Dealing with the “Invisible Jesus” Argument

September 15, 2026 / / 0 Comments

In an effort to prove that Jesus was resurrected as a spirit creature, the Watchtower notes that Acts 10:41 says, “He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.”

Based on this, it asks, “Why did not others see him too? Because he was a spirit creature and when, as angels had done in the past, he materialized fleshly bodies to make himself visible, he did so only in the presence of his disciples.”[1] Continue reading

Refuting the “Locked Room” Argument

September 8, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Jehovah’s Witnesses are trained to present Watchtower talking points on an array of Bible topics.

If we are going to get through to them, we have to be able to provide answers.

Fortunately, the Watchtower discloses its arguments in its literature, which gives us opportunities to prepare.

When I first studied with the Witnesses back in the early 1970s, I was completely unprepared.

I wrote my book, Getting Through to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and I post in this blog to help you prepare.

One of the arguments with which the Witnesses stumped me in those early days was the “locked room” argument about the nature of Jesus’ resurrection.

Basically, they asked, “If Jesus rose from the dead in a physical body, how did he suddenly appear in the middle of a locked room?” Continue reading

Answering the “Take Back The Ransom” Argument

September 1, 2026 / / 0 Comments

What is the “Take Back the Ransom” argument?

The Watchtower argues against the bodily resurrection of Jesus by claiming that if Jesus’ body rose from the dead, he would have been taking back the payment for our sin debt.

Here is its reasoning: Continue reading

Re-Creating Evil?

August 25, 2026 / / 1 Comment

What the Watchtower calls “resurrection” is really a re-creation from God’s memory in which he creates new bodies and implants the person’s personalities into them.

When you think about it, that view is required by the Watchtower’s teaching that the dead no longer exist and that there is no separate soul or spirit to re-enter a body. Continue reading

Responding to the Watchtower’s 1 Corinthians 15 Arguments

August 18, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Watchtower uses 1 Corinthians 15 in support of its doctrine that Jesus rose from the dead in spirit form rather than in a physical body. Continue reading

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