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Sermon: Elijah: Prophecies and Heresies

“Elijah in the wilderness“ COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel:   1:12:45 Elijah: Prophecies and Heresies Who was Elijah? Was John the Baptist Elijah? What about Elijah prophecies in the Bible? Is there an Elijah to come again? Are Elijah and Enoch currently alive in [...]

Psychologists conclude that most psychological research studies are flawed

COGwriter How reliable are the conclusions of experts who perform psychological studies?  According to a new report, the vast majority are unreliable: August 28, 2015 In an unprecedented analysis, a team of 270 researchers redid 100 studies published in three top psychology journals. The team was interested in duplicating them as closely as possible to [...]

Hurricane Katrina ten years later: Will something worse happen to the USA?

Hurricane Katrina Flooded New Orleans COGwriter New Orleans is getting presidential visitors to mark the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: August 28, 2015 The southern U.S. city of New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, is seeing back-to-back-to-back visits by U.S. presidents: current President Barack Obama on Thursday, former President George W. [...]

David Pack’s two-year non-anniversary approaches: Will RCG followers now acknowledge the truth?

Handwriting on the Wall (Rembrandt) COGwriter Sunday will mark the two-year anniversary of the day that David Pack, leader of the improperly named Restored Church of God (RCG), falsely claimed that all in the COGs would come to him. As I repeatedly pointed out in that 2013 Spring and Summer, this was not going to [...]

Rising dissatisfaction with Syria’s Assad, but then there is Iran and prophecy

Bashar_al-Assad (Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr) COGwriter Voice of America reports growing dissatisfaction with Syria’s President Assad: August 27, 2015 ISTANBUL—A growing number of soldiers and civilians in government-controlled areas of Syria are expressing rare public disaffection with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad — non-combatants as well as the military in traditionally loyal coastal [...]

LA Times: Sea levels continue to rise; COGwriter: The impact of rising will exceed what the ‘experts’ think

Aftermath of 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami COGwriter The Los Angeles Times reported the following: August 27, 2015 Sea levels will rise, experts warn, and ‘it’s not going to stop’ For the last 23 years, ocean levels around the world have climbed by about 3 inches on average, and NASA scientists say the sea will [...]

PCG’s four reasons for Iran allegedly being the ‘King of the South’ are wrong

Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei COGwriter The improperly named Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) has posted various reasons it claims supports its position that Iran is the King of the South.  Here are three reasons: Three Reasons Why Iran Is the ‘King of the South’ of Bible Prophecy The king of the south is [...]

Eurasian Economic Union: Pakistan wants in; is this consistent with what G.G. Rupert wrote?

       Eurasian Economic Union emblem COGwriter Pakistan is interested in Vladimir Putin’s Eurasian Economic Union: August 26, 2015 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif – who is on an official visit to Kazakhstan – has said that Pakistan is interested in signing a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). “Pakistan wants to sign a [...]

Pope Francis says teaching children the ‘Sign of the Cross’ is a ‘beautiful task’ for parents–but is it?

Russian Orthodox making the ‘sign of the cross’ (www.kremlin.ru) COGwriter Pope Francis said that parents need to teach children how to pray and use the ‘Sign of the Cross’: August 26, 2015 Pope Francis stressed how sometimes he goes in the cities and makes a sad observation. ”There are children who have not learned how to [...]

Tithing answers from the Bible

Currencies (Veronidae) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to recommend the sermon: Tithing Answers from the Bible, which is at its ContinuingCOG channel. 1:12:30 Tithing Answers from the Bible Is tithing biblical? Should Christians tithe? Did early Christians tithe? If tithing is appropriate, does it include tithing on wages? How are tithes calculated? [...]