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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? [...]

Dow up, then down–instability in markets

New York Financial District COGwriter There is still a lot of volatility in the stock markets in the USA and elsewhere: August 25, 2015 U.S. stocks initially jumped Tuesday but the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all faltered as Wall Street sought to rebound from some from Monday’s 588-point drop in the Dow in a [...]

France’s Hollande warns of future terrorist attacks–so does Bible prophecy

François Hollande Janvier COGwriter France’s President Hollande is warning that more terrorism will come: August 25, 2015 PARIS—French President François Hollande warned on Tuesday that the country must prepare for further terrorism, four days after a foiled attack on a train from Amsterdam to Paris. A heavily armed gunman on a train with 500 passengers [...]

Continuing Church of God relocates to Grover Beach, California

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) COGwriter Because of the need for more storage space, the main office for the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) has been relocated to Grover Beach, California. It was the most cost-effective building we could find. Perhaps [...]

Ashley Madison users ‘terrified,’ lawsuits emerge. ‘pornography industry’ concerned

COGwriter The adultery-promoting Ashley Madison breach remains in the news with user reportedly terrified: Ashley Madison accused of failing to communicate with its terrified customers August 24, 2015 Ashley Madison customers have received almost no direct assistance or support from the company after a hack that leaked more than 30 million users’ highly compromising personal [...]

Washington Post: Black Monday, financial carnage, and global sell off continuing

COGwriter A global stock sell off and other forms of ‘financial carnage’ are in the news today which is being called ‘Black Monday’: New day of carnage for financial markets amid global sell-off August 24, 2015 Global markets entered a new day of carnage Monday amid a continuing worldwide sell-off, extending last week’s meltdown and stoking new fears [...]

Church history still affects people today

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) COGwriter Many wonder how the churches of this world got that way. Mainly, it was because various ones had ideas that conflicted with the Bible, and many of those ideas ultimately got accepted by apparently billions [...]

Joel Richardson right on pre-trib rapture, but wrong on Antichrist

‘The Rapture of One in the Field’ etching COGwriter Are Protestants who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture wrong?  They are according to Joel Richardson: Is everything you know about Second Coming wrong? August 22, 2015 p.m. Filmmaker, evangelist and renowned bible prophecy teacher Joel Richardson says it is a time of change for the church, [...]