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Shepherd’s Voice on the results of the world’s sexual immorality; what about ‘climate change’?

COGwriter Norman Edwards has the following in an edition of Shepherd’s Voice magazine: This is the first commandment God gave to Adam and Eve: Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, [...]

Sermon: Galatians 4 & 5: Who Does Not Inherit the Kingdom?

Artist depiction of the Apostle Paul writing his epistles COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:07:08 Galatians 4 & 5: Who Does Not Inherit the Kingdom? Are Christians heirs to the promises given to Abraham? What are some of the elements and times that the [...]

CT asked, ‘Why are there atheists?”

COGwriter At the Christianity Today website, an author (Shawn Graves) asked and provided some answers to the question, Why are there still atheists? A lot of ink has been spilled over whether God exists. Within this context, some theists like to point out that “God has made it plain” that he exists, that “God’s invisible [...]

VOA: ‘Are Chinese/Russian Military Exercises an Effort to Offset US Primacy?’

Chinese 051B Destroyer COGwriter Russia and China have been conducting joint naval exercises: Are Chinese/Russian Military Exercises an Effort to Offset US Primacy? May 22, 2015 China and Russia conducted joint naval exercises this week in the Mediterranean Sea — a sign, some security experts say, that the two countries are stepping up defense cooperation [...]

Rapture on 11/11/15? Jesus return in 2017?

‘Rapture’ Painting COGWriter There are a lot of religious hobbyists and some have lengthy and biblically-flawed errors when it comes to end time prophecy.  A reader sent me some links to someone I had not heard of, Ron Reese, who is claiming that the end comes on October 5, 2022, but that his pre-tribulation rapture [...]

Herbert Armstrong on where the Bible starts chronologically

COGwriter Where does the Bible actually begin? In terms of time order, it would John 1:1, and not Genesis 1:1 as many assume. Here is an explanation from the late Herbert W. Armstrong: If one should ask, where do you find the actual beginning of events in the Bible, most who possess even a slight [...]

Church history: Church of God or Church of Rome?

COGwriter Was the early Christian church led by a pontiff from Rome? If the Apostle Peter was the primary leader of the original Christian Church of God, then was his successor Linus or would it make more sense that it was the Apostle John? Many would be surprised what Roman Catholic scholars admit and teach [...]

Islamic State gaining weapons and land: Barack Obama dimisses recent setbacks

Islamic State Fighters COGwriter The Islamic State has apparently taken over a provincial capital city in Iraq: May 21, 2015 Islamic State fighters are poised to seize one of the largest arms depots in Syria after taking control of the city of Palmyra, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site that experts fear the extremists [...]

Scientists think supervolcano could push Europe into darkness this century–what does the Bible teach?

Mount Tambora Volcano, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia COGwriter Iceland is having concerns about one of its volcanoes again: Experts’ warning over volcanic eruption that could push Europe into darkness THIS CENTURY TWO HUNDRED years since a huge volcanic eruption turned Europe’s summer into winter – forcing people to eat cats and dogs in the street to [...]

Asteroid to potentially hit Earth in 2017

Asteroid (NASA photo) COGWriter A reader sent me the following: Statue of Liberty-sized ASTEROID on collision course to hit EARTH, experts fear Astronomers estimate 2012 TC4  could be as large as 40m wide – just under the height of New York’s famous Statue of Liberty from her feet to the tip of the torch. This [...]