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Sermon: How to Keep God’s Feasts

COGwriter The Fall Holy Days are right around the corner (the first one is less than three weeks away). Do you know how to keep them? The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:22:26 How to Keep God’s Feasts Have you heard of God’s festivals and holy [...]

Judge Moore ‘permanently’ suspended, essentially showing that homosexual marriage is law of the land in the USA

Depiction of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter Alabama’s Ray Moore has now just effectively been permanently suspended for attempting to stand for state’s rights related to marriage: September 30, 2016 MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s defiance of federal court rulings on same-sex marriage violated judicial ethics, a disciplinary court ruled [...]

USA giving away control of the Internet: a step towards Amos 8:11-12 and 666?

COGwriter Barring last minute action, the USA has decided to give away more control of the internet. The Economist reports: BARRING any last-minute hiccups, something remarkable will happen on October 1st. Nearly two decades after it created the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the body which oversees the internet’s address system, America’s government [...]

Seventh Month Movement

COGwriter Sunset Sunday, October 2nd, 2016, will begin the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar known biblically as Ethanim (1 Kings 8:2) but more commonly known as Tishri. Tom Roberts, who at the time he produced this was part of a group called CG7 Meridian (not to be confused with the vastly larger CG7-Denver), wrote [...]

Black moon, European military spending, and the ‘end of the world’

COGwriter Could the next ‘black moon’ be some type of signal for the end of the world? Some apparently think it might: September 29, 2016 This Friday, something unusual will happen in the sky over Los Angeles. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to see it.Sept. 30 marks the emergence of the “black moon” — when a second [...]

Tarek Ahmad: ‘Third World War is taking place in Syria’

Russian Su-34 dropping bomb in Syria (Mil.ru) COGwriter Time reported the following: The U.S. Has a Weak Hand In Syria-and Russia Knows It September 29, 2016 The Obama Administration continues to insist that Assad must go. But it’s too late for that, even if the latest bombing in Aleppo stiffens U.S. spines. No one in [...]

What’s a Dalmatic?

Roman Catholic clergyman wearing a Dalmatic (Eric Stoltz) COGwriter The pro-Vatican news agency Zenit reported the following la while back from priest Edward McNamara, who is a professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university about a garment called a dalmatic: September 23, 2014 The proper vestment for a deacon at [...]

Fed Chair Yellen speaks, but some believe her term ends if Donald Trump wins

Donald Trump and Janet Yellen COGwriter Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke today and some have concerns about her: September 28, 2016 U.S. banks are well capitalized, but they remain challenged by weak interest income, said Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in prepared testimony on Wednesday. Yellen is speaking as part of her semi-annual testimony [...]

‘Investigators: Missile that Downed MH17 was Brought in from Russia’

Buk Missile Launcher (Владимир Саппинен) COGwriter There is a new report related to the crash of Malaysian Flight 17: Investigators: Missile that Downed MH17 was Brought in from Russia September 28, 2016 International investigators say a Malaysian airliner that crashed over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was shot down by a missile that was transported [...]

A slain goat represents Jesus in Leviticus

COGwriter The Christian Day of Atonement is coming up soon. It begins at sunset October 11th and lasts until sunset October 12th, 2016. In the original Hebrew, the Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim (which is Hebrew for “Day of the Atonements”). The original rites and practices for the Day of Atonement are set forth [...]