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Dutch report says Buk missile shot down Flight MH17, but does not conclude who launched it

Buk Missile Launcher (Владимир Саппинен) COGwriter The report from the Dutch investigation  into who and what caused Malaysian Flight 17 to crash last year was released: Dutch Probe: Buk Missile Brought Down MH17 October 13, 2015 A Dutch-led investigative panel into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine said the plane was [...]

98th anniversary of the ‘miracle of the sun’

A photostatic copy of a page from Ilustração Portugueza, October 29, 1917 COGWriter October 13th is the 98th anniversary of something commonly called ‘the miracle of the sun.’  Last year to commemorate it, Pope Francis ‘dedicated the world’ essentially to a statue that was supposed to be that of the “Lady” that appeared in 1917. [...]

Pig-Human GMOs proposed

   COGwriter A month after British scientists called for human GMOs (see British scientists insisting on human GMOs), there is a proposal to make pig-human GMOs: October 12, 2015 Prof George Church and colleagues used a technique called Crispr to alter the DNA of pig cells to create a better match for humans. The early [...]

‘World Public Forum’ called the ‘Putin adoration society’ by Politico

Castle of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes (Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The World Public Forum’s latest conference has ended.  Here is some of what Politico had to say about it: The Putin adoration society A purged Kremlin loyalist, a former Czech president and assorted anti-Americans find common cause on a Greek island. By Leonid [...]

Marcion, COGaIC, and the Early Church of God

COGwriter Several years back, David Hulme of COGaIC interviewed John Garr about Church History, and here is how that interview began: Reexamining the roots of Christianity has become a major endeavor among New Testament scholars. In an attempt to better understand and relate to Judaism in the wake of the Holocaust/Shoah, their studies have yielded [...]

WND claims that Jonathan Cahn is the ‘definition of a prophet’

COGwriter World News Daily’s (WND) is continuing to promote the failed watchman Jonathan Cahn: Cahn the ‘definition of a prophet’ From his father’s harrowing escape from Nazi Germany to his once-staunch atheism to his authorship of “The Harbinger” (which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 100 weeks despite virtually no [...]

Prayer Request: UCG’s Roy Holladay

COGwriter I was just forwarded the following: We ask for your prayers for Roy Holladay, who suffered a stroke early Sabbath morning. He does not have feeling on his left side. The extent of damage is not known and they are running tests to determine the full extent. Roy’s wife, Norma, called us about 1:45 [...]

Russia’s military might making progress in Syria–is this fulfilling Ezekiel 38?

Russian Sukhoi Su-25s in Syria (Mil.ru) COGwriter Russian military air support is turning the tide in some areas for Syria’s Assad regime: October 11, 2015 Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah militants from Lebanon are said to have made significant advances against rebels after heavy Russian air strikes. Government gains are being reported in Idlib, Hama [...]

CCOG meets CG7

COGwriter Two weeks ago, I flew to Denver, Colorado to be at one of the sites for the Feast of Tabernacles for the Continuing Church of God (CCOG). While in Denver, I got an opportunity to visit the headquarters of Church of God (Seventh Day), Denver (CG7).  There I met with CG7′s former president Robert [...]

Suicide bombers kill scores in Turkey–their hope for reward is flawed

Two suicide bombers detonated their bombs in front of Ankara Central railway station (Fah112778 ) COGwriter A peace rally in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, killed scores today: October 10, 2015 ANKARA, Turkey — Nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally Saturday in Ankara, killing at least 95 people and wounding hundreds in Turkey’s deadliest attack [...]