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Did Early True Christians Really Keep Sunday or the Sabbath?

COGwriter Did faithful early Christians keep Saturday or Sunday? While there are various opinions about this, some of those opinions are not based upon biblical or historical fact. The Bible Sabbath Association, which is not a Church of God group (though it has members that are in the COGs, as well as members who are […]

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Mexico’s president proposes North America to be renamed, a bill for the US to regain the Panama Canal has been drafted

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (Photo by Eneas De Troya via Wikipedia) COGwriter Mexico’s President Sheinbaum did not take kindly to Donald Trump’s suggesting of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. CBS posted the following: Mexico’s president sarcastically said that the U.S. should be called “Mexican America” after Trump’s vow to rename […]

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‘Apocalyptic’ fires are the most destructive in Southern California’s history

View of Palisades fire from Downtown Los Angeles (Photo by Toastt21 via Wikipedia) COGwriter The fire situation is Southern California has been horrific. Here are some reports: HOLLYWOOD ON FIRE LA fire ‘apocalypse’ rips through Hollywood Hills & 130,000 told leave NOW after celeb enclaves turned to ash & 5 killed Updated January 9, 2025 […]

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Joe Biden supports abortion–what about popes?

Colosseum of Rome (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The President of the United States, Joe Biden, considers himself as a practicing Roman Catholic, but he and his Administration have for its entire term openly and actively promoted abortion. Actually, his Administration had hoped its abortion position would get Biden-Harris re-elected. Is Joe Biden totally outside […]

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill: Gender transitions ‘smell of apocalypse’

Russian Patriarch Kirill (photo via Duma.gov.ru) COGwriter The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church sees the “moral decay” in the West: Gender transitions ‘smell of apocalypse’ – Russian Church leader The acceptance of gender reassignment surgeries in the West “smells of apocalypse,” the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a televised interview on […]

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France says Europe will not allow attacks by Donald Trump’s America on Greenland

Pituffik Space Base formerly called Thule Air Base (Via Wikipedia) COGwriter US President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that he would not rule out military action to take Greenland and the Panama Canal. His son, Don Jr., also visited Greenland yesterday: January 8, 2025 Donald Trump Jr., fresh off a whirlwind trip to Greenland, told Newsmax […]

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Could Apollinaris of Hierapolis have been in the church you are?

Hierapolis, Turkey (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The Catholics of Rome consider January 8th as the day to honor Apollinaris of Hierapolis. This should seem to be somewhat odd to them. Why? Because the historical records that have been preserved show that Apollinaris held doctrines we are teaching in the Continuing Church of God, which […]

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Swiss burqa ban in effect, another step against the encroachment of Islam in Europe?

Women Wearing Burqas (Pixabay) COGwriter After delays, the Swiss ban on burqas is now in effect: Swiss Burqa Ban Switzerland enacted a law at the start of the year that prohibits anyone from wearing burqa coverings in public. The Swiss people voted in favor of the ban four years ago but were met with backlash […]

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Indonesia now officially part of BRICS, while US dollar reserves reducing in the world

In response to #Brazil, the chair of BRICS in 2025, announcing on Monday night that #Indonesia had officially become a member of BRICS, and that many media outlets said that #BRICS countries have entered a new era of “greater BRICS cooperation,” Chinese FM spokesperson Guo Jiakun… pic.twitter.com/jbXMfgi9Vh — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) January 7, 2025 COGwriter […]

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Could the government claim the stored food of preppers?

(Homestead movie poster) COGWriter A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I saw the movie Homestead. Here is something from the press release about it: Synopsis: A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric […]

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