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DW: UK ‘will oppose any idea of EU army’ despite impending Brexit

European Air Transport Command headquarters COGwriter The German news source Deutsche Welle (DW) reported the following: 27 September 2016 UK ‘will oppose any idea of EU army’ despite impending Brexit British Defense Minister Michael Fallon has vowed to veto all EU plans for increased military cooperation that could interfere with NATO. The UK is due to [...]

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate, but have trouble telling the truth

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump COGwriter The much anticipated first presidential campaign debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took place last night. Before it was on, I told someone that I planned to write about it today and bring up some scriptures related to ‘truth.’ Why? Because both candidates have a long history of [...]

Early Christians did NOT believe in the ‘immortality of the soul’

COGwriter The vast majority in the Greco-Roman faiths of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxism, and Protestantism believe that humans have an immortal soul. Yet, the Continuing Church of God does not. nor did early Christians. What does the Bible teach? What was that the teaching of early church leaders often venerated as saints by the Greco-Romans [...]

Shopping center shootings in Texas, Florida, and Washington

Cascade mall shooter per Wikipedia COGwriter There is more violence in the USA: September 26, 2016 A Houston lawyer wearing a Nazi uniform— evidently facing issues with his firm — opened fire near a strip mall, wounding nine people before he was shot dead by police, authorities said. … KRPC reports that the owner of [...]

DW: ‘Why Trump is successful – and what we should learn from this’; ZH: Is the economy as strong Democratic supporters suggest?

Donald Trump COGwriter The German news source Deutsche Welle (DW) posted the following today by Ines Pohl related to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: Opinion: Why Trump is successful – and what we should learn from this 26 September 2016 The first live debate between Clinton and Trump is expected to be the largest political television [...]

7 Jewish points and 7 CCOG responses related to Rosh Hoshanah

An animal horn trumpet. COGwriter The Feast of Trumpets began after the setting of the sun on October 2nd, 2016 and ends sunset October 3rd, 2016. The modern Jews keep a version of it which they call Rosh Hoshahah. Let’s look at seven points from an article titled The Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed, [...]

What’s looming for Christians? ‘Tribulation’

Eastern Orthodox portrayal of the Apocalypse COGwriter World News Daily is reporting the following related to Joel Richardson and the tribulation: What’s looming for Christians? ‘Tribulation’ September 24, 2016 Joel Richardson … author of … The Battle for Jerusalem,’ … argues the Olivet Discourse delivered by Jesus Christ is of crucial importance to day. … [...]

Mark Biltz, Blood Moons, Holy Days, and biblical prophecy

January 2014 edition of the Bible News Prophecy magazine COGwriter Years ago, I denounced the view that the ‘blood moons’ of 2014 and 2015 could mean that Jesus would return or that the ‘Day of the Lord’ was about to start. This was something that Mark Biltz (who practices Messianic Judaism) started promoting back in [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Chaotic ‘State of the European Union’

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 15:53 Chaotic ‘State of the European Union’ On September 14, 2016, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker gave his ‘State of the European Union’ speech. Two days later in Bratislava, Slovakia 27 member nation of [...]

Stephen Hawking warns of alien contact danger

Stephen Hawking COGwriter Theoretical physicist and atheist Stephen Hawking has once again given a warning about possible destruction from alien contact: September 24, 2016 Humanity should be wary of seeking out contact with alien civilizations, Stephen Hawking has warned once again. In 2010, the famed astrophysicist said that intelligent aliens may be rapacious marauders, roaming [...]