Jehovah-Talk: The Mind-Control Language of Jehovah's Witnesses

by David A. Reed

Jehovah-Talk is an essential tool for all who deal with Jehovah's Witnesses in professional or family settings. It will teach you how to overcome hidden language barriers and gain an effective opening for sharing yourself and the gospel.

155 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

David A. Reed served for a decade as a contributing editor of Dr. Walter Martin's Christian Research Journal and has authored some twenty books on Bible topics. His most recent include Come, Follow Jesus!—the Real Jesus and DOORSTEP BIBLE Answering Mormons & Jehovah's Witnesses.

Reviews

[Colleen]

Short, detailed, about mind control. Ticked off I lost my detailed review. Thanks to the author for doing such detailed work to help bust up this horrid cult.

[James]

This book sets the importance of language control within the Jehovah's Witnesses where it is used as a tool to isolate JWs from other other people. It has useful chapters on how language is used to keep people from thinking objectively about what they are being taught and how it can be used to identify and confuse outsiders. It gives the reader advice on how to use the information in why that will not make JWs wary of the reader's attempts to witness for Christ. It concludes with the author's testimony.

The bulk of the book is, I think, best described as a glossary of how terms are used within the Watchtower organization.