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Subject Index for “The Watchtower” 1981

Indicating date of issue in which article appears

BIBLE

Bible Critics Revise Their Thinking, 11/1

Calamities​—Amos Provides Insight, 6/15

Can the Bible Help You to Succeed? 5/1

Can We Believe It Today? 10/1

How Your Bible Was Produced, 12/15

Is It Really Contradictory? 10/1

Joel Prophesies of Jehovah’s Vengeance and Love, 6/1

Maps That Bring Bible Events to Life, 10/15

Matthew Proclaims: ‘The Messiah Has Come!’ 11/1

Need Help to Understand the Bible? 2/15

Obadiah Gives Warning and Comfort, 7/1

Rivalry Between World Powers​—Did the Bible Foretell It? 7/15

Will God Execute the Wicked? Habakkuk Answers Yes! 8/1

You Need to Feed Regularly on Bible Truths, 11/15

CHRISTIAN LIFE AND QUALITIES

Are You Showing Concern? 5/1

Can You Tell Right from Wrong? 10/1

Caring for Your Aged Parents, 1/1

Contentment​—What Is the Secret? 3/1

“Do Not Be Depriving Each Other of It,” 8/15

Faith​—Is It Practical Today? 6/15

Happiness​—What Is the Key? 4/1

It Pays to Swallow Your Pride, 1/15

Sexual Morality​—Is It Really Possible? 11/1

GOD’S WORD IS ALIVE

(Bible-based stories appearing in many issues.)

INSIGHT ON THE NEWS

(This section appears in each issue.)

