biblical study on subjects relevant to JWs, consult my book "Scripture Workbook: For Personal Bible Study and Teaching the Bible." It contains three chapters on the Trinity and one on various other Watchtower teachings.

You NEED this book!

David Reed's book is a powerful tool in the hands of Bible believers who need to know what to say to a Jehovah's Witness who is bent on pushing the Watchtower's interpretation of Scripture. Mr. Reed exposes the New World Translation of the Bible as a perversion in a short, but concise chapter that every Christian should read. Another chapter gives a brief but crystal clear summation of the Watchtower's interpretation of various doctrines and eschatological events. The real beauty of Mr. Reed's book is his ability to reveal what the witnesses will say when they are on my front porch, and what my response will be if I am to reach them for Christ. I was glad that I had I read it when I was visited last Saturday Morning by some people from the local kingdom hall. Mr. Reed's book is simple to read yet extremely informative.