The Bible
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A Ransom for All
Question (1915) Why does the I.B.S.A. place such emphasis on this point? Answer We understand, dear friends, that the Ransom is the very center, we might say the hub, of… Read more.
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Was Job a real personage or only an allegorical character?
We believe Job to have been a real person–a man. He is so referred to in the following Scriptures: ‘Job 1:1’; ‘Eze. 14:14-20’; ‘James 5:11’. This does not alter the… Read more.
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Pastor Russell Raps Colleges’ Teachings
Caustically Criticises Their Bible Interpretations and “Worldly Wisdom” in Address On June 16, 1912, Pastor Russell addressed a large audience at the Metropolitan Opera House. The following day, The Philadelphia… Read more.
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“AFTER THIS MANNER PRAY YE.”
Matt. 6:5-15 “Pray to thy Father which is in secret.” “PRAYER is the soul’s sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed,” says the poet: and he says truly, for the Scriptures inform… Read more.
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Death the Only Hell
From a contemporary newspaper report of a discourse by Pastor Charles T. Russell, “Beyond the Grave” in 1913. HELL IS STATE OF DEATH The hell of the Bible is the… Read more.
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HOPE OF ANOTHER CHANCE
EXTRACTS FROM DR. TALMAGE’S SERMON AT WASHINGTON CITY, AUG. 9, 1896, WITH COMMENTS. “IF the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree… Read more.
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The Singing of the Truth
There are moments in life when truth does not arrive through argument or study, but through something quieter, more unexpected. For Charles Taze Russell, one such moment came in 1869.… Read more.
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“JEWISH HOPES” – JERUSALEM
More than thirty years ago I abandoned the teachings of all the Christian creeds respecting Jews, Mohammedans and heathen. I could no longer believe that the great Jehovah, our Creator,… Read more.
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The Binding of Satan
“He laid hold of the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him… Read more.