Book Reviews
- Books About Jehovah’s Witnesses You Might Find Helpful - Today, there are a lot of resources available for Christians who want to understand Jehovah’s Witnesses and get through to them. Nevertheless, most Christians aren’t aware of them.
- Heart to Heart Talks with Jehovah’s Witnesses by Homer Duncan - Heart to Heart Talks with Jehovah's Witnesses contains refutations of Watchtower teachings that I haven’t found elsewhere.
- Masters of Deception by F.W. Thomas - When I was studying with Jehovah’s Witnesses, the study conductors presented me with a barrage of proof texts for which I had no answer or explanation. Masters of Deception was written to provide those answers.
- Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz - The unique feature of Crisis of Conscience is the inside information that isn’t available from any other source. The author, Raymond Franz, had been a member of the Governing Body and was the nephew of the then Watchtower president, Fred Franz.
- Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse by David A. Reed - Primarily doctrinal, Jehovah's Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse presents scriptural proof texts in Bible order, contrasting Watchtower interpretations with those of biblical Christianity. This is followed by one five-page chapter with general advice on how to share the gospel with Witnesses. This book is a very helpful resource for readers who find themselves stumped by specific Watchtower proof texts.
- Witnesses of Jehovah by Leonard and Marjorie Chretien - Witnesses of Jehovah relates the history of the Watchtower organization, giving an overview of its failed predictions of Armageddon and the end of this system of things. It also relates the authors’ journey out of the Watchtower to salvation in Jesus Christ.
- Why You Should Believe in the Trinity by Robert M. Bowman, Jr. - In 1989, the Watchtower published a 32-page brochure entitled, “Should You Believe in the Trinity?” Their answer was no, and they gave their reasons why they believe the Trinity doctrine is false, pagan, and satanic. Robert Bowman, Jr. wrote Why You Should Believe in the Trinity, not as an exhaustive treatise but rather as a Christian response to the assertions made in the Watchtower brochure.
- How to Rescue Your Loved One From the Watchtower by David A. Reed - How to Rescue Your Loved One from the Watchtower differs from David Reed’s other books in that its primary focus is not on doctrinal understanding but on witnessing do’s and don’ts. It has one main approach—giving the reader a step-by-step method for showing the Watchtower organization’s unreliability by documenting its changes in teachings on a small number of issues.
- Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah’s Witnesses by Ron Rhodes - Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses covers the vast majority of issues you are likely to end up discussing with Jehovah’s Witnesses and provides a number of penetrating questions you can ask the Witnesses in order to show them the Watchtower is wrong.
- Approaching Jehovah’s Witnesses in Love by Wilbur Lingle - The witnessing method of Approaching Jehovah's Witnesses in Love centers on asking Witnesses about the workings of the Watchtower organization and the implications of many of its unique teachings rather than showing the reader how to engage them directly on doctrinal issues.
- Jehovah’s Witnesses by Robert M. Bowman, Jr. - Jehovah's Witnesses packs a remarkable amount of information into its 83 pages. Its shortness and its outline format makes it far less formidable than, say, Ron Rhodes’ 458-page volume, Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah’s Witness. Accordingly, it serves as a good introductory guide or compact refresher.
- Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses Subject by Subject by David A. Reed - Arranged alphabetically, Answering Jehovah's Witnesses Subject by Subject is easy to use and includes a great deal of information not found in other books.
- The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Jehovah’s Witness by Ron Rhodes - The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Jehovah's Witness is doctrinal in focus and, in length, “short on purpose.” Organized into 10 primary points the reader should make to Witnesses, each chapter contrasts Watchtower errors with the biblical position and suggests a relatively small number of questions and points which the reader can present to Witnesses to challenge Watchtower teachings.
- Captives of a Concept by Don Cameron - Captives of a Concept shows how to document the Watchtower's history of abandoned teachings and practices to challenge its claim to be "God's organization."
- Answering Jehovah’s Witnesses with Questions by Philip DelRe - Based on Jesus' approach to the Pharisees, Answering Jehovah's Witnesses with Questions sets out questions to show Witnesses what the Bible really teaches.
- Conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses by Ron Rhodes - Using simulated discussions between Ron Rhodes and Jehovah's Witnesses, Conversations with Jehovah's Witnesses demonstrates witnessing techniques in the context of specific doctrinal issues.