The Pope promoted contemplating church history yesterday: Pope: Church History a Lesson in Awe Reflects on Eusebius of Caesarea Zenit – June 13, 2007 VATICAN CITY – Benedict XVI says contemplating the history of the Church should lead the faithful to be awed by God’s great work of salvation. The Pope said this today when dedicating […]
Month: June 2007
Ron Weinland’s 2008 Predictions Are Wrong
Yesterday, I noticed that my article Concerns About Ronald Weinland’s Church of God-Preparing for the Kingdom of God is currently the most popular article at the COGwriter website. My best guess for this is that since Ron Weinland claims that the great tribulation will come in 2008, that some have decided to learn about more […]
NWCOG: Jesus Christ, God of the Old Testament
In its June 2007 posting, North West Church of God (a UK-based group) reports: Jesus Christ, God of the Old Testament. Over the years, many who believe themselves to be Christians have come to almost ignore the Old Testament because they look to Jesus Christ as their Saviour and believe the God of the Old […]
UCG Announces Its 2007-2008 Budget
UCG’s United News states: $25 Million 2007-2008 Budget Overview Outlined At the annual meeting May 6, the General Conference of Elders approved a $25 million budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008, which begins July 1… Increases for Preaching the Gospel and Preparing a People The budget includes “a substantial increase (over $1.6 million)” for preaching […]
Brian Knowles in CG7’s Bible Advocate
This morning, I noticed that CG7 listed the following article in the June 2007 edition of its Bible Advocate: Sex: A God’s-Eye View — by Brian Knowles Brian Knowles once wrote for the Plain Truth. But now is affiliated with ACD, a unitarian group (he is one of the three writers of its blog). It […]
Kuwait Dinar No Longer Pegged to Dollar
PCG reported the following news item: Kuwait decided to stop pegging its currency to the U.S. dollar and joined a growing list of nations that set the price of their currency to a basket of currencies. As Jim Jubak of MSN Finance quipped, you know your currency has become a 98-pound weakling when Kuwait can […]
China in the 21st Century
In the latest edition of the Living Church News, LCG’s RC Meredith reported on his visit to China: The next morning, we headed for China! While planning the trip to the Philippines, I had noted on the map that China appeared to be only a two-and-a-half or three-hour flight from Manila. Since I have for […]
UCG and the Kings of the North and South
In the latest edition of UCG’s World News & Prophecy, its Cecil E. Maranville concluded an article on China with: Two sets of biblical prophecies help us anticipate what will happen: (1) Those that say modern-day Israel would shrink from its dominance of world affairs and (2) those that foretell an alliance of nations south […]
WCG and Women
Yesterday, WCG reported: Paul’s Policy on Women: Three Key Questions: In 1 Timothy 2, verse 12, Paul writes: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.” Primarily because of this verse, we as a denomination did not ordain women as elders until the year […]