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

What Did Jesus Say Had Been Raised?

August 11, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Watchtower teaches that Jesus’ body never rose from the dead. Rather, “at his resurrection from the dead, Jesus was brought forth with a spirit body.”[1]

In last week’s post, we asked, “What did Jesus say would be raised?”

We looked at his prophecy in John 2:19-21 that if his body would be destroyed, in three days he would raise it up.

This time let’s focus on something different.

Let’s look at what happened after the resurrection and see what Jesus had to say about his resurrected form. Continue reading

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