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Sales of George Orwell’s ’1984′ soar

Front Cover of the First (1949) Edition of ’1984′ COGwriter George Orwell’s book, nineteen eighty-four, is topping the Amazon sales chart: George Orwell’s ’1984′ tops bestseller lists 25 January 2017 George Orwell’s novel, “1984,” has topped the bestseller list in the US this week after a series of inaccurate statements were made by US President Donald Trump [...]

Buying a ‘place of safety’ in New Zealand is ignoring what the Bible teaches

COGWriter My wife and I have been to New Zealand three times, and expect to go there again later this year.  Is it the ‘place of safety’? Notice something that a reader sent me: Super rich hedge fund managers are buying ‘secret boltholes’ where they can hideout in the event of civil uprising against growing [...]

After Trump’s executive order, TPP-related nations start to look to China

Chinese COSCO Freighter (Fletcher6) COGwriter A reader sent me the following email today: Dear Dr. Thiel: You were right again! Yes, as you said, Trumps getting out of the TTP is causing other nations to look to China as the article below clearly shows.http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/chi... He was referring to something that I wrote yesterday morning that [...]

British Supreme Court rules that Parliament must approve Brexit, but that Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have no say

COGwriter The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled against the position of Prime Minister Theresa May: UK Supreme Court: Parliament Must Approve Exit from EU January 24, 2017 The UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Theresa May must get parliament’s approval before she begins Britain’s formal exit from the European Union. The UK’s [...]

Donald Trump signs executive orders: any good, any prophetic?

Donald Trump COGwriter US President Donald Trump signed several ‘executive orders’ today: January 23, 2017 President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the 12-nation Pacific Rim trade on Monday as he started his first full week in office. At the White House, Trump called it a “great thing for the American worker — what [...]

China tells of the end of Western democracy and the rise of Communism

Xi Jinping COGwriter China predicts the rise of its system over Western democracy: January 23, 2017 Chinese state media used President Donald Trump’s inauguration to make a case for communism while slamming Western democracy. However, no direct reference to the new commander-in-chief was made. The series of articles published Sunday in China’s Communist Party’s flagship [...]

Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse Kindle offer soon to expire: Last chance to get the book totally free!

COGwriter Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States. He remains a controversial figure: January 22, 2017 More than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday on President Donald Trump’s first full day in office. “Welcome to your first day, we will [...]

Dalai Lama says the world is moving towards peace, but what does the Bible teach?

Tenzin Gyatso also known as the Dalai Lama (photo by Christopher) COGwriter The Tibetan Buddhist leader known as the Dalai Lama believes that the world is moving towards peace and he admires the European Union: January 22, 2017 The exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists said the world needed leaders with compassion. He made the [...]

44th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade

Medieval Abortion Drug Being Given   COGwriter On January 22, 1973 the United States Supreme Court decided to overturn state laws prohibiting abortion in a case known as Roe vs. Wade. The decision was wrong and there are still some who argue against it. Political leaders, such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (to name [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Is the USA a better, stronger place’?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 16:45 Is the USA a better, stronger place’? Is the USA better and stronger in nearly all ways in 2017 than it was 8 years ago? Barack Obama made this claim. He pointed to economic [...]