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American morals and courts going into the direction of destruction; Daniel Horowitz, ‘Elections don’t matter’

COGwriter The Associated Press reported a disturbing trend in the USA today: August 9, 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) — Young people in America overwhelmingly support LGBT rights when it comes to policies on employment, health care and adoption, according to a new survey. The GenForward survey of Americans ages 18-30 found that support for those policies [...]

Doctrinal similarities and differences between Martin Luther and Herbert W. Armstrong

Herbert W. Armstrong and Martin Luther COGwriter Most people are familiar with the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. And most people who come to this News page regularly are familiar with the late COG leader Herbert W. Armstrong. While both men had issues in their personal lives, I would like to highlight a couple of their [...]

Times of India: ‘China to conduct world’s first gene editing trial on humans’

The Terraformas series includes genetically-modified humans COGwriter The Times of India reported the following: BEIJING: Chinese scientists are set to perform the world’s first genetic editing trial on human beings this month. The idea behind using this controversial technique on cancer patients at a hospital in Chengdu city, is to find a cure for lung [...]

Heritage Foundation names Iran as USA’s greatest security threat

Iranian Emad missile (Mohammad Agah) COGwriteri The Huffington Post reported the following: Counterterrorism officials and the public are on high alert from terrorism threats, but a new threat assessment from the conservative Heritage Foundation warned that Iran “represents by far the most significant security challenge to the United States, its allies, and its interests in the greater [...]

Former WCG member ties Tribe of Reuben in with France

Reuben Was in Palestine Until Deportation COGwriter Former WCG member Bert Otten of the Netherlands sent me a paper which included the following: Looking at the ‘prophetic clues’, one has to conclude that a core of the tribe of Reuben once found its way to the two northern thirds of (Celtic) France. This core passed [...]

Ethics professor claims that voting for Donald Trump is moral and essentially a Christian obligation–but what does the Bible say?

Donald Trump COGwriter Various ones have claimed that Hillary Clinton is so bad that Christians need to vote for Donald Trump. A reader sent me a link to one such view written by Wayne Grudem in an article titled Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice: Some of my Christian friends tell [...]

Islamic State gets US weapons, attacks in Belgium, and has operatives waiting in the USA

Islamic State supporters are sending a message of destruction. COGwriter There have been several items this weekend related to the group calling itself the Islamic State (also known as ISIL or ISIS): August 7, 2016 KABUL: Militants linked to ISIS have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Hillary Clinton, Theresa May, and Isaiah 3

Large Hadron Collider Quadrupole Magnets COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its Bible News Prophecy channel: 14:46 Hillary Clinton, Theresa May, and Isaiah 3 On July 27, 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to ever receive a major political party’s nomination for the presidency of the United [...]

Is there Chinese evidence that point towards Noah and the great flood?

John Martin’s 1834 version of the Deluge COGwriter Researchers are claiming that there is evidence to support a great flood that affected the Chinese, prior to the start of later Chinese civilization: August 5, 2016 A Chinese myth that speaks of a flood so high “it threatens the very heavens” may be rooted in fact [...]

‘Europeans Are Quietly Preparing for War with Russia,’ but the USA will be eliminated

European Aircraft Carrier COGwriter Notice the following: Europeans Are Quietly Preparing for War with Russia August 6, 2016 This article first appeared on the Daily Signal. Whether referring to Russian aggression in the east or to the threat of Islamist terrorism in the West, Europe’s political, media and religious elite are increasingly using the word [...]