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TTIP: The USA hopes to crush Europe with GMOs?

From FOEEUROPE COGwriter Greenpeace released secret documents showing that the trade deal called TTIP has a lot of USA pressure to push genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Europe and other lands. Here is a report from the New York Times followed by a report from the Russian Times: LONDON — The Dutch chapter of the [...]

Sermonette: Overcome

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to recommend this sermonette from its ContinuingCOG channel: 10:25 Overcome John Hickey, from New Zealand, admonishes Christians to overcome. Here is a link to the video sermonette: Overcome. Some items of possibly related interest may include: Building Character: Going on to Perfection Once you have accepted Jesus, [...]

Trumps foreign policy concerns some Republicans, and others

Donald Trump presidential campaign logo COGwriter Various Republicans have concerns about Donald Trump, who is their party’s ‘presumptive nominee’: May 7, 2016 Donald Trump’s looming nomination has spurred some leaders of the conservative movement — for generations, the backbone of the GOP — to break free from a Republican Party now being rapidly reshaped by [...]

Ten Commandments out, homosexual statue in, Alabama’s top justice again suspended

Depiction of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter Alabama’s Ray Moore has again been suspended for attempting to stand for aspects on biblical morality: May 7, 2016 Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama state Supreme Court, was suspended for his efforts to block same-sex marriage, counter to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that [...]

Sermon: Are Christians really supposed to rule?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:25 Are Christians really supposed to rule? Humans were made in God’s image and likeness, Are Christians really supposed to rule in the Kingdom of God? What does the Bible teach? Are Christians promised rulership based on what they [...]

Gibraltar: Naval incident and Brexit

Gibraltar COGwriter There was a military incident related to the British controlled territory of Gibraltar: May 6, 2016 A Royal Navy patrol boat fired a flare to warn off a Spanish customs vessel that got too close to a US submarine as it approached British Gibraltar territorial waters last month. … the Spanish patrol boat belonged [...]

Pope Francis given ‘Charlemagne Prize;’ EU leaders worried about EU’s future

The mediaeval city seal of Aachen on which the design of the Charlemagne prize medal is based COGwriter Pope Francis was given the ‘International Charlemagne Prize’ today. It is awarded annually by the German city of Aachen for “contributions to European unity.” Charlemagne, himself, was the first one crowned emperor of the old ‘Holy Roman [...]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the items we received today: AP: Handwriting study finds clues on when biblical texts writtenAP: Estudio de escritura a mano encuentra claves sobre cuándo [fueron] escritos textos bíblicoshttp://www.cdlidd.es/ap-estudio-de-es... US Admiral mentions China’s ‘great wall of [...]

European apprehensions and stereotypes

Symbol of European “Babylon” COGwriter A while back, there was a report that many Europeans have been disillusioned with EU and have a variety of stereotypes: Public faith in European unity has slumped as people become increasingly gloomy about economic conditions, according to Washington-based Pew Institute…The respected Washington-based Pew Research Centre warned that support for [...]

NATO moves forward on missile shield defense in Romania and Poland; Russia taking WWIII steps?

NATO in Green, Russia in Orange (Crimea should also be orange) COGwriter NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is moving forward with missile defense in Romania and Poland: May 5, 2016 LONDON — NATO’s European missile defense system goes live on Thursday when a base in Romania becomes operational. The next day, Poland is scheduled to [...]