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Are Signs and Wonders the Reason to Support the Eastern Orthodox?

Orthodox Church, Santorini (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Some time back, I received an email that included the following information: I saw you writing about Orthodox Church. I don’t know if you are aware but the yearly miracles of Early Church like Holy Light, Jordan River going back, Cloud on Mount Tabor and such happen [...]

Pope Francis speaks of unity and authority; Conservative Catholics have doubts and Francis demotes Cardinal Burke

Lateran Cathedral COGwriter Pope Francis spoke about the Lateran Cathedral as well as his ecumenical agenda today: November 9, 2014 The Holy Father began his address recalling the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, which the Catholic Church celebrates today. The Basilica is the Cathedral Church of Rome and the ecclesiastical seat of [...]

Ukraine shells Donetsk

Ukrainian BM-30 Smerch Rocket Launcher (Michael) COGwriter The Kiev government of Ukraine shelled those supporting the declared Donetsk People’s Republic, which reportedly had received more arms: November 9, 2014 Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk came under intense artillery fire Sunday, increasing strains on a two-month-old cease-fire deal between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. European [...]

BibleNewsProphecy: American foods that gross out foreigners

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce our latest video on our Bible New ProphecyYouTube channel: 13:19 American foods that gross out foreigners A study done in the Fall of 2014 found out which foods that non-USA Americans considered weird or gross that Americans eat. This video discusses those foods, ingredients in [...]

The End of the Berlin Wall, 25 Years Later

Berlin Wall, 1989 COGwriter The Berlin Wall began to be torn down 25 years ago: November 9th marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. We spoke with British historian Frederick Taylor, an expert on the Berlin Wall and author of the Book “The Berlin Wall – A World Divided 1961-1989” about [...]

Europe: Technology and Autocracy? Hungarian PM promotes turn from ‘liberal democracy’

Viktor Orbán (European People’s Party) COGwriter The Europeans are using and developing space technology: November 8, 2014 Europe to make history with comet landing One of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax this week when Europe attempts to make the first landing on a comet.Speeding towards the Sun at 65,000km/h, a [...]

Sermon: What is the Mark of the Antichrist?

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce a sermon posted at its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:19:33 What is the ‘Mark of Antichrist’? What type of figure is ‘Antichrist’? What doctrines of antichrist have been seen throughout the Church age? What did the Apostle John teach to help us identify antichrists? What does the [...]

Church of God News in the Spanish Language

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to some of recent news items and articles that were received here today: Russia’s Putin slams West for hypocrisy related to Crimea and states a bear does not give up what it has Putin de Rusia [...]

UK 1/2 surcharge payment claimed to be ‘spin’

COGwriter It is claimed that the UK really is not paying half of a surcharge as apparently it also had some type of a rebate from the EU: November 7, 2014 George Osborne’s claim to have halved the UK’s £1.7bn EU budget surcharge was “smoke and mirrors”, Labour has said. The UK will pay two [...]

Pope Francis concludes ecumenical conference, pushes eucharistic unity, and warns about being pagan

Pope Francis Wearing Hat of Pagan Fish Deity (Emiliovillegas24) COGwriter Pope Francis pushed his ecumenical eucharistic agenda today and also warned against appearing to be pagan: November 7, 2017 The 33rd Ecumenical Meeting of Bishops, Friends of the Focolare Movement concluded with an audience with Pope Francis this morning at the Vatican today. The theme [...]