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Does 1 John 5:7-8 prove the Trinity?

COGwriter Some claim that 1 John 5:7-8 is proof of the Greco-Roman trinity (and that the above diagram ‘explains’ the trinity). This recently happened to me. But is 1 John 5:7-8 really even supposed to be in the Bible? The above drawing is also used by some trinitarians to explain the trinity, even though it [...]

Poll: US Presidential Race closer

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton COGwriter The polling gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has narrowed: May 21, 2016 Hillary Clinton’s advantage over Donald Trump has narrowed to just three points — resulting in a dead-heat general-election contest with more than five months to go until November, according to a new national NBC News/Wall [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: USA pushing gender confusion

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 13:37 USA pushing gender confusion On May 13, 2016, the Obama Administration sent notices to school districts around the USA on how it wants them to deal with toilets, lockers, sports, and other issues of [...]

‘Audit of US Catholic church shows sharp spike in sex abuse reports’

COGwriter The Church of Rome’s sex abuse scandal has not gone away: Audit of US Catholic church shows sharp spike in sex abuse reports May 20, 2016 BOSTON, May 20 (Reuters) – An annual audit of reports of sexual abuse by members of the U.S. Roman Catholic clergy released on Friday showed sharp increases in [...]

Iraqis protest and vow to weaponize their protests

COGwriter Voice of America (VOA) reported the following: May 21, 2016 BAGHDAD—Baghdad woke Saturday to the early morning sounds of helicopters flying overhead, most of them heading in and out of the fortified International Zone after protesters defied bullets and tear gas to storm the area. As they fled the gunfire and tear gas Friday [...]

Sermon: Jesus, Pharisees, and the Ten Commandments

Ten Commandments in Hebrew COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:56 Jesus, Pharisees, and the Ten Commandments Who were the Pharisees? Were they legalists that Jesus condemned because they kept God’s laws? Or were they hypocrites who practiced lawlessness? Did Jesus condemn the Pharisees for [...]

Russia hosts Asean and looks to Asia

COGwriter Many of the nations of Southeast Asia have been meeting in Russia: May 20, 2016 The Kremlin has seized on the visit by southeast Asian leaders for a summit as an opportunity to show Russia still has friends on the international stage, despite being cold-shouldered by the West over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia [...]

Egyptian Flight: Hillary Clinton suspects terrorism, WND says Muslim Brotherhood, and Rees Ellis confirms LCG member missing

EgyptAir Airbus A320 (Mehmet Mustafa Celik) COGwriter Terrorism is believed to have caused the crash of an EgyptAir flight and some wreckage has been found: May 20, 2016 Earlier this morning, EgyptAir had wound back claims that wreckage found near the Greek island of Karpathos was from missing flight MS804, as Egyptian authorities said it [...]

Second Passover is after sunset May 21, 2016

Unleavened Bread COGwriter May 21, at sunset, is the 14th day of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar. Those who were unable to keep the Passover on the 14th of Nisan (about a month ago) are authorized by scripture to keep the Passover then. This is based upon the following passages of scripture: 1 Now the [...]

500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation to be ‘profoundly ecumenical’

Official logo of the World Council of Churches from its website COGwriter Ecumenical News reported the following: May 18, 2016 The 500th anniversary of the Christian Reformation in 2017 is to be profoundly ecumenical, with Pope Francis even taking part in a celebratory service with Lutherans in Sweden in October of this year. The Reformation anniversary [...]