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BibleNewsProphecy: Princess Charlotte, Infant Baptism, and Holy Water

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible New Prophecy YouTube channel: 22:51 Princess Charlotte, Infant Baptism, and Holy Water The baptism of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge was July 5, 2015. She was just two months old. ‘Holy water’ from the Jordan river was flown in. A [...]

US bombing kills top ‘Islamic State’ leaders in Afghanistan

US Military Helicopter over Nangahar Province, Afghanistan COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: July 11, 2015 The head of the so-called Islamic State group in Afghanistan, Hafiz Saeed Khan, has been killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said 30 other members of the group also died [...]

SCO, EAEU, and BRICS defining a ‘new world order’?

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation logo COGwriter Certain of the Gentile nations are coming closer together, with the intent to establish a new international order: July 11, 2015 The five countries that make up the Brics account for nearly half of the world’s population, and now they officially have their own bank. At their annual summit last [...]

The Journal: Ambassador College Reunion for 2017, CGI changes, FOT sites, and ‘The Bible Answer Man’

COGwriter The latest issue (says #174, print date June 30, 2015) of The Journal was sent out electronically and received today. Items covered included an upcoming 2017 reunion for ex-students of the old Ambassador College from the old Worldwide Church of God (WCG), leadership changes at Church of God International (CGI), women, and Feast of [...]

Sermon: John 1-3: Anti-unitarian, Wine, Being Born Again, & Heaven

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: 1:07:54 John 1-3: Anti-unitarian, Wine, Being Born Again, & Heaven The Gospel according to John.  John was the last of the original 12 apostles to die.  His [...]

Cal Thomas, Evangelicals, core beliefs, and ‘culture wars’

Cal Thomas (Photo by Gage Skidmore) COGwriter A reader tipped me off about the following: Cal Thomas: Evangelicals should return to core beliefs July 10, 2015 In the matter of the “culture wars,” evangelical Christians are asking, “what do we do now?” The question is being raised in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision [...]

BBC asks ‘The decline of US power?’ Lou Dobbs’ answer is yes.

Barack Obama (Official Whitehouse Photograph) COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following BBC article: The decline of US power? July 10, 2015 Standing on the Washington Mall at the turn of the new millennium, it was impossible not to be struck by America’s power and global pre-eminence. … Over the past 15 [...]

Fulton Sheen, ‘Mary,’ and the End Times

Archbishop Fulton Sheen COGwriter The late Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen was known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio and is considered a candidate for Roman sainthood: Venerable Fulton John Sheen (born Peter John Sheen, May 8, 1895 – December 9, 1979) was an American bishop (later archbishop) of the Catholic [...]

General: Russia is the biggest existential threat to the USA

General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. COGwriter The general nominated to be the next chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff made comments related to Russia and Ukraine before the US Senate: July 9, 2015 Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the nominee to serve as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the [...]

NYSE and United ‘glitches’: Technological risks or false flag?

New York Stock Exchange COGwriter There were some supposedly unrelated technological glitches yesterday that had major impact in the USA: July 9, 2015 Three outages came one after another on Wednesday morning, affecting one of America’s biggest airlines, its largest financial news publication and its main stock exchange. The spate of technological foul-ups grounded United [...]