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Sermon: Ingratitude and Giving Thanks

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:14:34 Ingratitude and Giving Thanks Are you thankful? Does the Bible teach that you are supposed to be? What did Dibar Apartian write was ‘the most common sin’? What does the Bible say about thanks and praise? Is ingratitude [...]

Bernie Sanders proposes a ‘marijuana nation’

Bernie Sanders & Marijuana COGwriter Democratic party candidate Bernie Sanders wants to legalize marijuana nationally in the USA: Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation this week to end the federal prohibition on marijuana, going far beyond Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in his acceptance of the drug. The bill – called the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act [...]

Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Archbishop Welby and endorses UN’s climate change agenda

Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby COGwriter Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Anglican Archbishop Welby have spoken out in favor of the climate change agenda that Pope Francis and the United Nations have also been promoting: November 6, 2014 The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, considered to be “the first among [...]

Journal Out: Ron Dart’s CEM, CG7, Feast of Tabernacles, Bob Fahey, Frank Scherich, and a Big Sandy investigation

COGwriter The latest issue (says #177, print date September-October 2015) of The Journal was sent out electronically and received a few hours ago. Items covered included information on CEM, CG7, Feast of Tabernacles, Bob Fahey, Frank Scherich, and a Big Sandy investigation.  This is the first issue that I noticed my byline on two articles on [...]

Refugee crisis affecting Angela Merkel; Karl Guttenberg looks for reorganization in Europe

Angela Merkel COGwriter The Chancellor of Germany has faced some challenges for her pro-migrant stances: November 5, 2015 Angela Merkel has struck a truce with a key right-wing coalition partner unhappy about her stance on migration. But the fact that there is another tricky meeting on Thursday emphasises that this is a reprieve not a [...]

USA spends twice as much on ‘medications’ yet its death rate is higher than others

COGwriter The United States more on medications than other developed nations, yet Americans do not live longer: November 5,, 2015 Americans spend twice that of other developed countries on drugs, but don’t live longer. An annual report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development compares spending on health care and outcomes for its 34-member [...]

Dangeous ‘Black Swan’ events overhead?

Black Swan (Calvin Teo) COGwriter Received a link to the following in an email: Bob Moriarty: There is a flock of black swans overhead, any one of which could be catastrophic. The fundamental problems with the world’s debt crisis and banking crisis have never been solved. The fundamental issues with the euro have never been [...]

Fed’s Yellen wants gradual rise in interest rates, but that will not stave off the coming disaster

Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair COGwriter The chair of the US Federal Reserve made several public comments today: November 4, 2015 Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday pointed to a possible December interest rate “liftoff” but said rates would rise only slowly from then on to nurture the U.S. economic recovery. … Her remarks [...]

US DOE orders Illinois school district to allow boy to shower with girls

‘Pride’ parade COGwriter The United States Department of Education has ordered a school district in Illinois to allow a boy to be able to shower with girls: November 3, 2015 The Department of Education is demanding that an Illinois school district allow a boy who identifies as a girl and plays sports on a girls [...]

GMO pork coming to Canada

COGwriter A reader from Canada sent me a link to the following: November 3, 2015 Two kinds of genetically modified pigs are on their way to becoming pork on our dinner plates. If they do, they’ll be some of the very first genetically modified animals to enter our food system, along with genetically modified salmon [...]