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January 21, 2017

Apostate, former WCG minister, challenges COGwriter’s biblical interpretation methods: Which should you rely on?

COGwriter Former Worldwide Church of God minister Dennis Diehl has a history of posting negative comments about me over at the Banned by HWA website. Of course, he is not alone in this. Many apostates and unbelievers at that website have done the same. For people “whose minds the god of this age has blinded” [...]
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Published on January 21, 2017 16:00

German dismay at Trump inauguration: Is the end of the 6000 years getting near?

Angela Merkel and Donald Trump COGwriter German leaders are pointing to US President Donald Trump as a reason for a change of direction for Europe: German dismay at Trump inauguration 21 January 2017 Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared uninterested in the pomp and circumstance in Washington, DC, on Friday. … With the characteristic aloofness with which [...]
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Published on January 21, 2017 08:30

Sermon: Strong Meat: James 3-5

First portion of the Epistle of James in Greek from a 12th century document COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:17:11 Strong Meat: James 3-5 What does the Bible teach about idols and icons? Is covetousness connected to idolatry? Is the command against them the [...]
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Published on January 21, 2017 00:01

January 20, 2017

Donald Trump is now President of the United States: What’s next?

COGwriter Defying most political pundits, Donald J. Trump is now the 45th President of the United States. He is a controversial figure, both in the USA and abroad. So what’s next? Well, Donald Trump is expected to issue executive orders to reverse a variety of executive orders by the 44th President of the United States, [...]
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Published on January 20, 2017 14:30

New world record heat–will we see a change?

COGwriter We have seen a lot of odd weather. Notice the following about record temperatures: Temperatures hit new high in 2016 January 20, 2017 OSLO • World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row last year, creeping closer to a ceiling set by the Paris climate change deal, with unprecedented [...]
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Published on January 20, 2017 08:00

Dear Abby: My boyfriend will not buy me anything for Valentine’s Day

Valentine Postcard (1910) COGwriter Some time back, a reader sent the following, which is such a classic, I would like to post again: February 10, 2014 DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 1/2 years, living together for two. He says Valentine’s Day is a made-up holiday to get people to [...]
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Published on January 20, 2017 00:01

January 19, 2017

Arrested UCG minister in the news

UCG’s Logo for Beyond Today COGwriter A minister in the United Church of God (UCG) was arrested and made the news: A Minnesota father-of-one has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly killing his wife and then staging her lifeless body to make her death look like a suicide. Stephen Allwine, 43, of Cottage [...]
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Published on January 19, 2017 16:00

Free Book: Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse

COGwriter Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States tomorrow. He is a controversial figure, so expect protests, etc. Notice: January 19, 2017 For inauguration weekend, officials in Washington are preparing for the arrival of an unprecedented number of protesters in the nation’s capital, with about 200,000 [...]
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Published on January 19, 2017 06:00

‘America’s Tariff Trouble’

Chinese COSCO Freighter (Fletcher6) COGwriter Received the following in an email several hours ago: America’s Tariff Trouble By Jeff D. Opdyke, Editor of Total Wealth Insider New Tariffs on Foreign-Made Goods Tariffs might seem a viable way to create jobs, as Trump believes, but they are an inefficient job generator because of the knock-on effects [...]
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Published on January 19, 2017 00:01

January 18, 2017

‘As caliphate crumbles, Islamic State lashes out in Iraq’

Islamic Jihad Movement emblem COGwriter The so-called Islamic State has had losses and may change tactics: Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul January 18, 2017 BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in “full control” of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State militants from that part of [...]
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Published on January 18, 2017 16:00

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