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PCG announces ‘Bricket Wood’ related purchase

Gerald Flurry with “Swans in Flight” COGwriter In what seems to be a public news release, PCG reported the following: EDMOND—The Philadelphia Church of God officially purchased a new campus in England on November 12. United Kingdom/Europe Regional Director Brad Macdonald received the keys today from a Sotheby’s real estate agent, marking the official closing [...]

Temple Institute views on ‘Foundation Stone’ are not scriptural

COGwriter Last Fall, I was able to visit the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. While I was somewhat familiar with this group, I had not fully understood certain aspects of its position related to the Temple Mount until I watched a presentation there. The Temple Institute believes that it must clear the Temple Mount of Islamic [...]

USA school bans prayers and talking about Jesus, even during free time

The US Bill of Rights COGwriter Apparently, another school in the USA has its own views on speech and religion.  Notice the following: November 13, 2014 Free time is no longer prayer time for Christian students at Pine Creek High School, Colorado Springs after they were banned from meeting to pray, sing religious songs, or [...]

CBS: Obamacare designed to take advantage of the stupidity of USA voters

Barack Obama signing the ‘Affordable Care Act’ (Pete Souza) COGwriter CBS ran the headline “The stupidity of the American voter” for the following article today: November 13, 2014 A new controversy is stirring over the Affordable Care Act, and this time it has nothing to do with the website. One of the architects of the [...]

Kansas/Oklahoma hit by 4.8 earthquake

Haiti Earthquake Damage (UN photo) COGwriter Kansas and Oklahoma have been hit by earthquakes: November 13, 2014 An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook parts of Kansas and Oklahoma, the largest since a series of quakes began rattling Kansas a little more than a year ago. The epicenter was near the town of [...]

Obama and Putin meet, but is Russia planning to declare the USA an enemy?

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin COGwriter US President Barack Obama met today with Russia President Vladimir Putin: November 11, 2014 President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met briefly on the sidelines of a conference in Beijing, covering a few of the key global issues on which their governments do not agree.Obama and [...]

Cartwright’s Journal Out: Roy Hammer, Shirley Armstrong, Sacred names, BI, Salvation, and Prophecy

COGwriter The latest issue (says #166 September-October 2014) of The Journal was sent out electronically and just received. Some of its main articles were titled: Hammer family’s history parallels the RCG/WCG’s, Friends and family members fondly remember Shirley Armstrong during her memorial in Texas, Hebrew scholar urges ‘balance’ in sacred name, Two books take two [...]

Catholics understand some aspects of church history, but . . .

Colosseum of Rome (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Ran across the following on a Catholic website: Catholic Church Founded by Christ, propagated by His apostles, from Jerusalem through Asia Minor to Rome as its permanent world center, from which it spread throughout the world according to the mandate of its Divine Founder: Going therefore, teach [...]

Scott Walker or Jeb Bush to run against potential candidate Hillary Clinton?

Scott Walker and Jeb Bush (both photos by Gage Skidmore) COGwriter Recently re-elected Republican Governor Scott Walker seems to believes that it will take a governor to beat potential Democratic party presidential contender Hillary Clinton: November 10, 2014 The questions keep coming for Gov. Scott Walker on his potential for a 2016 presidential run. The [...]

Obama in China–Is China to be the predominant superpower?

Barack Obama and  Xi Jinping COGwriter US President Barack Obama is in China: November 10, 2014 BEIJING—President Barack Obama has a received a warm welcome in China, despite tensions on issues like trade, human rights, and China’s territorial claims in the East and South China Seas. Relations between the two countries have been strained, in [...]