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UK’s Cameron wants less EU closeness, while German report wants confederate association

David Cameron (Official UK photo) COGwriter UK Prime Minister David Cameron made a proposal to the European Union (EU) that he hopes it will adopt, so that UK voters will decide to vote to remain in the EU: November 10, 2015 British Prime Minister David Cameron called Tuesday for the European Union to make a [...]

Roman Catholics understand some aspects of church history, but …

Colosseum of Rome (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Ran across the following on a Catholic website: Catholic Church Founded by Christ, propagated by His apostles, from Jerusalem through Asia Minor to Rome as its permanent world center, from which it spread throughout the world according to the mandate of its Divine Founder: Going therefore, teach [...]

The ‘new cycle of war,’ Russia, Middle East, ‘Money Tsunami,’ and ‘November collapse’?

Green = Sunni; Violet: Shi’ite Muslims COGwriter Martin Weiss at Money & Markets reported the following: November 9, 2015 The Global Money Tsunami This is the term we’ve coined for the massive influx of flight capital …  mostly flowing from major trouble spots overseas and mostly going to large, high-quality, U.S.-based blue-chip stocks. … Why [...]

Is 2017 the ‘Year of Jubilee’? Will Jesus return then?

COGwriter Is the ‘Year of Jubilee’ 2017?  Could Jesus return then?  Some seem to think so: A current theory is that Jesus will return in 2017, based on the idea that 2017 is a Jubilee year that will fulfill a medieval rabbi’s prophecy. … there is no way to be certain that 2017 is an [...]

The Berlin Wall came down 26 years ago

Berlin Wall, 1989 COGwriter The Berlin Wall began to be torn down 26 years ago: November 9th marks the … anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We spoke with British historian Frederick Taylor, an expert on the Berlin Wall and author of the Book “The Berlin Wall – A World Divided 1961-1989” about [...]

Malachi gave God’s, not Gerald Flurry’s, Message

COGwriter PCG posted the following from its leader Gerald Flurry: The Malachi’s Message Warning November 8, 2015 The “little book” mentioned in the book of Revelation introduces the lukewarm Laodicean era of God’s Church. While the world catapults into self-annihilation, the little book discusses a deadly spiritual falling away. God gave His people a message [...]

Church of Rome ‘Holy Relics’ day

Statue at Fatima Chapel and Image of What the Children Saw COGwriter November 8th is the day that the Church of Rome claims is for ‘Holy Relics’ and partially cites the Council of Trent from the 16th century as proof this is acceptable: Feast of the Holy Relics Protestantism pretends to regard the veneration which [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Top Ten Fears

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 15:20 Top Ten Fears What are the top ten fears that Americans in the USA have?  Chapman University put out a list fears. Has that list changed?  Is there any basis for some of the [...]

Transgender agenda: ‘Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil’

‘Pride’ parade COGwriter The transgender agenda with is part of the the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender (LGBT) agenda is pushing ahead in many parts of the USA. November 7, 2015 The views of religiously conservative Americans no longer dominate U.S. culture or law. How will LGBT supporters engage with their perspectives on sexuality?  … The idea that gender [...]

Historic meeting between China and Taiwan: a prelude to the 200,000,000 man army?

Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou and China’s Xi Jinping COGwriter The leaders of China and Taiwan have been meeting: November 7, 2015 The leaders of China and Taiwan have held historic talks in Singapore – their first in more than 60 years. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou shook hands at the start of [...]