Bob Thiel's Blog, page 1270

Marcion, the Early Church of God, and COGaIC

COGwriter Several years back, David Hulme of COGaIC interviewed John Garr about Church History, and here is how that interview began: Reexamining the roots of Christianity has become a major endeavor among New Testament scholars. In an attempt to better understand and relate to Judaism in the wake of the Holocaust/Shoah, their studies have yielded [...]

Recents News and Articles 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 was sent today Droughts leading to higher food prices USA and Central America and Africa Sequías llevando a precios más altos de los alimentos en EE.UU. y [...]

Ukraine claims 1000 Russia troops and tanks have invaded

Russian T-90A Tank (Vitaly Kuzmin) COGwriter The Kiev government in Ukraine said that Russia has invaded east Ukraine: August 28, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — A top Ukrainian army officer said a “full-scale invasion” of his country was under way Thursday, as a U.S. official said up to 1,000 Russian troops had crossed Ukraine’s southern [...]

Germany’s Merkel’s ‘new world order’ comments and actions

Germany’s Angela Merkel COGwriter Last night, a reader sent me a link to the following: August 27, 2014 “Even a superpower can’t solve all of the problems alone anymore,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Merkel did not stop there… *PUTIN, MERKEL URGE DE-ESCALATION IN UKRAINE, KREMLIN SAYS *PUTIN, MERKEL DISCUSSED GAS TRANSIT VIA UKRAINE, KREMLIN [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream and God has a plan

COGwriter 51 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. Here is some of what Dr. King said on August 28, 1963: Now is the time to lift our ion from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a [...]

Kiev says shells from Russian-side of border hit east Ukraine today, despite peace talks, and territory falls to pro-Russian separatists

Ukrainian T-84 Tank (Vitaly Kuzmin) COGwriter Pro-Russian forces took a town today after the Kiev government in Ukraine said shells out of Russia hit east Ukraine today: August 27, 2014 KYIV—The battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline intensified Wednesday as pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeast Ukraine after three days of heavy shelling. [...]

Islamic State slaughters more and threatens drones against Israel and USA

Rendition of US RQ-170 Stealth Drone (© TruthDowser / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GFDL) COGwriter The group calling itself the Islamic State continues to slaughter and sometimes is getting slaughtered: August 27, 2014 (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an [...]

500 earthquakes hit Iceland, today

Bardarbunga Volcano Located Below Upper Left Corner of Largest White Glacial Region Above COGwriter Iceland is having a lot of earthquakes near the location of one of its volcanoes: August 27, 2014 LONDON (AP) — Earthquakes are rocking Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic.Iceland’s [...]

Australian researchers accused of falsifying ‘global warming’ data

NASA’s Report of Temperature Trends in Antarctica COGwriter Does all the data in the world point to global warming?  No.  But now there is evidence that some of the claimed data that was supposed to support that was faked.  A reader tipped me off to this: August 27, 2014 DAVID Karoly’s ad hominem dismissal of [...]

Former Attorney General Warns that Faith is Being Limited in UK

Dominic Grieve (Attorney General’s Office) COGwriter The UK’s Former Attorney General believes his country has a problem with Christianity: August 26, 2014 A former UK attorney general says in an interview that Christians in Britain are forced to hide their beliefs because of an “aggressive form of secularism” to “push faith out of the public [...]