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Russia boycotts Orthodox Council

Partial view of the Orthodox Academy of Crete (Photo from http://www.oac.gr/en/) COGwriter Many leaders of the Eastern Orthodox attended what was being called “a Great and Holy Council,” but Russia and some others boycotted it: 19 June 2016 The leaders of the world’s Orthodox Christian churches have gathered on the Greek island of Crete for [...]

No PCG, Joseph Tkach is not the ‘man of sin’

Joseph W. Tkach, Jr. (photo source: JJBowks) COGwriter Gerald Flurry of the improperly named Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) has long long claimed that Joe Tkach, and then later his son Joe Tkach, Jr. is the ‘man of sin’ of 2 Thessalonians 2. Here is something he posted about that before: Revealing Satan By Gerald [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Can the Bilderberg Group Affect 2017 and Beyond?

Bilderberg Hotel in the Netherlands, COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its Bible News Prophecy channel: 17:31 Can the Bilderberg Group Affect 2017 and Beyond? The infamous Bilderberg Group met in Dresden, Germany from June 9-12 in 2016. This super-secretive group has been meeting since 1954 and has [...]

The final phase of the work continues

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) COGwriter The final phase of the work is moving forward. More information is being put together, more people are being reached, and people are being reached in more languages. What is the final phase of the [...]

A Post Brexit will have Germany lead Europe

Lech Walesa (MEDEF) COGwriter The Brexit vote is looming and there are concerns about what will happen. Here is a warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF): 18 June 2016 A UK exit from the European Union could mean the UK misses out on up to 5.6% of GDP growth by 2019, the IMF has [...]

Sermon: The 18 Truths: 1-8

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:47 The 18 Restored Truths: 1-8 The late Herbert W. Armstrong claimed to restore 18 truths to the Philadelphia era of the Church of God that the previous era, (Smyrna) had lost. He also claimed that the Ephesus era [...]

Should women preach in church services?

Artist’s interpretation of Mary Magdalene COGwriter Should women be able to preach in church services? Last Spring, The Journal: News of the Churches of God had the following as part of its paid advertising by Tina Engelbart: Corinthians 14:34-35. Here are the two verses in the King James Version. “Let your women keep silence in [...]

Does Europe really have the ability to nuke the USA and Canada?

COGwriter Could the USA, UK, and Canada actually be hit by nuclear weapons from Europe? Decades ago, the late Herbert W. Armstrong claimed that the Great Tribulation would begin with a nuclear attack against the UK and/or USA and then Canada. Notice: That will be a time when the UNITED Europe shall appear–the revival of [...]

Could the Shroud of Turin be Jesus’ burial cloth?

Shroud of Turin, poster from 1898 COGwriter Last year, for the first time in 5 years, the Shroud of Turin was on public display: Devotees believe the shroud, which is imprinted with the image of a man who appears to have been crucified, to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Sceptics are just as [...]

Seventh-day Adventist millennial position vs. the Bible

James and Ellen White COGwriter Is the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) position on the millennium in conflict with the Bible? A while back, I came across the SDA Fundamental Beliefs at their official website. Here is what was listed as Fundamental Belief 27: 27. Millennium and the End of Sin: The millennium is the thousand-year reign [...]