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The Sabbath Sentinel: Ignatius and the Sabbath

COGwriter Did early Christians keep Saturday or Sunday? While there are various opinions about this, some of those opinions are not based upon biblical or historical fact. The Bible Sabbath Association, which is not a Church of God group (though it has members that are in the COGs, as well as members who are not), [...]

LCG teaches prophets are rare, but look at the fruits

“Elijah in the wilderness“ COGwriter Sometime back, the Living Church News by the Living Church of God (LCG) had the following by its Dexter Wakefield: Special Gifts To serve the needs of the Church, God—through His Spirit—gives different members different gifts. “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, [...]

Was the original Church of God in Rome the Church of Rome?

COGwriter Did the early, faithful, first century, Christians in Rome hold to modern Church of Rome beliefs? Was the early Christian church even possibly led by a pontiff from Rome? If the Apostle Peter was the primary leader of the original Christian Church of God, then was his successor Linus? Or would it make more [...]

Donald Trump has the delegates; Barack Obama warns that world leaders are ‘rattled’

Donald Trump and Barack Obama COGwriter Donald Trump has gained enough delegates to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee according to reports: May 26, 2016 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set [...]

Donald Trump has the delegates; Barack Obama warns that world leaders are ‘rattled’es

Donald Trump and Barack Obama COGwriter Donald Trump has gained enough delegates to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee according to reports: May 26, 2016 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set [...]

CG7 on keeping your job and keeping the Sabbath

COGwriter CG7-Denver’s Bible Advocate magazine had the following article by Dr. Daniel Botkin: “I’d like to keep the Sabbath, but I can’t. I have to work on Saturdays.” Wrong. No one who believes in keeping the Sabbath has to work on Saturdays, at least not in America. Americans who work on the Sabbath do so [...]

Could a type of cross be a ‘mark of the beast’?

Labarum Cross COGwriter Many people have pointed to various aspects of modern technology as being related to the ‘mark of the beast’ of Revelation. And while the final Beast power will utilize technology, could something as familiar as a cross be a mark of the beast? Did you know that the “cross” became a military [...]

Government report declares Hillary Clinton broke email rules

COGwriter A US government report shows Hillary Clinton’s emails broke government rules: May 25, 2015 NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while U.S. secretary of state broke government rules and was not approved by State Department security officials, according to an internal government watchdog’s [...]

The Mark of the Antichrist will be misunderstood by most

COGwriter Many wonder what ‘mark’ or marks may be associated with the final Antichrist. But few understand who the final Antichrist can be, let alone his mark. And relatively few will properly perceive it. The terms ‘antichrist’ and ‘antichrists’ are only used in the Bible five times (four and one respectively), and are only found [...]

Do Roman Catholic scholars teach that ‘Gentile’ or ‘Jewish’ Christianity was the original faith?

COGwriter Was the Christian church originally Greco-Roman-Gentile or did it resemble Jewish-Christianity? Was the early Christian church led by a pontiff from Rome? If the Apostle Peter was the primary leader of the original Christian Church of God, then was his successor Linus or would it make more sense that it was the Apostle John? [...]