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United Kingdom makes a new deal with the European Union–a prelude to Hosea 5:13-14?

Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Imagined Depiction of Hosea COGwriter UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer believes his administration just made a great deal with the European Union: Keir Starmer hails UK’s reset deal with EU as a ‘win-win’ 19 May 2025 Keir Starmer has vowed his EU reset deal will deliver cheaper food and energy for British […]

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Italian concerns about digital euro–CBDC–but expect something like that anyway

Euro blockchain image via Pixabay COGwriter A reader in Italy sent me a link in Italian (https://luogocomune.net/economia/tutt...) which I machine-translated into English. Here are some excerpts: All the dangers of the digital euro (CBDC) 19 May 2025 Using a credit card to make payments is not a CBDC transaction but only an alternative means through […]

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Could Jesus have produced physical children?

COGwriter Did Jesus have physical children when He was on the earth? Various pundits have suggested so in televised documentaries and certain books. Notice information about a book with false claims about Jesus and the gospels: A … book claims even Jesus had his secrets. It’s called “The Lost Gospel” and it’s based off of […]

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Donald Trump’s Middle East trip supporting Sunni (King of the South) rise–plus Vladimir Putin invites Arab League to meet in Russia

Arab League Flag COGwriter US President Donald Trump has been in the Middle East: Trump’s Gulf tour reshapes Middle East diplomatic map May 18, 2025 Trump’s whirlwind four-day tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week was more than just a diplomatic spectacle marked by lucrative investments. It sealed the emergence […]

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Pope Leo XIV pushing for unity; yes, he is expected to be ecumenical

COGwriter Pope Leo XIV gave his inaugural enthronement message at St. Peter’s Square: Pope Leo XIV calls for unity in inaugural Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025 Pope Leo XIV called for unity in the Catholic Church during his inaugural mass in St. Peter’s Square … During the Mass, the pontiff appeared to choke […]

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BibleNewsProphecy: Artificial Intelligence – A False Friend

(UnSplash photo) COGwriter Can you trust Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots? Should an AI bot be your friend? Might governments use AI to push narratives as well as monitor human activities? Related to those matters, the Continuing Church of God put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 14:46 Artificial Intelligence – A […]

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US government moving towards reducing subsidies for ‘junk foods,’ while promoting whole foods–UK deciding against doing so

(Pexels photo) COGwriter The US government has been subsidizing bad food choices for lower income people. Now, it looks to want to change that: The ‘N’ In SNAP Means Nutrition May 17, 2025 SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation’s largest welfare programs. … The “N” […]

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AP article on why Popes push ‘Mary’ misses the prophetic and interfaith reasons

The ‘Mary’ in the Basilica of Mary Major That Pope Francis Prayed To (Photo by Joyce Thiel, June 2013) COGwriter The Associated Press (AP) posted the following: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary May 17, 2025 Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after […]

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Sermon: Pope Leo XIV & Antichrist Prophecies

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:16:29 Pope Leo XIV & Antichrist Prophecies On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Could he possibly be the last pope of Irish Bishop Malachy’s prophecy list of popes? When did Roman Bishops first […]

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Signs and lying wonders are coming: Might Thérèse of Lisieux have been a prelude to what will come?

Thérèse at age 15 COGwriter The Bible prophesies that there will be signs and lying wonders: 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of […]

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