My mother converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) when I was two years old after someone came to her door offering Watchtower literature. My father never became a believer. My mother
Whether you’ve been the one going door-to-door or the one whose doorbell has rung, many of us have at least some experience of this highly polarizing form of faith sharing that
Lou Everett moved around quite a bit in his early life due to his father’s military assignments. There was little faith formation until age nine when his parents joined the
In 2005, I found myself inside a Catholic church for Midnight Mass. My future wife, born and raised in the Catholic Church, was by my side, silently showing me something that I never thought I’d see or feel. At the age of 31, an unexpected realization set in – thus beginning my personal journey to the Catholic Church, my home.
The publication of Aid to Bible Understanding, a Bible dictionary, in 1971, initiated major organizational changes for the Watchtower Society. For many, including me, this opened the door to a reexamination of other teachings. I wondered, “If we have been wrong in our understanding of arrangements we formerly thought to be solidly based on Scripture, why couldn’t we be wrong about doctrines, too?”
“Within a year after the death of my grandmother, my mother stopped going to the Lutheran Church and started attending the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs). During this time, my father would periodically take us kids to Catholic Mass, where we would all fall fast asleep. There was no Catholic Sunday school, and I really didn’t understand what was happening there.”
Former Jehovah’s Witness Tom Cabeen joins Marcus Grodi this week on Deep in Scripture to discuss Matthew 26.
Marcus Grodi welcomes former Jehovah’s Witness Jeff Schwehm to discuss Matthew 24: 42-51 and 25: 14-30.
Marcus welcomes former Jehovah’s Witness and Lutheran, Dr. Jeffrey Schwehm, who was well-established in the hierarchy of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Dr. Schwehm discusses the tight hand the hierarchy of the
When Tom was four years old his parents joined the Jehovah’s Witnesses, bringing him with them into that faith. He fully embraced the Jehovah’s Witnesses and quickly became an elder
In this special Jehovah’s Witness Roundtable episode of the Journey Home, Marcus discusses, with two former Jehovah’s Witnesses, Dr. Jeff Schwehm and John Davis, as well as Fr. Mitch Pacwa,
Marcus and Jeff answer open-line questions from the audience.