JEHOVAH GOD

Does God Really Exist? 2/15

Does God Really Speak Today? 9/15

How Real Is God to You? 2/15

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

A Happy Day in Brazil, 9/15

“Bearing Fruit in Every Good Work,” 1/1

Changes Come to the Islands of Yap, 2/1

Cyprus Hears “Good News,” 4/1

Day in the Life of a Missionary, 9/1

Do You Appreciate the “Faithful and Discreet Slave”? 3/1

‘Faithful Slave’ Gives “Food at the Proper Time,” 3/1

Faith is Practical! 6/15

Gilead Graduations, 12/15, 6/1

Hong Kong Sees Expansion of Kingdom Preaching, 11/1

“Kingdom Loyalty” District Conventions, 5/15, 4/1, 2/15

“Kingdom Loyalty”​—What Does It Mean to You? 12/1

Lesotho Hears the “Good News,” 1/1

Missionary Zeal, 9/1

St. Helena​—Lonely, Lovely, 6/1

Searching for “Sheep” in Liberia, 7/1

She Found the Source of Increased Joy, 9/15

Showing Lifesaving Neighbor Love, 5/15

Spain ‘Hears About Jehovah,’ 5/1

Spiritual Contentment in Denmark, 3/1

The House-to-House Challenge, 5/15

Under Two Dictators, 6/15

Unified Action for Worldwide Building, 10/1

Welcome Rain of Truth in Botswana, 8/1

What Makes Them Do It? 7/1

Who Are God’s Ministers? 3/15

Women​—May They Be “Ministers”? 3/15

JESUS CHRIST

Celebrating the Death of the Greatest Man Ever on Earth, 4/1

Could Christ Return Without Being Seen? 12/1

Do Not Ignore the Heavenly King, 12/15

Has Christ Returned? 12/1

Millions Adore the Newborn Babe, 12/15

LIFE STORIES

Enduring After a Tragic Loss, 10/15

From Despair to Joy, 4/15

I Have Seen Lives Marvelously Changed, 5/15

Jehovah Is My Stronghold, 8/15

Paradise: Paint It or Preach It? 3/15

Prisoner’s Prayer Is Answered, 7/15

Serving God During Difficult Times, 2/15

Serving Jehovah on His Holy Mountain, 11/15

What Has Given Meaning to My Life, 1/15

MAIN STUDY ARTICLES

A Field Producing Wheat and Weeds, 8/1

Aids in Conducting Ourselves as Lesser Ones, 6/1

“Be Glad, You Nations, with His People,” 6/15

Be Wise​—Conduct Yourself as a Lesser One, 6/1

Christians and the Millennial Hope, 4/15

Disfellowshiping​—How to View It, 9/15

“Engaging in the Holy Work of the Good News,” 1/1

Glorifying the Ministry, 3/15

Godly Conduct Toward Others, 9/15

Go! Make Disciples, 3/1

Grateful for Our “Happy Hope,” 4/1

Happy Are Those Whom God Corrects, 9/1

Harvesting in the “Time of the End,” 8/1

Have Faith in the Kingdom! 5/15

Hidden in the Day of Jehovah’s Anger, 8/15

Hold Fast the “Good News”! 12/15

If a Relative Is Disfellowshiped, 9/15

If God Has an Organization, What Is It? 5/1

Is God’s Day of Vengeance Near? 1/15

Let God Be In Your Marriage, 7/1

‘Light Has Flashed Up for the Righteous,’ 12/1

Lovers of God Resolve . . . , 2/1

Make a Good Name with God, 2/15

Make Your Good Name Now! 2/15

Parents​—Reach Your Child’s Heart, 11/1

“Peace and Security!”​—Then “Sudden Destruction,” 11/15

“Peoples Must Stream” to Life-giving Worship, 7/15

Pleasing Jehovah as a Family, 10/15

Repentance Leading Back to God, 9/1

Sacred Service as a Family, 10/15

Serving Jehovah “Shoulder to Shoulder,” 8/15

Sounding the Divine Warning, 2/1

‘Stay Awake and Keep Your Senses,’ 11/15

The God of Love Hates a Divorcing, 7/1

The Judgment Day of the Gods, 7/15

The Kingdom​—Is It Real to You? 5/15

The Light’s Increase in Modern Times, 12/1

The Millennial Hope Triumphs, 4/15

The Path of the Righteous Does Keep Getting Brighter, 12/1

The “Steward” as He Faces Har–Magedon, 10/1

The Time for a Watchman like Ezekiel, 2/1

The Visible Part of God’s Organization, 5/1

True Happiness Is Up to You, 4/1

“Welcome One Another,” 6/15

Which Organization​—Jehovah’s or Satan’s? 5/1

“Who Really Is the Faithful Steward, the Discreet One?” 10/1

Why Will a Loving God Exact Vengeance? 1/15

Witnesses to the Most Distant Part of the Earth, 3/1

Worker-Ministers, 3/15

“Working Hard and Exerting Ourselves,” 1/1

Worship of the One True God Already Being Exalted, 7/15

Youth, Is Bible Morality the Best Way? 11/1

Zealous for “the Work of the Lord,” 12/15

MISCELLANEOUS

Are You Choosing Life? 6/1

Athens​—“City of Many Gods,” 7/1

Can Death Be Defeated? 8/1

Can You Love Your Neighbor and Smoke? 2/1

Catholics Robbed of Millennial Hope, 4/15

Do All Religions Lead to God? 3/15

Does the Bible Foretell the End of the Earth? 11/15

Do Not Fall Prey to Modern-Day Judaizers! 1/15

Do You Remember? 12/15, 8/15, 4/15

“End of the World”​—Something to Hope For, 11/15

Faith Healing, 9/1

Fear of Man Snares King Zedekiah, 4/1

Oppression Will End, 9/1

Origin of the Millennial Hope, 4/15

Sickness​—What Hope for Relief? 10/15

Speaking in Tongues​—Is It from God? 8/15

Waldenses​—Heretics or Truth-Seekers? 8/1

Will You Listen to God? 9/15

QUESTIONS FROM READERS

Ask for double portion of God’s spirit when faced with difficult tasks? 11/15

Bible view of “test-tube” babies 6/1

Blood as fertilizer and animal food?, 10/15

“Breath of life” and “spirit” of man, 1/1

Can a true Christian take up boxing? 7/1

Definition of “Christendom,” 8/1

Does page 47 of “James Commentary” indicate all Christians go to heaven? 1/15

Heaven bound by decisions made by men? 2/1

“Men” of Hebrews 12:23, “AV,” 3/15

Passovers during Jesus’ ministry, 6/15

Peter use profanity? 11/15

Proper translation of Titus 2:13, 4/1

Resuming sex with adulterous mate, 3/1

Use of “ha-A·donʹ ” at Romans 10:9 by certain Hebrew translations, 8/1

What “spirit” led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted? (Matt. 4:1), 7/1

When are Christians “glorified”? (Rom. 8:30), 7/15

Whom do the three slaves represent in the parable of the “talents”? 11/1

Who made the cry of Matthew 25:6? 9/1

Wind chimes proper for Christians? 6/1

Word “organization” and the Bible, 5/1