In my book, Getting Through to Jehovah’s Witnesses: Approaching Bible Discussions in Unexpected Ways, I identify a number of “Watchtower Signature Issues.”

These are issues Jehovah’s Witnesses often bring up in order to try to convince us that the Watchtower religion is the only genuine Christian faith, plus a couple of topics that they will never bring up but that might be a fruitful area for you to discuss at an appropriate time.

It is especially important with these types of topics to pay attention to what is NOT YOUR OBJECTIVE in the discussion. Continue reading

I ended the first post in this series by asking you to consider how much you care about getting through to Jehovah’s Witnesses and how much time you are willing to invest preparing. I asked you to make this a matter of prayer.

After doing an honest self-evaluation, some of you may have concluded that you only have time to prepare thoroughly on one particular issue. If so, that’s fine. I’m glad you’re willing to do that much because doing something is better than doing nothing.

Most Jehovah’s Witnesses never receive a Christian witness from anyone.

There are a lot of possible topics you could choose, and the challenge you have is which issue to select.

Others of you—particularly those who have loved ones in the Watchtower—will be motivated to prepare to discuss as many topics as it takes to get through to the Jehovah’s Witnesses in your life.

Your challenge is how to “eat the elephant”—that is, where to start and where to go from there. Continue reading

As we go through this series on witnessing techniques for getting through to Jehovah’s Witnesses, I’d like to get your feedback.

Please share your thoughts with us.

I don’t expect anyone to answer all of these questions. I’m just asking them to trigger your thought processes. Share as much or as little as you wish. Continue reading