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Unclean arguments overlook biblical and historical facts

Peter’s vision of a sheet as painted by Domenico Fetti, 17th century COGwriter GoogleNews suggested the following for me today: August 21, 2015 Jesus Declaration about Foods When God was trying to convince Peter to rise, kill, and eat unclean foods, Peter said that he had never eaten anything unclean in his life (Acts 10:11-14) [...]

StemExpress finds shipping baby heads humorous and efficient

Unborn baby COGwriter StemExpress has a baby-part arrangement with Planned Parenthood (see StemExpress changes website, but still is selling baby body parts).  Late yesterday, a court has decided that it is acceptable to release what StemExpress’ CEO said about supplying baby-heads: August 22, 2015 Yesterday, a court in Los Angeles finally dissolved a temporary restraining [...]

John 19-21: Do not only try, do what God wants

Fragment from the Gospel Written by John (Ryland’s Papyrus c. 125 A.D.) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:09:49 John 19-21: Do not only try, do what God wants This is the seventh-part of a seven-part series covering the Gospel account written by the Apostle [...]

US Army now has female rangers: politics over military readiness?

COGwriter Notice something I reported here nearly one year ago: August 21, 2015 First Lt. Shaye Haver of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Capt. Kristen Griest of Orange, Conn., are pinning on the black-and-gold Ranger tab at a graduation ceremony, along with 94 male soldiers, at Fort Benning, Ga. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called the women [...]

Reuters: Hillary Clinton emails DID include classified information

COGwriter Hillary Clinton has claimed that her emails, sent over unsecured methods, did not contain classified materials.  But that is not consistent with a review of some of them from Reuters: August 21, 2015 In the small fraction of emails made public so far, Reuters has found at least 30 email threads from 2009, representing [...]

North Korea declares ‘quasi state of war’ on South Korea

COGwriter North and South Korea have had some military exchanges and now the head of North Korea has made a war-related declaration: August 21, 2015 SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has placed his military on high alert and declared a “quasi-state of war” in frontline areas Friday after North and South Korea exchanged artillery [...]

Clues tying the tribe of Asher to Belgium and Luxembourg

1997 Feast Location and Brussels, Belgium COGwriter Retired teacher Bert Otten, who was once part of the old WCG, sent me a paper with his reasons why he feels that many in Belgium and Luxembourg are the descendants of the biblical tribe of Asher. He told me that I could edit and/or use what he [...]

NBC: ‘Exposed in Ashley Madison Hack? Here’s What to Do Now’

COGwriter The adultery-promoting Ashley Madison website keeps making the news because of a hack exposing the names of many who registered with it.  NBC has ‘advice’ for those exposed: Exposed in Ashley Madison Hack? Here’s What to Do Now  August 20, 2015 As details emerge about the hack of adultery website Ashley Madison, its users [...]

Russia and China increase military cooperation as Eurasian Economic Union expands with Kyrgyzstan

http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/08/what... COGwriter Russia and China are increasing military cooperation and some are concerned how the USA could be impacted: August 20, 2015 The U.S. has little time to come up with a well-defined plan on what to do about the relations between Russia and China that are getting more intimate by the second…the Russian and [...]

What did the Apostle Paul really teach about the Ten Commandments?

COGwriter Many believe that the Apostle Paul somehow did away with the Ten Commandments, but is that what the Bible teaches? What did the Apostle Paul actually teach about them? What Paul actually taught about the ten commandments are shown here in green. There is only one only scripture that uses the “nailed it to [...]