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Sermon: Matthew 17-18: Transfiguration, Elijah to Come, Taxes, and Forgiveness

ευαγγελιον κ̣ατ̣α μαθ᾽θαιον (euangelion kata Maththaion). Dated to late 2nd or early 3rd century, it is the earliest manuscript title for Matthew COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:10:19 Matthew 17-18: Transfiguration, Elijah to Come, Taxes, and Forgiveness This is the eighth part of a [...]

‘Banned by HWA’ continues to make false assertions–Matthew 13:19-21?

Gary Leonard, the webmaster at the Banned By HWA site (an anti-Church of God website), seems to relish in posting false accusations and innuendoes against me and others. Why do I think that? Well, in my personal case, for some odd reason he likes to lump me in with others he apparently detests and then [...]

Syrian Patriarch warning related to rise of Beasts of Daniel 7?

Artist’s view of the Beasts of Daniel 7 COGwriter The Eastern Orthodox Patriarch in Syria made comments that a Protestant is trying to tie to Daniel 7: Prophecy of Daniel 7 ‘being fulfilled in our midst’ September 1, 2016 A Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church has issued a dire warning that Christianity is in [...]

Canadian fined $42,000 for telling a joke; Wyoming judge fined for $40,000 for not endorsing ‘same-sex marriage’

The US Bill of Rights COGwriter Noticed the following news story several hours ago: It’s called the Human Rights Tribunal, but this Canadian government agency could easily be mistaken for the censorship-enforcement arm of an authoritarian country. The tribunal recently fined comedian Mike Ward $42,000 for telling a joke that some people found offensive. The [...]

Reuters: Obama Administration allowed Iran to cheat in order to get funds

COGwriter There have been various posts here stating that the nuclear deal that the USA helped negotiate with Iran was full of problems. Here is something now from Reuters: September 1, 2016 The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year’s landmark nuclear agreement [...]

‘Lutherans Declare Unity with Catholics’

Official logo of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America COGwriter In his newsletter today, Mike Gendron reported the following: Lutherans Declare Unity with Catholics The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a declaration of unity with the Roman Catholic Church in an endeavor to “enumerate the many points of [...]

Did Jesus declare all animal flesh as fit to eat?

COGwriter Did Jesus declare all animal flesh as fit to eat? Most people who profess Christ seem to act like it is so. But is that true? Would you like to know? The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible New ProphecyYouTube channel: 20:16 Did Jesus declare all [...]

Quo vadis Angela Merkel? Time for a Catholic? Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg come back?

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Angela Merkel COGwriter A German language publication reported that Angela Merkel is having issues and it seems time for a Catholic and maybe former German Economics Minister and Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. The following is basically machine-translated and the original German is below it: Where are you going Angela Merkel? [...]

‘Four Horses Of The U.S. Debt Apocalypse’

1887 depiction of the ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ COGwriter The Daily Reckoning reported the following by Nomi Prins: Four Horses Of The U.S. Debt Apocalypse August 30, 2016 Crises are based on compound bets (or debts) gone awry. … Over the past two decades, we’ve seen the emerging-market collapse in the late 1990s, the [...]

COGaIC interview regarding the apostate Marcion

COGwriter Several years back, David Hulme of COGaIC interviewed John Garr about church history. Here is how that interview began: Reexamining the roots of Christianity has become a major endeavor among New Testament scholars. In an attempt to better understand and relate to Judaism in the wake of the Holocaust/Shoah, their studies have yielded some [...]