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Seventh Month Movement and CG7

COGwriter Sunset Wednesday, September 24th, 2014, will begin the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar known as Tishri. Tom Roberts, who at the time he produced this was part of a group called CG7 Meridian (not to be confused with the vastly larger CG7-Denver), wrote: In 1858, Gilbert Cramer from the Marion Party, founded eight [...]

China tells India it is not warlike as the two nations make deals

Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping COGwriter The leaders of the two most populous nations in the world have been meeting: September 18, 2014 (Reuters) – China is not a warlike nation, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, during a rare trip to neighbor India that was dominated by a standoff on a barren Himalayan plateau [...]

Australia foils beheading terrorist plot; Muslims protest raids; Islamic State takes more villages; What about al-Qaeda?

Australian Sgt. Leonard Siffleet Beheading (1943) COGwriter Australia made its largest anti-terrorism raid ever today: September 18, 2014 The emerging reality of terrorism in Australia struck home just before dawn on Thursday when more than 800 police launched synchronised raids on houses and vehicles across Sydney’s west and north-west, and Brisbane’s south. The raids foiled [...]

Bosserman Claims Jesus Was Not Deified Until Constantine

COGwriter In issue #165 of The Journal: News of the Churches of God was a full two page advertisement that contains the following: Jesus was just a man for 300 years. How did he become God? Most of us have been exposed to the Trinity and other extrabiblical teaching, but how many of us know [...]

Islamic State, ‘homegrown terrorists,’ the internet, and the work of Matthew 24:14

(Борис У.) COGwriter Government officials are growing increasingly concerned about the Islamic State, its use of the internet, and what are called ‘homegrown’ terrorists: How Islamic State is wielding the Internet in new ways September 17, 2014 New York —  American law-enforcement officials have expressed growing concern about the threat of homegrown terror this week [...]

USA and UN both claim to be taking the lead in battling Ebola

COGwriter The President of the USA and the Secretary General of the United Nations both have pledged their respective organizations will lead the battle against the deadly Ebola virus is worse: September 17, 2014 The United States is ready to take leadership for a global response to the deadly Ebola virus that is ravaging West [...]

USA Citizenship and Constitution Day

The US Bill of Rights COGwriter Today is considered to be ‘Constitution Day’ and is sometimes called ‘Citizenship Day’ for the USA. The current Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. Typically, this day is not really celebrated in the USA. Yet, those who live in the USA may wish to re-read its Bill of [...]

US bombed near Baghdad, ground troops might be needed for ISIS, and ISIS reportedly threatened Pope Francis

General Martin E. Dempsey and Pope Francis COGwriter The USA is fighting against ISIS who may also be trying to kill Pope Francis: September 16, 2014 US in first air strike near Baghdad on Isil as jihadists shoot down Syria plane In a sign America had already begun widening its campaign against Isil, the US [...]

Kiev proposes more autonomy for its east, while it tries to get closer to the West

Petro Poroshenko (Αντώνης Σαμαράς Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας) COGwriter Ukraine is working on trying to make deals in the east and west: September 16, 2014 Ukraine’s parliament has adopted legislation giving greater autonomy to the separatist regions in the east of the country, as well as amnesty for most of those involved in recent fighting with [...]

Astrology and Getting the Gospel Out in Mandarin

Astrological Signs COGwriter Many are fascinated by astrology, but this it is not the source of truth or real knowledge of the future. While astrology is popular in the West, it is also popular in the far East.  The Continuing Church of God has information about astrology and its dangers is several articles as well [...]