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BBC asserts that Jesus probably did not have long hair

The earliest surviving paintings claimed to be of Jesus, from a church at the ruined city of Dura-Europos on the Euphrates (dating from first half of the 3rd Century AD) COGwriter The BBC addressed the fact that the commonly seen pictures claimed to be Jesus are false, but instead are a Byzantine version of Zeus: [...]

God’s or Satan’s New Year?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 16:54 God’s or Satan’s New Year? Why do people celebrate January 1st as New Year’s? Is this a Christian practice? What is the month of January named after? Did the Church of Rome condemn this [...]

Catholic and biblical warnings about Christmas trees

COGwriter What does the Bible teach about using trees in worship? Have Catholic writers made warnings against Christmas trees? First, notice that the Bible has a lot of warnings about trees: 2″Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 [...]

Barack Obama signed the ‘Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act’

The US Bill of Rights COGwriter As, sadly, expected, US President Barack Obama signed the ‘Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act’: December 24, 2016 Late on Friday, with the US population embracing the upcoming holidays and oblivious of most news emerging from the administration, Obama quietly signed into law the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) [...]

‘FBI Warns Of Possible “ISIS-Inspired” Attacks On US Churches, Holiday Gatherings’

Islamic Jihad Movement emblem COGwriter The so-called Islamic State hopes that some of its terrorists will attack churches in the USA this weekend: FBI Warns Of Possible “ISIS-Inspired” Attacks On US Churches, Holiday Gatherings December 24, 2016 [T]he FBI warned of possible ISIS-inspired attacks in the US. Coming just days after the Berlin Christmas market [...]

Sermon: Fake News, Jesus, and His Birth

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:12:40 Fake News, Jesus, and His Birth Each year we hear fake news about Jesus. Do you know what is true and what is false? What does the Bible teach about His birth? Where did the date December 25th [...]

AP: Israel accuses Obama of anti-Israeli ‘shameful move’ at UN

Barack Obama and John Kerry COGwriter The Obama Administration is being accused of attempting anti-Israeli actions behind-the-scenes on its way out: Israel accuses Obama of anti-Israeli ‘shameful move’ at UN December 23, 2016 JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official on Friday accused President Barack Obama of colluding with the Palestinians in a “shameful move against [...]

Trump Doubles Down On Nukes: “Let It Be An Arms Race, We’ll Outlast Them All”

COGwriter Donald Trump’s nuclear tweet and follow-up comments are in the news: Trump Doubles Down On Nukes: “Let It Be An Arms Race, We’ll Outlast Them All” December 23 2016 Trump appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the following tweet he sent out yesterday calling for an expanded nuclear arsenal. When asked by co-host [...]

COGWA’s 6th year anniversary

Laodicea has many ineffective structures COGwriter It was six years ago today, on December 23, 2010, that the Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA) reported the following: Announcing the Church of God, a Worldwide Association Today we are announcing the formation of a new international congregation of believers, the Church of God, a Worldwide [...]

Bitcoin soaring, Fedcoin coming?

Bitcoin COGwriter The ‘virtual currency’ known as Bitcoin is still around and has been thriving: Bitcoin Is Soaring December 22, 2016 Just yesterday we noted the resurgence in Bitcoin as China turmoil accelerates, but overnight (as Yuan weakened further), demand for the cryptocurrency has soared once again, sending the price (in USD) to $875 – [...]