Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Jehovah's Witness prediction spurs evangelism


The 100th anniversary of Jehovah's Witnesses' prediction that history would end in 1914 presents an opportunity for leading members of the group to faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior, a Southern Baptist expert on Christian sects and cults said.

Christians' "first task" in sharing the Gospel with Jehovah's Witnesses is helping them "put [their official publications] away and then deal with the Bible alone," Robert Stewart, professor of philosophy and theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, told Baptist Press. "What we need is evidence -- evidence that the Watchtower Society [Jehovah's Witnesses' central organization] has been wrong."

The anniversary of a failed prediction may be an opportunity to present such evidence to approximately eight million Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide, Stewart said. Keep reading

2 comments:

Ronald Day said...

I have posted a response to the statements made in the Baptist Press report at:

http://ctr.rlbible.com/?p=2993

Ronald Day said...

I was not given the email followup option on my first comment. It appears that I have to comment again in order to get follow-up comments.