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World powers put together plan for Libya

Libyan Civil War Photos (Wikipedia) COGwriter World powers, including the USA, are promoting a UN backed plan for Libya: December 13, 2015 ROME—World powers have wrapped up a meeting with representatives of Libya’s two rival  factions with an affirmation of support for a U.N.-backed plan that would establish a unity government. The representatives of 17 [...]

Russia fires warning shot for Turkish vessel and Jewish prophecies of a Russia-Turkey war to be followed by Messianic age

Russia shown in green with Turkey shown in orange COGwriter Russia fired a warning shot to prevent a collision with a Turkish fishing vessel: December 13, 2015 A Russian warship fired a warning shot to prevent a collision with a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean sea, further straining ties between the two nations after [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Can the Great Tribulation Start in 2016?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 12:21 Can the Great Tribulation Start in 2016? Can the Great Tribulation begin in 2016? Certain prophecy watchers seem to think so. Some seem to think that Russia will invade Turkey in 2016, that the [...]

COP21′s proposal gets unanimous approval from 195 nations; Barack Obama says it is ‘the best chance to save the one planet we’ve got’

COGwriter A major international agreement has been announced in Paris: December 12, 2015 PARIS—Delegates of more than 190 nations meeting in Paris adopted a historic accord Saturday that aims to slow the pace of global warming and for the first time asks all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. Announcement of the final agreement [...]

Journal Out: AC Reunion, UCG’s Bob Dick, David Jon Hill, Birthday party, and ‘Alternatives’

COGwriter The latest issue (says #178, print date November 30 2015) of The Journal was sent out electronically and received today. Items covered included information on a future reunion for Ambassador College (AC) alumni, UCG’s Bob Dick, Feast of Tabernacles, David Jon Hill, a birthday party, and ‘alternatives’ to the true view of Jesus. Here [...]

German helium fusion stellarator may help propel Europe to dominate the world

Coil preparation for Wendelstein 7-X in Greifswald, German (Bernd vdB) COGwriter Germany seems to have a technological advance that could help propel Europe to dominate the 21st century: December 12, 2015 A German nuclear fusion experiment has produced a special super-hot gas which scientists hope will eventually lead to clean, cheap energy. The helium plasma [...]

Sermon: Birthdays, Christians, and December 25th

Where Did Birthday Cakes Come From? (Photo by Puschinka ) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:12:01 Birthdays, Christians, and December 25th What is the origin of birthdays? Did early children of Israel, including the Jews, celebrate them? Did early Christians celebrate birthdays? What does [...]

Lady of Guadalupe impacted Western civilization

  ‘Lady of Guadalupe,’ Santa Fe, New Mexico City (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter December 12th is designated by the Church of Rome as the memorial day for “Our Lady of Guadalupe.” Here is some additional information about it from a Catholic source: Guadalupe is, strictly speaking, the name of a picture, but the name [...]

Islamic State’s ‘Armageddon’ plan to destroy Rome and the West

Photo from Islamic State ‘Armageddon’ video COGwriter The Islamic State released a new video: New ISIS Video Shows Armageddon Battle With the West December 11, 2015 A new video purportedly released by the Islamic State titled “See You in Dabiq” or “Meeting at Dabiq” depicts ISIS militants fighting “non-believers” in Rome. “Dabiq” is also the [...]

Role of Pope Francis ‘transformative’ for COP21 climate change conference

COGwriter The Vatican has been active, mainly behind the scenes, in the climate change conference taking place in Paris: Role of Pope Francis ‘transformative’ at Paris COP21 climate summit December 11, 2015 (Vatican Radio) As negotiations come to a close in Paris on climate change, Vatican Radio spoke with Dr Alison Doig of Christian Aid [...]