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Russia celebrates victory over Germany and a Russian warning against current German ambitions

Moscow Victory Day Celebration (Kremlin.ru 2005) COGwriter Russian President Vladimir Putin put on a big Victory Day celebration this May 9, 2015: May 9, 2015 Thousands of troops marched across Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western [...]

Sermon: Galatians and the False Gospel

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: 1:11:55 Galatians and the False Gospel The Apostle Paul wrote an epistle to the Galatians. Where is Galatia? Who were the Galatians? Paul warns that some were turning to a [...]

Cartwright’s Journal Out: History related to the apostasy, 18 truths, death of Graemme Marshall, and 2015 Feast of Tabernacles’ sites

COGwriter The latest issue (says #172, print date April 30, 2015) of The Journal was sent out electronically and received today. The main item covered included a lot on the historical views of the apostasy/falling away in the old WCG and the 18 truths.  The Journal also mentioned the death of Graemme Marshall and had a [...]

Pope’s push for unity with Lutherans for 2017: Church of Sweden interest should prove to be a warning to all calling themselves Christian!

Church of Sweden Bishop Antje Jackelén (Boberger) COGwriter Pope Francis met with Lutheran leaders in his quest for ecumenical unity.  Before getting to that, here is some of what Pope Francis taught in his homily today: May 8, 2015 “A Church where its people are always arguing and there are lobbies and people are betraying their [...]

David Cameron wins–vote in UK on EU to come

David Cameron (Official UK photo) COGwriter David Cameron’ political party had major gains in yesterday’s election: 8 May 2015 British Prime Minister David Cameron won another five-year term as his party surged to an outright majority of seats in parliament in Thursday’s election, far more than opinion polls had predicted. It was a stunning victory [...]

European stereotypes and apprehensions

Symbol of European “Babylon” COGwriter A while back, there was a report that many Europeans have been disillusioned with EU and have a variety of stereotypes: Public faith in European unity has slumped as people become increasingly gloomy about economic conditions, according to Washington-based Pew Institute…The respected Washington-based Pew Research Centre warned that support for [...]

NSA phone blanket monitoring deemed illegal

COGwriter A federal appeals court in the USA finally deemed NSA blanket telephone surveillance illegal: May 7, 2015 A U.S. appeals court in New York ruled Thursday that the clandestine National Security Agency’s massive collection of phone records of Americans is illegal, far exceeding the scope of what Congress authorized. “Congress cannot reasonably be said [...]

New Times: ‘There is no other side to evolution’

COGwriter A local free weekly paper called New Times ran an article in its May 1 – May 7, 2015 edition about a science teacher (Brandon Pettenger) at Arroyo Grande High School who received complaints that he was teaching creationism.  The article reported that people who seemingly have studied into evolution less than the science [...]

Job and the Ten Commandments

Hebrew Scroll of the Book of Job (Pete Unseth) COGwriter Job is recognized by various faiths in the month of May, and on differing days. Job is commemorated by the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in their Calendar of Saints on May 9, by the Roman Catholic Church on May 10, and by the Eastern [...]

‘Brothers’ of Islamic State claimed to be responsible for Texas terror shooting: more justification for Jade Helm?

Pamela Geller COGwriter A fighter in the so-called Islamic State tweeted that two of his group’s ‘brothers’ were killed that opened fire at a Texas gathering sponsored by a group that Pamela Geller is president of: May 4, 2015 HOUSTON— Police in Garland, Texas, a Dallas suburb, shot and killed two men who they said [...]