tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196389937297796742024-02-19T08:51:43.620-08:00Watching the Ministry"Watching the Ministry" is based on Colossians 4:17, "Keep watching the ministry which you accepted ... that you fulfill it." This Blog is used to present information related to the beliefs and activities of Christian Witnesses of Jah: Christians who 1. bear witness to the biblical God "Jah" (Psalm 68:4) and 2. who accepte Jesus of Nazareth as the foretold "Messiah" from the writings of Moses and other ancient figures, and 3. who believe in treating others the way we want to be treated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-83987087594121457612019-08-05T06:27:00.001-07:002019-08-05T06:28:41.947-07:00Blood, the Bible, and the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-38218687722355612832019-06-29T12:49:00.002-07:002019-06-29T12:49:45.795-07:00On the "Assumption of Moses" and the Quotation in Jude 9 (two videos)Part 1 - On the "Assumption of Moses" and the
Quotation in Jude 9:
Part 2 - More on the "Assumption of Moses" and the Quotation in Jude 9:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-29322752974322027772019-04-09T13:34:00.001-07:002019-06-29T12:50:05.848-07:00“Drawn by the Father” and “Raised in the Last Day”: John 6:44 in ContextUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-25882750349799619042019-03-31T06:36:00.002-07:002019-03-31T06:36:49.711-07:00Did the New Testament writers use the Divine Name?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-60101136119714395342019-01-07T05:35:00.005-08:002019-01-07T05:36:50.587-08:00When Scientists Reach False Conclusions: The Implications of Miller-Urey for Intelligent DesignI have revised and updated my Elihu Online Paper (EOP) 1 on the Miller-Urey experiment, which is now titled, "Advanced 'Earth Conditions' Corrections to the Miller/Urey 1953 Hypothesis and Its Necessary Implications."
Here is a video clip from one of my recent shows on the same subject:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-27648075851609960532018-12-25T19:30:00.001-08:002018-12-25T21:14:05.440-08:00How Old Are We?
In
answering this question I will present four (4) of the best reasons which I use
to show when the earliest humans likely existed, and around which I base my
current view that our existence is reasonably dateable to around 6000 to 5000 BCE,
or around 7,000 to 8,000 years ago. My four reasons are:
1. Metallurgy;
2. Human
Civilization, specifically, human “Structures”;
3. Human
Communication, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-18998687405117498802018-12-24T14:04:00.000-08:002018-12-24T14:05:35.470-08:00VIDEO: "4000 to 3500 BCE: Earliest Accepted Writing, Tower of Babel (Genesis), and Language Development"Here is a clip from one of my recent videos which I hope provides a helpful summary of the history of human language and how it relates to languages before and after the Flood and since the days of the Tower of Babel.
If you have any comments you can make them on the CWJah-Tube Channel hosting the video.
Enjoy!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-67990011687223868472018-12-03T18:17:00.001-08:002018-12-04T04:35:34.583-08:00Non-Biblical Evidence for the Historicity of Jesus ChristEvidence
for Jesus as a real historical person includes more than the four familiar New
Testament accounts of Jesus’ life, and more than even the New Testament letters
written shortly after Jesus’ death. The evidence also includes several early, non-biblical,
non-Christian references to Jesus and to his teachings. These include:
1. Cornelius Tacitus (55-57 CE to 120 CE):
Ancient
Rome’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-58455887509481195592018-12-03T09:43:00.000-08:002019-04-09T13:38:36.919-07:00CWJah-Tube
Here are three videos from our new YouTube channel, "CWJah-Tube," one from each new series:
Weekdays 5:00 AM PST - LIVE SHOW, "Day Texts with Greg Stafford":
Philippians 4:4-9 (on 11/30/2018)
Saturday 8:30 AM PST - LIVE SHOW, "CWJah Talk":
Show #2 - The God Jah
Sunday 8:30 AM PST - Pre-Recorded Weekly, "The Great Message":
On the Superiority of the Biblical Records - Part Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-11337535700479560662018-06-30T16:19:00.002-07:002018-12-03T09:07:26.336-08:00Christian Witnesses of Jah Discussion Forum Update
The Christian Witnesses of Jah (CWJ) Discussion Forum is accepting new
members, persons with a verifiable identify and who believe in three simple, easy-to-prove and to understand Bible truths:
1. Jah, the Father, is the One True God:
Exodus 15:2; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 115:18; Isaiah 12:2; Malachi 2:10; John 8:54; 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; Revelation 19:1-6.
