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Karl zu Guttenberg back in CSU politics

Guttenberg Family Castle (PeterBraun74) COGwriter Karl-Theodore zu Guttenberg is back in politics.  The following was essentially machine-translated by Google and is followed by the original in German: February 14, 2015 Fuss about Ex-CSU Crown Prince Guttenberg The CSU is wondering: What is behind meeting to which load Guttenberg, EPP Group Chief Weber and Savings man [...]

Valentine’s Traditions and Spending

Valentine Card, 1909, Shows Pagan Ties COGwriter Since many observe Valentine’s Day, this post will cover some of the traditions of it around the world and where some came from. Notice the following: February 14, 2014 Many countries have their own particular traditions and customs on February 14 and here’s a selection: Italy Originally, Italians [...]

Iran, ICG, and Delay

Ayatollah ali Khamenei COGwriter The heads of the USA and Iran have been communicating: February 14, 2015 Iran’s supreme leader and the U.S. president have exchanged correspondence as the two sides try to reach a nuclear accord, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal. In a story posted online…, the Journal says [...]

Sermon: What are Some of the Parts of Satan’s Plan?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:20:17 What are Some of the Parts of Satan’s Plan? Does Satan have a plan? Have you been affected by it? Are non-biblical prophecies part of Satan’s plan? What does the Bible teach? Are there Greco-Roman private prophecies that [...]

Plastic dumping harming world’s oceans

The Plastic ‘Convergence Zone’ Above Hawaii is One Area Where Plastic Trash is Accumulating COGwriter More and more plastic trash is being dumped into the world’s oceans: February 13, 2015 The world’s oceans are clogged with plastic debris, but how much of it finds its way into the seas annually? Enough to place the equivalent [...]

UCG sells Texas property

COGwriter A reader sent me the following, along with comments, I have italicized: Sale of Denton, Texas, Property Final ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is with great pleasure that we announce to you the sale of the Denton, Texas, property that the Church has owned for some time. The sale of the 81-acre property was finalized yesterday, February [...]

GCI’s Tkach promotes Valentine’s Day

TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH COGwriter A few moments ago, I received an email from J. Tkach of GCI (Grace Communion International, essentially the group that for a time ran the ‘new’ Worldwide Church of God) where he promotes Valentine’s Day: Every year on Valentine’s Day I get my wife a card and a bouquet of her [...]

Obama pushing firms to provide more espionage data

COGwriter Supposedly to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks, the President of the United States is pushing commercial firms to provide more espionage data to the government of the USA: President Obama is expected to unveil executive actions Friday designed to increase information sharing among private sector companies and federal law enforcement.At a cybersecurity summit to [...]

Valentine’s and the ‘Sacred Heart of Mary’

COGwriter February 14th is known to many as Valentine’s Day. The ‘heart’ is a common symbol related to Valentine’s Day, as is the pagan deity Cupid. Back in the 1800s, Alexander Hislop wrote: In the Church of Rome a new kind of devotion has of late been largely introduced, in which the beads play an [...]

CCOG: Bible News Prophecy magazine now in German language

For the first time, the Continuing Church of God wishes to announce that we now have the Bible News Prophecy magazine translated into the German language. Hier finden Sie eine PDF-Link zur deutschen Ausgabe von: Bibel Nachrichten Prophezeiung magazin, Januar – März 2015. In Dieser Ausgabe: 3 Wird die große Trübsal in 2015 beginnen? Viele [...]