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Orthodox Pascha is Sunday

Site of Calvary? COGwriter The Eastern Orthodox have a somewhat different religious calendar than the Roman Catholics and their descended groups. This Sunday will be their biggest one of the year: The Eastern Orthodox Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ The Phoenix, Many Christians in the West have no idea that the Eastern Orthodox Church exists…This [...]

Barack Obama pins world’s hope on European Beast power

COGwriter Barack Obama spoke in favor of a united militarized European power for the world today. April 25, 2016 US President Barack Obama has called for greater European unity, describing it as a “necessity” for the world. Speaking in Germany, he accused Europe of complacency over its own defence and called on Nato allies to [...]

VOA: Arab Coalition Claims 800 Al-Qaida Fighters Killed in Offensive

The military situation in Yemen, as of 24 April 2016:   Controlled by the Revolutionary Committee (Houthis)   Controlled by the Hadi-led government   Controlled by the Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen/al-Qaeda in the Arabia forces   Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) COGwriter The Saudi Arabia led coalition claims major success against Al-Qaida in [...]

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: As Passover approaches, are you living as a real Christian?En tanto que se acerca la Pascua, ¿Está usted viviendo como un verdadero cristiano?http://www.cdlidd.es/en-tanto-que-se-... AP: Nuclear deal puts US between Iran [...]

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Suicides up

Robin Williams (photo by Eva Rinaldi) COGwriter Suicides are up in the USA: “We’re going in the wrong direction”: America is facing a suicide epidemic A sobering new study finds the rate of death by suicide increased 24 percent from 1999 to 2014 April 24, 2016 “It’s very sobering and disappointing,” said Harold Koplewicz, a [...]

BBC: What is the future for UK-US trade?

1898 Poster Promoting USA and UK Cooperation COGwriter The BBC reported the following: TTIP: What is the future for UK-US trade? April 24, 2016 US President Barack Obama’s remarks that Britain would find itself at the “back of the queue” when drawing up any potential post-Brexit trade deals with the US has also put the [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Eliminate the $100 bill?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 14:01 Eliminate the $100 bill? Various ones, like Harvard economist and Trilateralist Larry Summers have called for the elimination of the USD$100 bill and the 500 Euro note. In Asia, South Korea is heading towards [...]

101st anniversary of Armenian genocide; Obama again breaks promise; what about Armenia and Christianity?

Murdered Armenians 1915 COGwriter April 24th marks the 101st anniversary of the date traditionally believed to have been the start of the Armenian genocide in 1915. Notice a report related to it this year: YEREVAN, April 22. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited earlier on Friday the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial complex. He examined [...]

Germans again protest TTIP; Might Obama’s successor negotiate post-Brexit trade with the UK?

From FOEEUROPE COGwriter Once again, thousands in Germany are protesting against TTIP: April 23, 2016 Thousands of people are protesting in the German city of Hannover against a proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal. They say the deal would drive down wages, and weaken environmental protection and labour rights. US President Barack Obama [...]

Sermon: Christianity and the Days of Unleavened Bread

Unleavened Bread COGwriter Last night at sunset began the seven day feast of unleavened bread. Yet even many Westerners have never even heard of this biblical period. And most of those who have consider it to be a Jewish practice. But early Christians kept them. First, notice God’s instructions in the Hebrew scriptures: 6 And [...]