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Polycarp: Church of God or Church of Rome?

“Martyrdom of Polycarp” from Ceiling of the Church of St. Polycarp, Smyrna (now called Izmir, Turkey) COGwriter February 23rd is considered the “Feast of Polycarp” by the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Catholics. Some believe that he was martyred on that date (though an early Spring martyrdom seems to have been more likely), and thus some [...]

Pope Francis speaks of Lent, Ash Wednesday, Easter, & Mary but needs a lesson about the original faith

Orthodox Church in ‘Lenten Vestments,’ Czech Republic (Frettie) COGwriter Pope Francis taught the following: February 22, 2015 Dear brothers and sisters, Last Wednesday, Lent began with the Rite of Ashes, and today is the first Sunday of this liturgical time that makes reference to the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert, after his baptism [...]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the latest items we received: Obama proposing an end to ‘sequestration’ and an additional $70 billion in debt Obama propone terminar el ‘secuestro’ [de la economía] y $70 billones adicionales de deuda http://www.cdlidd.es/obama-propone-po... VOA: Russia [...]

Australia to monitor internet to reduce recruiting by the Islamic State

Australia’s George Brandis (http://www.ag.gov.au/Pages/Copyright....) COGwriter Australia has announced a plan that it hopes will reduce terrorists: February 22, 2015 SYDNEY—The Australian government plans to monitor social media in real time to try to combat terrorist propaganda on the Internet.Ministers said the effort will help authorities identify and dismantle online messages of hate from groups such [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: Collapse of the Euro and Dollar? War in 2020?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce our latest video on our Bible New Prophecy YouTube channel: 10:21 Collapse of the Euro and Dollar? War in 2020? Larry Edelson of Money and Markets described aspects of current economic difficulties and explained why he felt matters would get a lot worse. He said [...]

Papias held COG views that oppose that Church of Rome

Hierapolis, Turkey (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The Catholics of Rome consider February 22nd as the day to honor Papius of Hierapolis. This is somewhat odd in that Papius held Church of God, not Church of Rome views. One of which, the current Catechism of the Catholic Church considers to be a doctrine of antichrist. [...]

Greece gets at least part of its way and is still in the Eurozone

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras COGwriter Greece has been able to make a deal related to its debt: February 21, 2015 The Greek prime minister says a new agreement with European leaders to extend his country’s debt-repayment plan – the Greek “bailout” – was an important success, but now “real difficulties” lie ahead. “We won a battle, [...]

Obama pushing trade deals: might this tip the balance towards Europe?

From FOEEUROPE COGwriter The European Union and USA have been engaged in trade talks for some time.  The USA has also been working on another trade deal involving Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Canada.  US President Barack Obama would like to finalize these deals: February 21, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama has promoted the [...]

Sermon: Satan’s Plan is More Dramatic than Many Realize

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:32:26 Satan’s Plan is More Dramatic than Many Realize Satan’s plan is both more dramatic and more subtle than many realize. Jesus and the Apostle Paul warned that nearly all would be deceived by it in the end. Could [...]

German economy growing; leaders looking to increase military might

World’s largest chemical plant is in Ludwigshafen, Germany (Gerd W. Zinke) COGwriter The German economy continues to grow: February 20, 2015 The latest data suggests that the German economy has witnessed growth as the manufacturing sector registered strong numbers and services expansion also increased. … The German Economy improved by 0.7% at the end of 2014, [...]