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Fed’s Yellen wants to raise interest rates

Janet Yellen, Official Federal Reserve photo COGwriter The US Federal Reserve wants to further raise interest rates: February 14, 2017 Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared remarks that waiting too long to raise interest rates would be “unwise,” given the rise in inflation and economic growth. “It was expected of her to be a [...]

Gerald Flurry, Dr. Hoeh, and COGwriter on Daniel 8:10-12

Plain Truth magazine August 1965 COGwriter Last year, in an article titled Satan’s Destructive Battle Plan, PCG’s Gerald Flurry had the following: The Prophet Daniel addressed his end-time book to spiritual Israel, or the Church, and two nations of Israel: America and Britain. … We must watch for an Antiochus-type in both the Church and [...]

Trump, NATO, and Nuclear Germany

COGwriter There are growing issues with Donald Trump, NATO, and Europe: February 13, 2017 Donald Trump deeply upset the Europeans when he raised the possibility that NATO is obsolete and that the European Union is failing. … The EU question is ultimately a European problem. But NATO is an alliance. The US has important and [...]

Is it okay for Christians to get a tattoo?

Jaipuri Tribal Tattoo (Meena Kadri) COGwriter Tattoos have been around a long time. In Western societies, they seem to be getting more popular. Should Christians get them? What is a tattoo? A tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment…Historically, [...]

Cartwright’s Journal Out: Allwine, 1974, Trump Book

COGwriter The latest issue (says #191, print date January 31 2017) of The Journal: News of the Churches of God was sent out electronically and received. Dixon Cartwright reported the following: United Church of God president Victor Kubik released a statement after police charged a UCG elder with murder in the death of the elder’s [...]

Valentine’s Day and the ‘Sacred Heart of Mary’

COGwriter February 14th is known to many as Valentine’s Day. The ‘heart’ is a common symbol related to Valentine’s Day, as is the pagan deity Cupid. Back in the 1800s, Alexander Hislop wrote: In the Church of Rome a new kind of devotion has of late been largely introduced, in which the beads play an [...]

‘Fifty Shades Darker’: Another movie that should not have been made nor watched

COGwriter The movie based on the followup up to the horrifying book, Fifty Shades of Grey is being released in a couple of days.  Here is some information about it: Fifty Shades Darker’s released trailers have shown some steamy sex scenes between Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan. After watching the famous shower scene, many are [...]

Sermonette: Fate or Predestination?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its ContinuingCOG channel: 15:56 Fate or Predestination? From Canada, Herb Haddon discusses random chance or predestination as described in the Bible. Here is a link to the sermonette: Fate or Predestination? Some items of related interest may include: Predestination: Did God really [...]

Lying is not good for you

COGwriter Lying is hazardous to your health: When we lie, blood pressure in the heart rises — and polygraphs pick up the change. Lying often enough, long enough can damage the heart and arteries. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame carried out a 10-week honesty experiment with 110 people, half of whom were instructed [...]

2022 Red Nova: A possible sign?

COGwriter Someone asked me about the following: At the beginning of the 3rd century civil war raged in Britain as the Roman emperor Septimius Severus sought to quell unrest in the north. But unknown to the fighting cohorts and Caledonian tribes, high above their heads two stars were coming together in a huge cataclysmic explosion. Now [...]