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Cartwright’s Journal out: UCG governance dilemna, LCG’s Beyersdorfer, and the Brexit

COGwriter The latest issue (says #185, print date June 30 2016) of The Journal was sent out electronically and just received. This was another relatively short edition. Items covered included UCG governance issues, information on LCG’s Karl Beyersdorfer, and the Brexit vote. Here is the article on UCG governance matters: Some elders of the United [...]

Do you know about Priscilla and Aquila?

COGwriter July 8th is observed in honor of Priscilla and Aquila by some associated with the Greco-Roman churches. Priscilla and Aquila were apparently early converts to Christianity, and must have worked together. I have listed Priscilla (also called Prisca) first, as the Bible twice lists her first. This is not to say that she was [...]

UK poised to get its second female Prime Minister

Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom COGwriter Preliminary voting has narrowed down the next potential Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to two women: July 7, 2016 Andrea Leadsom and Theresa May are vying to be the next Conservative leader – and the second female prime minister in British history. … Theresa May: “We have immediate [...]

Protestant ‘Noah’s Ark’ theme park opens today

Ark from Ark Encounter COGwriter CBS reported the following: July 7, 2016 The replica of Noah’s Ark that opens Thursday in Williamstown, Kentucky … will certainly accommodate lots of paying visitors. Answers in Genesis, the ministry behind the Christian-themed attraction, hopes interest in Ark Encounter, as the park is called, will eventually wash away the [...]

The Great Tribulation CANNOT begin before 2020!

Beast Portrayal COGwriter When is the earliest year that the Great Tribulation can? Various ones seem to feel that it can begin in 2016 or 2017 or that it already started some time ago. Those who believe and understand what the Bible actually teaches realize that the Great Tribulation cannot begin before 2020. Jesus gave [...]

Hadron collider, 666, and its location

Large Hadron Collider CMS Particle Detector (Tighef) COGwriter CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is in the news: July 6, 2016 Physics researchers at CERN are preparing to sift through the latest batch of data from the Large Hadron Collider, an opportunity that some say happens only once in a lifetime. This batch of data is unusually [...]

Cardinal says priests should pray to the east, but what does the Bible teach?

COGwriter The Catholic Herald reported the following: July 5, 2016 Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican’s liturgy chief, has asked priests to begin celebrating Mass ad orientem, that is, facing east rather than towards the congregation. The proposed reform is arguably the biggest liturgical announcement since Benedict XVI’s 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum gave greater freedom for priests [...]

COGwriter on radio today

COGwriter As long-term readers are aware, I, Dr. Bob Thiel, AKA COGwriter have frequently been a radio guest. However, since many times the interviews are last minute, they are usually not announced here. However, there are two radio interviews currently scheduled for today. For the first, I am scheduled to be on the Republic Broadcasting [...]

FBI: Hillary Clinton ‘EXTREMELY CARELESS,’ but no indictment!

COGwriter In what is probably the last official government report about Hillary Clinton’s scandals before the Democratic convention, the FBI has seemingly decided that she gets a pass: July 5, 2016 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says it is recommending no criminal charges be brought against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private [...]

DW ‘Merkel: Brexit won’t stop EU expansion’

Symbol of European “Babylon” COGwriter German Chancellor Angela Merkel claims that the UK vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not stop the EU from continuing to expand: Merkel: Brexit won’t stop EU expansion 4 July 2016 Germany’s Angela Merkel has said that the European Union will continue to grow with or without the [...]