2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-12135480462721134572018-03-17T14:03:00.000-07:002018-03-20T10:06:59.117-07:00Thinking Less of Jesus
Even writing a title like this seems strange to me. That is because for me and for many others Jesus of Nazareth, the one about whom the four most likely authentic "Great Messages" by John, Luke, Mark, and Matthew are written, is one whom we consider a "holy" figure. But no one is required to call Jesus "holy," or "God," or "a god." Some claim he was only a human prophet; some believe he never Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-20196925218750690552018-03-12T06:08:00.003-07:002018-12-03T20:05:48.219-08:00Christian Witnesses of Jah and the Trinity
I've received some odd feedback from some who see my "Signs in Sun and Moon and Stars" article as an acceptance, or me being "open" to Trinitarianism. I never wrote this, and anyone who suggests this is either naïve or deceiving you.
Still, apparently some are more alarmed by their own misunderstanding of my view of the Trinity than they are concerned about what I wrote regarding MS, SM, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-12275083039397661132018-03-09T09:22:00.007-08:002019-03-31T06:34:38.515-07:00"There Will Be Signs in Sun and Moon and Stars” (Jesus)—Luke 21:25
Jesus’ words from this biblical text could be interpreted as a reference to certain cosmic phenomena which Christians believe will occur when Jesus returns to bring God’s judgment, ushering in a new age.—Revelation 19:1-6.
But what if Jesus’ words refer to something else, or to something also?
What if these foretold “signs in sun and moon and stars” are not cosmic phenomena but, instead (Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-84981271476109310882017-12-31T04:39:00.002-08:002018-06-05T19:19:52.810-07:00The CWJ Argument for God's Eternal, Intelligent Existence
The primary CWJ argument for God's existence and identity is as follows, based entirely on the scientific method:
Life exists; life only, and always, comes from existing life (no exceptions, ever, and this happens every day, many times a day); therefore, since life only comes from already-existing life, life must be eternal, since we are here now; further, since everything alive or anything weUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-20919563655823936672016-01-03T08:01:00.001-08:002016-02-18T06:02:30.275-08:00Me, You, and Go Do!I have not been as active with this Blog this past year as I have in years past, for the simple reason it is not easy to keep current with writing articles for Blogs when there are so many other outlets to use, such as Facebook, the CWJ Forum, Twitter, and writings done offline for future publication.
Further, over the past several years I have been dealing with the fallout from my divorce to aUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-72111547475782631872014-09-28T14:04:00.000-07:002014-09-28T14:11:05.495-07:00Evolution Issues: The Hawking DenialHawking said: "Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation." -- Chris Matyszczyk, "Stephen Hawking makes it clear: There is no God," CNET (September 26, 2014).
The last I checked "science" involves determinations made through repetition which produce the same results.
In the case of "God," we know we Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-48616219172671468062014-06-08T10:04:00.001-07:002020-02-23T12:12:38.130-08:00Evolution Issues: Spider FangsSpiders have many incredible features, not the least of which is the strength and design of its web, and all of which indicate intelligence and intention, not accidental mutation.
Consider just one of the spider's features: Fangs.
