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The Prophet Hosea’s message will affect the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Imagined Depiction of Hosea COGwriter Some observe a memorial to the death of the Prophet Hosea on July 31st of each year. Hosea was believed to have lived in the 8th century B.C. The name “Hosea”, meaning “salvation,” or “He saves,” or “He helps.” Here is how the Book of Hosea starts: [...]

Is the USA now an ‘evil empire’?

Ronald Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’ Speech in 1983 COGwriter Back in 1983, then US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in which he named the old Soviet Union as an ‘evil empire.’ But what about the USA?  Is it now an evil empire? Consider the following: July 29, 2015 Monsanto is an incredibly powerful force in [...]

Planned Parenthood pushes for media blackout regarding its sale of human baby tissues

Unborn baby vs. Lamborghini Miura SVJ Spider COGwriter At least three videos have recently been released indicating that people working at Planned Parenthood are engaged in the harvesting and ultimately selling of human tissues from aborted babies.  Apparently Planned Parenthood is now pushing for a media blackout: July 28, 2015 How bad is the baby [...]

US Army in Europe still reports to a German officer

COGwriter Notice something I reported here nearly one year ago: July 31, 2014 A German Army brigadier general who recently served with NATO forces in Afghanistan is assuming duties as the chief of staff of U. S. Army Europe, the first time a non-American officer has held that position. Brig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal, most recently [...]

Iranian leader’s tweet shows gun at Barack Obama’s head

A Twitter account affiliated with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted an image over the weekend that appears to portray U.S. President Barack Obama holding a gun to his head. (Source: Twitter/CNN) COGwriter Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei is taking figurative shots against US President Barack Obama: July 28, 2015 (CNN) – Regardless of the [...]

Turkey gets NATO to meet on the Islamic State

NATO Nations in Green (by Addicted04) COGwriter Turkey called for an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deal with the Islamic State: July 28, 2015 NATO held an unusual emergency meeting Tuesday to support Turkey, whose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his forces are pressing their campaign against Islamic State militants [...]

James McBride on CGOM on the Bible and Prophecy

Laodicea has many ineffective structures COGwriter James McBride of the Church of God, UK, which has ties with CGOM, distributed the following in the July-August 2014 edition of its outreach newsletter: It Will Happen… Many Bible believers express concerns as to how to interpret the end-time prophecies or doctrinal issues. If they get it wrong—will [...]

BSA decides to allow homosexual leaders to work with boys

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter In a move that was not unexpected, the organization known as the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) made another immoral change: July 27, 2015 The Boy Scouts of America lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees on Monday, rolling back a policy that has [...]

RCG and unity in the Churches of God

Scattered Structures in Laodicea (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Various ones in the Churches of God (COGs) want unity. The United Church of God (UCG) seemed to have been partially formed under the belief that it would be able to unify those that did not fall away via the apostasy of the Tkach Administration.  Since [...]

Australia investigating Jehovah’s Witnesses’ scandals

COGwriter The authorities in Australia decided that they needed to investigate the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) for scandals like those that the Roman Catholic Church has had: July 27, 2015 The Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 alleged child sex abusers to the police, an inquiry has heard. Instead, the commission [...]