This series of articles examines in detail some of the doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses from an evangelical Christian perspective. The focus of these articles is whether their doctrines are faithful to the teachings of the Bible, as Jehovah’s Witnesses claim. The articles engage their doctrines fairly based on the current publications of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society as found at JW.org.
The author of these articles, Robert M. Bowman Jr., has written five books of direct relevance, including Jehovah’s Witnesses (Watchtower Society) and Why You Should Believe in the Trinity. (You can order these books from our online store.) He is not a former Jehovah’s Witness. Rather, he is a biblical scholar who studies the biblical interpretations and doctrines of various groups that claim to represent the restoration of true Christianity. Dr. Bowman is the president of the Institute for Religious Research.
If you are not very familiar with the doctrinal beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses, you may want to start with the article “What Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe” or the longer version “What the Watchtower Teaches” (which includes quotations from recent Watchtower publications to document their beliefs).
The two unnumbered articles are introductory to the series, encouraging Jehovah’s Witnesses to examine their own religion in the light of Scripture. Each of the numbered articles focuses on a single question of importance in examining the religion of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
