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COGOM_UK wonders, ‘Where is Elijah?’

“Elijah in the wilderness“ COGwriter A past edition of Outreach, put out by the Churches of God, UK, had the following: Where Is Elijah? If Jesus is to return any time soon, then ‘Elijah’, according to some teachers, should be alive and kicking somewhere on earth… John the Baptist reflected the life-style of the first […]

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Axios: U.S. debt hits $34T as rich economies pile on IOUs

(Public Domain photo) COGwriter The USA official government debt is a growing problem: U.S. debt hits $34T as rich economies pile on IOUs January 22, 2024 The world’s richest economy is piling on more debt, with no end in sight as the stakes get higher. Why it matters: The U.S. public debt surged during the pandemic and recently passed […]

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Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are the translations that we just received: EU and Arab leaders: Two-State Solution Only Answer to Palestinian-Israeli Conflict; COGwriter: No, the Kingdom of God is the Solution Líderes árabes y de la UE: La solución biestatal es la […]

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EssaNews: Putin stokes tensions with US, declares 1867 sale of Alaska ‘illegal’

Putin signed an order insinuating the sale of Alaska to the United States in 1867 was illegitimate. This mofo is trolling the West and our leaders shake in their boots in response. pic.twitter.com/2bLu6ShHDb — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) January 20, 2024 COGwriter A reader send me a link to the following several hours ago: Putin stokes […]

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‘US base attacked in Iraq hours after Iran vows revenge for Damascus attack’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (Photo by Mehr News Agency) COGwriter Israel killed Iranian leaders in Damascus, Syria: Israeli Attack Kills Top Iranian Commanders in Damascus January 21, 2024 CAIRO —  An apparent Israeli attack on an Iranian military target Saturday in the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed at least five top commanders of Tehran’s elite […]

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An SDA view of Sunday laws

Sunday Church, Naxos Greece (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter One with Seventh-day Adventist affiliation asked me about a coming Sunday law. Before I give some comments, notice something that the late Seventh-day Adventist scholar Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi had in one of his newsletters many years ago: SUNDAY LAWS PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN EPISCOPAL COMMISSION Many […]

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BIbleNewsProphecy: WWIII or 2nd Horseman of the Apocalypse?

COGwriter Are we currently in World War III or perhaps, instead, the “beginning of sorrows”? People, such as Michael Snyder, have speculated that we have seen the start of WWIII or at least triggers for it. But Jesus referred to this time as something else. Related to what has been going on and coming third […]

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WEF false religion while governments are increasingly becoming the religion for many–a set up for the coming Babylonian Beast?

COGwriter The World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland is ending today. Notice something about how the World Economic Forum opened its conference a few days ago: A wise old friend once said to me that if Christianity died out, what would come next would not be atheism but polytheism. That is, instead of […]

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VOA: Biden Downplays Disagreement With Netanyahu on Palestinian Statehood

Voice of America reported the following: Biden Downplays Disagreement With Netanyahu on Palestinian Statehood January 20, 2024 WHITE HOUSE —  Hours after a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Joe Biden played down his disagreement with Netanyahu over a future Palestinian state as a political goal in postwar Gaza. Biden told […]

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Sermon: Tithing and CCOG Spending

COGwriter What  does the Continuing Church of God spend tithes and offerings on? We use them to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God (Matthew 24:14), teach all that Jesus commanded (Matthew 28:19-20), feed the flock, support the poor, put forth the Ezekiel chapters 3,5, &6 warning?, work towards the fullness of the […]

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