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BibleNewsProphecy: Sixteen News Events that May Affect YOU

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce our latest video on our Bible New Prophecy YouTube channel: 21:42 Sixteen News Events that May Affect YOU Dr. Thiel goes through 16 news events that may affect you if you live to see the fulfillment of certain biblical prophecies. He discussed events such as [...]

Is January 1st when God’s new year begins?

Roman God Janus in Vatican Museum COGwriter Does God begin His new year on January st? If not, what is the origin of January 1st and New Year’s? Back in 46 B.C., Julius Caesar declared that January 1st would mark the beginning of the new year. January was named after Janus, the god of gates [...]

Germans wants an independent European arms industry

Symbol of the Bundeswehr COGwriter A reader just sent me a link to the following from German-Foreign-Policy.com: BERLIN (Own report) – Military experts of the SPD group in the German Bundestag are calling for an EU “military academy” and “permanent military headquarters” along with other steps toward establishing an EU army. “As Social Democrats, we [...]

COG-UK on troubles

COGwriter It is latest newsletter, after discussing troubles, COG-UK asks why?: Troubled Times Few would argue that this is not ‘a time of trouble’ for our world. Globally, nationally, locally and even personally we face seemingly unsurmountable challenges. Economically, the world is on the brink of financial melt-down. Socially, unrest with populations on the move [...]

Sermon: Continuing Church of God: Two Years of Proclamation

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce a sermon which is at its ContinuingCOG channel:   1:14:25 The Continuing Church of God: Two Years of Proclamation What has been going on since the formation of the Continuing Church of God? Has it been reaching its proclamation goals? What has it been doing [...]

COG-related ad claims Iraq is the Beast

Ruins of Babylon as seen from Saddam Hussein’s Summer Palace–this is NOT an area of seven hills COGwriter The Journal: News of the Churches of God has the following in an advertisement from Marie Casale: The Beast Coming Out of Iraq What is going on in Iraq with ISIS may be directly related to prophecy [...]

Russia identifies USA and NATO as major threats

Vladimir Putin COGwriter Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a ‘new doctrine” related to the USA and NATO today: December 26, 2014 Russia has adopted a new version of its military doctrine, which lists NATO and the United States as major threats to its national security. President Vladimir Putin approved the new doctrine Friday. Its core [...]

Coming solar eclipse a risk to European power grids

NASA Photos of Three Solar Flares COGwriter A reader sent me the following: Solar Eclipse Next Year to Threaten Europe’s Grid A solar eclipse in March 2015 will likely have heavy impacts on Europe’s electrical grid, said French power grid RTE. The eclipse will block direct sunlight over Norway and northern Europe for about an [...]

Does Islamic condemnation of ‘New Year’s’ have any validity?

COGwriter A while back, a religious leader in Turkey publicly condemned New Year’s and Christmas as pagan Christmas and New Year celebrations are events where both pagan rituals and capitalist drives are intertwined, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate Mehmet Görmez said in a statement… “What I will most object to as the religious [...]

The Philadelphian remnant is all about love

COGwriter What is the Philadelphia remnant of the Church of God really all about? Is it simply a group or corporation who thinks it follows the right rules? While rules are important (cf. John 14:15; Matthew 23:23), what is most important? According to the Jesus, the apostles, and the late Herbert W. Armstrong, and the [...]