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‘Climate change’ objectives and other shared goals of Pope Francis and Barack Obama

Barack Obama and Pope Francis have several shared goals COGwriter Pope Francis plans to get Catholics involved with his version of the ‘climate change’ controversy: January 3, 2015 In 2015, Pope Francis plans to write a letter to all Catholics to warn them about the threat global warming poses to poor communities across the globe. [...]

Sermon: The ‘Lost Tribe’ of Reuben

Reuben Was in Palestine Until Deportation COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:17:57 The ‘Lost Tribe’ of Reuben There are ten tribes of Israel that many consider to be lost. In this sermon, videoed in France, Dr. Thiel discusses the “lost tribe” of Reuben and [...]

NBC wonders if Vladimir Putin will remain in power

Russian Brown Bear COGwriter NBC is wondering if Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could lose his power: January 2, 2015 Runs on the bank. Hyperinflation. Russia’s currency — the ruble — in free fall. It may sound like today’s Russia, but these were also the symptoms of its 1998 economic meltdown. That crisis eventually forced Russian [...]

Israel protests betrayal by France–a prelude to the future?

French Military Items (Bob47) COGwriter Israeli officials reported complaints with France concerning France’s latest vote for the Palestinians: January 2, 2015 French ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave reported to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Friday after being summoned over his country’s vote in favor of the Palestinian statehood resolution at the UN Security Council [...]

Seventh-day Adventist on Sunday laws

Sunday Church, Naxos Greece COGwriter The late Seventh-day Adventist scholar Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi had the following in one of his newsletters: SUNDAY LAWS PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN EPISCOPAL COMMISSION Many years Adventists have been wondering what could triggers thepromulgation of international Sunday laws. In my past readings I found references to social, ecological, economic, and [...]

Jan-Mar 2015 BNP out: Will the Great Tribulation begin in 2015?

COGwriter The January-March edition of the Bible News Prophecy magazine is now available. Here is a pdf link to the January-March 2015 edition of Bible News Prophecy magazine. Contents: 3 Will the Great Tribulation Begin in 2015? Many in the professing Christian world are clinging to wrong prophetic ideas and misconceptions. What does the Bible [...]

CT’s first ‘Best News of 2014′ and the Pope’s ‘Marian’ promotion

COGwriter Mike Gendron’s January 2015 electronic newsletter arrived today.  It referred to a couple of items that I would like to cover here. The first was related to the improperly named publication, Christianity Today (CT), which has long endorsed aspects of the ecumenical movement. Recently, it had an article titled What Was the Best News [...]

Eurasian Union officially starts today

The Eurasian Union (EAU), also known as the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), officially started today. The nations of Russia (including Crimea), Belarus, and Kazakhstan are now part of that economic union (e.g. http://www.rferl.org/content/armenian...).  While Armenia is in the process of joining and Kyrgyzstan plans to join probably next year. While Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has [...]

Another year, more debt. What about 2015?

COGwriter In terms of U.S.A. debt in 2014, what did we see? We saw that the debt kept growing (see also WP: Six budget crises and basically same result).  It was about $10.7 trillion six years ago.  And it past 18 trillion dollars this year, though the amount does fluctuate. In 2014, the so-called ‘debt-ceiling’ [...]

Monarch butterflies becoming endangered because of GMOs

Monarch Butterflies COGwriter Over 15 years ago, I wrote a California State senator and warned him that side-effects associated with Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) threatened Monarch butterflies.  Now others are reporting massive losses of these butterflies: December 31, 2014 Organizers said “March Against Monsanto” protests were held in 52 countries and 436 cities, including Los Angeles [...]