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Sermon: Passover Examination

Take time to examine yourself COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel:   1:14:12 Passover Examination Are you really supposed to examine yourself before Passover? What about discerning the Lord’s body? What does the New Testament teach? Should you physically ‘deleaven’? Are there some questions that [...]

Egyptians upset about latest deal with Saudi Arabia, but ‘King of the South’ preludes taking place

The Islands of Sanifir and Tiran COGwriter Egypt just gave two islands to Saudi Arabia: April 15, 2016 CAIRO—Tensions flared in Egypt on Friday as protests over the handover of two islands to Saudi Arabia were dispersed or prevented by security forces with tear gas and military blockades. Outside the Journalist Syndicate, one of the [...]

Clinton and Sanders debate, then Bernie leaves to support the Vatican’s agenda

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders COGwriter The two Democratic presidential candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, debated last night: Clinton and Sanders clash over presidential qualifications April 15, 2016 Democratic presidential candidates Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a contentious debate Thursday night in familiar territory — Brooklyn, New [...]

Victorinus: A Catholic saint and bishop who held to a doctrine Rome now condemns

“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter Today, some in the Church of Rome will honor one of their “saints” and bishops named Victorinus. Here is some of what The Catholic Encyclopedia reports about him: St. Victorinus An ecclesiastical writer who flourished about 270, and who suffered martyrdom probably in 303, under Diocletian. He [...]

Labour Party and Bank of England opposed to Brexit, but others have a different view

(Source: http://masterinvestor.co.uk/category/...) COGwriter Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party in the UK came out opposed to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union: April 14, 2016 LONDON—The leader of the U.K.’s main opposition Jeremy Corbyn said the Labour Party is overwhelmingly in favor of Britain’s membership of the European Union despite the bloc’s “shortcomings,” in [...]

PCG: Germany dominating Europe’s military; COGwriter: Germany training Mexico’s military and considering Germanifying Islam

Symbol of the German Bundeswehr COGwriter PCG reported the following: April 14, 2016 Huge portions of the Dutch military are being merged with the German Army, in a process that many want to see rolled out across the whole Continent. Two of the Netherland’s three combat brigades have officially begun the process of joining the [...]

Wine or Grape Juice for Passover?

COGwriter Are Christians supposed to use wine or grape juice for Passover? Some sent me the following: My son, a baptist, and I, a member of God’s Church, had a discussion about wine and Passover. He believes that grape juice is ok during communion service. I believe that wine is necessary because that’s what Jesus [...]

Barry Farber attacks ‘Big Pharma’ on vaccines and autism

COGwriter Barry Farber wrote the following April 12, 2016 Can you believe our beloved America has degenerated into a place where media are perfectly free to write what follows – but nobody does? Or, better said, nobody did until a controversial film implicated Big Pharma and the Centers for Disease Control in lying and falsifying [...]

China rules against ‘same-sex marriage;’ MD warns of transgender agenda dangers

COGwriter A judge in China ruled against ‘same-sex marriage’ today: April 13, 2016 A Chinese judge has rejected a gay couple’s attempt to secure the right to marry in the country’s first same-sex marriage case. Sun Wenlin, 27, from the central province of Hunan, had sued the civil affairs bureau in the city of Changsha [...]

AP: Handwriting study finds clues on when biblical texts written

COGwriter Among biblical critics is the view that the Bible could not have been written when believers say it was because they claim that the children of Israel did not have the ability to write certain words, etc. that early. The Associated Press (AP) reports that there is another archeological discovery which supports the view [...]