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Muslim Brotherhood descended on Washington D.C.

Muslim Brotherhood COGwriter The Muslim Brotherhood is not gone: April 19, 2016 AhlulBayt News Agency – Jordanian security forces mistakenly raided the headquarters of the kingdom’s largest Muslim Brotherhood group on Sunday after confusing it with the offices of an outlawed organization, the government said. Police raided the Islamic Action Front offices after they “mixed [...]

The Sabbath and Pope Leo IX

Pope Leo IX COGwriter April 19th is a date that some in the Church of Rome honor, as one of their saints, Pope Leo IX (whose name had been Bruno). Here is some of what they teach about him: Son of Count Hugh of Egisheim. Cousin of Emperor Conrad II. Chapter canon of Saint Stephen’s, [...]

The ‘Plain Truth’ about gold

COGwriter The USA candidates are campaigning and hoping that they will either win or do “better then expected” in Tuesday’s New York primaries. They all promote their ‘solutions’ to the economy of the USA. Other than Ted Cruz, one subject they do not tend to talk about is gold. Gold is so valuable, it is [...]

Obamacare looking unsustainable as is USA debt

Official Photograph COGwriter More and more are realizing that the ‘Affordable Care Act,” otherwise known as Obamacare is unsustainable as it currently exists: April 17, 2016 UnitedHealth Group Inc. plans to exit a third state Obamacare market as the insurer works to stem losses from its struggling Affordable Care Act business. The insurer won’t sell [...]

Perseverance: HWA’s ’6th law of success’

COGwriter In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, the late Herbert W. Armstrong wrote the following related to the sixth law of success: Importance of Law Number 6 Among the case histories recounted in the beginning pages was that of the president of a major automobile manufacturing corporation. He had utilized the first five [...]

Debka: Obama and Putin made Golan Heights agreement to betray Israel to Syria, but . . .

COGwriter A reader forwarded me a link to the following: Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu will visit Moscow on Thursday, April 21 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to launch the most important battle of his political career, and one of Israel’s most decisive contests of the last 10 years: the battle over the future [...]

After Japan’s quakes, Ecuador hit with 7.8 earthquake

(Choo photo) COGwriter Ecuador was hit by a massive earthquake: April 17, 2016 The death toll from the powerful earthquake in Ecuador has risen to 77.  Hundreds are injured. Vice President Jorge Glas said the toll is likely to rise as reports from around the country continue to come in. … The U.S. Geological Survey [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Pope Francis’ Tolerance of Immorality is Not Biblical

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 20:10 Pope Francis’ Tolerance of Immorality is Not Biblical On April 8, 2016, Pope Francis released something called “Amoris Laetitia,” translated into English as “The Joy of Love.” He urged acceptance of those persons into [...]

London’s Boris Johnson calls Barack Obama hypocritical on Brexit position

London Mayor Boris Johnson COGwriter London’s Mayor Johnson made some statements today: April 16, 2016 Boris Johnson has accused US President Barack Obama of “hypocrisy” over his support for the UK remaining in the EU. The London mayor, who backs EU exit, told the BBC the Americans “wouldn’t dream of sharing [their] sovereignty” as the [...]

Pope Francis, Patriarch Bartholomew, and Archbishop Ieronymos II meet on Lesbos

Bartholomew (by Pvasiliadis) , Ieronymos II  (Stylianidis) & Francis (Rosada) COGwriter Pope Francis and leaders of the Eastern Orthodox met today on the Greek Island of Lesbos: April 16, 2016 LESBOS, GREECE Three major leaders of long-separated Christian churches — Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos II — converged on this small [...]