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Sermon: Christian Pilgrims

The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce a sermon posted at its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:28 Christian Pilgrims Are Christians to be pilgrims?  What is the ‘pilgrim feast’?  How do Christians sojourn?  What about Abraham, Enoch, and David?  How are Christians to view the world?  Does staying in temporary dwellings in the Feast of [...]

Behind the Work: Go Therefore and Make Disciples

The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce a sermon posted at its ContinuingCOG channel:   1:15:44 Behind the Work: Go Therefore and Make Disciples How is the Continuing Church of God making disciples. What has been happening in the Continuing Church of God related to this and aspects of the final phase of [...]

Ten Steps the Obama Administration has taken that are leading to the rise of the European Beast power

COGwriter The Obama Administration has taken at least ten steps that are leading to the rise of the Beast of the Sea of Revelation 13 and the final King of the North of Daniel 11. Before getting those ten, let’s look a little about what the Bible teaches about the Beast leader: 1 Then I [...]

The Feast of Tabernacles in the 1970s and 1980s

COGwriter The Churches of God normally have over one hundred Feast of Tabernacles’ sites in various places around the world every year.  The Continuing Church of God has official sites in Africa, North America, New Zealand, and the Philippines. As many who are readers of this page at this time are not at the Feast [...]

300 or so versions of the Flood

COGwriter Notice the following: Gods, floods – and global warming By Steve Jones The new science of geomythology sets out to tie such tales to ancient disasters. Often, geology and legend fit remarkably well… The greatest tale of all is that of the Flood. Noah finds his roots in older legends. Three hundred Flood narratives [...]

Pope Francis confused about the ‘Devil’s ecumenical work

Pope Francis Wearing Hat of Fish Deity (Emiliovillegas24) COGwriter Pope Francis said the devil opposed Greco-Roman attempts at ‘Christian’ unity: Divisions among Christians “hurt the Church and they wound Christ,” Pope Francis said to tens of thousands of visitors gathered in Saint Peter’s Square Wednesday morning. During her journey through history, “the Church is tempted [...]

The Feast of Tabernacles has begun: Should you do anything?

COGwriter The Feast of Tabernacles has begun around the world. What should you do if you wish to obey God? If you are at or near one of the Feast of Tabernacles’ Sites for 2014 you should attend church services every day. But if you are not able to physically attend those locations, what should [...]

Many in India will support the Beast

Someone (perhaps the False Prophet) Bowing Before the Kalki COGwriter Will eastern nations, us as India, at least cooperate with the coming European Beast power? There are over 1.2 billion people who live in India, and most of them are Hindus. Does the Bible teach that they will likely support the Beast and False Prophet/Antichrist? [...]

SDA and Calvinistic View on Papal and Islamic Antichrist in Error

White Horseman Related to “Antichrist” COGwriter The late Seventh-day Adventist scholar Samuele Bacchiocchi reported the following not too long before he died, quoting a Calvinistic leader named Jonathan Edwards: Luther and Calvin’s Understanding of Islam and the Papacy In the last newsletter we reviewed Luther and Calvin’s understanding of Islam and of the Papacy as [...]

2014 Feast of Tabernacles begins tonight

COGwriter Tonight, October 8 after sunset, the faithful who are able will be observing the biblical Feast of Tabernacles in various locations around the world. The “Feast of Tabernacles” along with the “The Last Great Day” is an 8-day Biblical pilgrimage festival, also known as the “Feast of Booths,” the “Feast of Tabernacles,” or simply [...]