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Begin wherever your curiosity leads. The studies will be here when you’re ready. When I shared my first Matthew study on Facebook today, I mentioned that I planned to post daily, though I might not share every post on Facebook. As I continue setting up this blog, I’ve realized that what matters most to me is making my past studies available for anyone who wants to explore them. For now, I’ll be adding posts to my heart’s content as I work through those studies. Some days that may mean one post; other days it may mean several. I’ll continue reading through and preparing each one before sharing it. There is no need to keep up with everything as it appears. This blog is becoming a place you can browse at your own pace—begin with a book, a question, or a study that interests you, and follow from there. The Bible Books page gathers studies by book, while Study Threads helps connect topics that travel through more than one book. The labels on individual posts also bring related material to...
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When God's Name Is Called Evil — Who Is Really Being Dishonored?

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Sometimes a single statement leads me into an examination I never anticipated. Recently, I encountered a claim that the English name Jehovah is evil and that those who use it are committing blasphemy against God. That's a serious accusation. It began with the name being separated into two parts: Je–Hovah. The Hebrew meaning of hovah was then presented as evidence that the English rendering of God's name carries an evil meaning. But something troubled me about this conclusion. Not simply the Hebrew itself, but what happens when people begin believing that the name they've used to call upon God is actually evil. And that led me back to Scripture. Before the Organization, There Was the Name The first distinction I want to make is an important one. Jehovah's Witnesses did not create the English name Jehovah. In 1530, William Tyndale used the form Iehouah in his English translation of the Pentateuch. The name also appeared in the King James Bible of 1611, including Exodus 6:...
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