Jehovah of the Watchtower [Paperback]

Walter Ralston Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Pub (September 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871232677
• ISBN-13: 978-0871232670
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine tool, January 9, 2006

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krissmith567 "Kris Smith" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jehovah of the Watchtower (Paperback)

Jehovah of the Watchtower goes into not only the religious beliefs of the Jehovah's Witness Cult, but also into the history of it's founder, Charles Taze Russle.

It contains almost everything you need to know about the "Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" about the Trinity, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Blood Transfusions and more.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doctrine at it's Best, November 20, 2006

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Cynthia Wilson Huey (Baytown, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jehovah of the Watchtower (Paperback)

I am a fan of Walter Martin, because he was a fan of the Bible. His clear dissection of the Scripture is wonderful, inspiring and life changing. In this book, he gives a clear understanding of the Jehovah's Witness group and their teaching by comparison to the Word of God. He was a great teacher and his book lives on for generations. This book is a must read and I have had it in my library since it was written. It is a great reference and solidifys the foundations of our faith.

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL EVANGELICAL CRITIQUES OF THE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY, March 25, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jehovah of the Watchtower (Paperback)

Walter Ralston Martin (1928-1989) was perhaps the originator of the modern evangelical "countercult" ministry, having founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960, and acting as host of the "Bible Answer Man" radio program. Norman H. Klann has also co-authored The Christian Science Myth with Walter Martin.

The authors write in the Preface to this 1981 revised edition of the book, "The purpose of this study is to present in the clearest and most concise form the doctrines of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society... We shall endeavor to expound to the best of our ability and knowledge the teachings of this organization. It is not our desire or aim to injure the feelings of anyone connected with the organization, but simply to compare the teachings of the Society with the doctrines of the Holy Scriptures."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"If Thomas called the risen Christ (in Jn 20:28), ('My Lord and My God'), and Christ did not deny it but confirmed it ... then no juggling of the text can offset the basic thought, namely, Jesus Christ is Jehovah God!" (Pg. 65-55)
"Luke 16:19-31 is claimed to be a parable in the text by Jehovah's Witnesses, but nowhere is this substantiated in Luke's account. It is pure conjecture... It must also be remembered that Christ, in parables, never used personal names, such as 'Lazarus.'" (Pg. 80)
"The Watchtower insists that the transfusion of human blood through the veins is as much feeding the body as eating through the mouth... (But) Eating involves digestion, and transfused blood is not digested! ... When one gives a transfusion, it is not a sacrifice of life, and the EATING of forbidden blood, but a transference of life from one person to another..." (Pg. 97)
"(The Jehovah's Witnesses) cannot produce even one shred of evidence to bolster up their unscriptural claim that God always gives us reasons for those things in which he wants us to 'exercise faith.' ... First, does God give us a reason for creating Satan, the author of sin?... Second, does God anywhere give to man a fathomable reason for choosing one person to salvation and rejecting another to eternal punishment? No. Never in Scripture does He give a 'reasonable' answer to this power of choice He exercises." (Pg. 119)
"The Watchtower denies (the Holy Spirit's) personality and deity, but ... in (Acts) 21:10-11 ... He prophesies Paul's imprisonment. Only a personality can do these things, NOT 'an invisible active force,' as the Jehovah's Witnesses describe him." (Pg. 125)