Spider fangs clearly show a design perfectly suited for its capture/kill ability which helps control insect population and ensure the spider's own survival. Further Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-8275765370180759692014-04-06T10:11:00.000-07:002020-02-23T11:39:17.079-08:00Evolution Issues: 'The Key to Life on Earth'According to Leslie Baehr ("Scientists Unravel One Of The Keys To Life On Earth — And It's Right Beneath Your Feet," Business Insider [April 6, 2014]), "Scientists are constantly on a mission to untangle how Earth alone among the planets was able to evolve complex life."
In fact, it can be (and regularly is) shown the key to life on earth has nothing to do with accidental conditions as are Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-87087558507849228152014-03-09T10:24:00.002-07:002014-03-09T10:30:07.137-07:00The "Sharpest Rule"The fourth update letter for my pending work, The "Sharpest Rule": A Review and Restatement of Greek's Most Tragic Rule is now available for reading or download here on the Elihu Books Topic Index, and also on the Elihu Books and Media page next to the publication image.
In my fourth publication update letter dated March 9, 2014, there is another exception to Sharp's rule, to the Sharper rule, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-74349671641736943322014-01-01T14:41:00.003-08:002014-06-08T10:13:51.969-07:00Evolution Issues: American Belief Opinion Poll
Using a survey of 1,983 adults in all 50 states from March 21 to April 8, 2013, a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project showed about 1/3 of Americans reject the belief in evolution, apparently as it is commonly taught in public schools and elsewhere in "science" settings, though the frequently unqualified use of "evolution" in the article makes it Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-27664608830445386122013-06-25T13:48:00.000-07:002020-02-23T11:49:19.308-08:00Evolution Issues: Seeds, Plants, and Trees
To some, the odds of evolving life from non-life (unless we accept life is eternal) are preferable to the likelihood life was created, or that it was made by an intelligent being or beings who are beyond humankind in terms of ability and power.
This brief, but powerful article highlights one of the less noticed marvels in our creation, in this case plants doing math, or showing "smarts" you Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-12268609425850687972013-05-04T15:45:00.000-07:002016-02-20T04:58:00.652-08:00The Fuente Magna Bowl: Another Ancient Sumerian Flood Connection?
Most of us know something about the story of the Great Flood through the biblical history of Noah and the ark, from Genesis Chapter 6 through the end of Chapter 9. A lesser known but still somewhat familiar story which contains a similar account of our past is known as the "Epic of Gilgamesh," a Sumerian history which tells the story of a god named "Anu" providing "information of (the time) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-55418940171461592972013-03-11T11:56:00.001-07:002019-04-09T13:48:24.407-07:00The Textual Reliability of John's Revelation
If you were to read a copy of Homer’s Iliad (originally written around the mid-7th century BCE)[1] the text or translation you would likely be using is based primarily on a 10th century CE complete text.[2] It could also be based in part on some earlier quotations of Homer’s work by Plato, Aristotle, Herodotus, and others, as well as on some fragmentary papyri dating from the 3rd century BCE toUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-90172238459534498642012-06-20T20:58:00.000-07:002018-03-17T16:07:19.063-07:00"Body" or "Ears"? The Readings of Psalm 39:7(LXX), Psalm 40:6 (Hebrew), and Hebrews 10:5
Here is a new Q&A I put "upon the lampstand" today, on Elihu Books, which I hope will help clarify some of the textual issues and understanding surrounding the most likely reading in the source text quoted by the author of the letter to Hebrews, Chapter 10, Verse 5.
In my new Q&A I try to give a helpful, descriptive summary of the best available evidence, and then also indicate how Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-519638993729779674.post-18779850007998507362012-06-03T21:56:00.002-07:002012-06-18T10:54:58.367-07:00Why No "Y" in Forms of the Divine Name in English?
According to Webster’s II, New Riverside University
Dictionary, page 1227, a word is "transliterated" if its letters in one
language are represented "in the corresponding characters of another alphabet"
(page 1227). For example, the Greek
name represented by the characters Ιησους is "transliterated" into English as either Iesous or Iēsous, with ē representing a long "e" sound. This is not, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com