COGwriter Herbert W. Armstrong would have been 115 today. This morning, the anti-COG Ambassador Watchsite reminded everyone that Herbert Armstrong was born on July 31, 1892. The webmaster (Gavin Rumney) then essentially satirically attacked his memory. But more offensive were several comments made by his readers, many of whom apparently believe the misinformation and much […]
Month: July 2007
COGaIC Wins Telly Award for Message to 7 Churches
The above is an old photo we took of modern Izmir during the Feast of Tabernacles in 1990. Izmir was anciently called Smyrna, which is one of the seven churches in Revelation 2 & 3 (you can click here for more of Joyce’s Photos of Smyrna). Although I mentioned that COGaIC won the following award some […]
Mormons, Evangelicals, and “Traditional Christianity”
Evangelical Theologian: Bottom Line is Mormons are not Christians Christian Post – July 27, 2007 Mormons believe in a false gospel and are not Christians, concluded one of the nation’s preeminent evangelicals in what appeared to be the close of an online debate over Mormonism. “Here is the bottom line. As an Evangelical Christian – […]
LCG: European Empire Forming
In its latest weekly update, LCG reported: And now, “Europe Empire”: The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, recently made a profound and prophetic announcement: “We are not the United States of Europe—we are unique in the history of mankind!… Now what we have is the first non-imperial empire… I believe it is […]
PCG: What the Tkaches Originally Said
The following is in the July 2007 edition of the PCG’s Philadelphia Trumpet and is from another chapter in S. Flurry’s book: On Dec. 17, 1994, Joseph Tkach Sr. delivered a landmark sermon, bringing out into the open several far-reaching doctrinal changes that centered around a “new” (actually mainstream) understanding of the Old and New […]
CG7 Admires the Prophets, But…
The July-August 2007 edition of CG7-Denver’s Bible Advocate Online has an article by its Calvin Burrell that states: Wanted: Moral Courage and Hope We need them today. Meet sixteen men who preached both…Now we move on to the land of the Prophets. Are you ready for some tougher terrain? The writing prophets of Scripture spoke for […]
COG and Jehovah’s Witnesses Doctrinal Similarities
COGwriter Although the COGs rarely own church buildings and the Jehovah’s Witnesses normally do, there are many amazing doctrinal similarities between the two groups. Both the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the COG believe that there was an apostasy in the early church. Both the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the COG believe that what now passes for mainstream Christianity […]
COGwriter: News Updated Every 10 Minutes
COGwriter Although the focus of this Church of God News page is of course, news of interest to those who have interest in the various COGs (Churches of God), world news is also of importance to many who visit this page. And although I sometimes post world news items, they are mostly only posted if […]
LCG’s Audited Financial Statements Out
COGwriter The latest edition of LCG’s Living Church News arrived last night. It contained a copy of LCG’s audited financial statements for the year ending 12/31/06. For its fiscal year ending 12/31/06 LCG grossed $11,122,232(compared to 10,352,593 for the year ending 12/31/05) and spent on public proclamation 4,827,192 (prior year was 4,429,377) , 819,674 on […]
RCG’s Shirley Pack Died
RCG made the following announcement: Date: 2007-07-22 We regret to inform you that after a long battle with cancer Mrs. Pack died peacefully in her sleep at her home in the early hours of Sunday morning. Her physical condition began to deteriorate rapidly on Tuesday and this continued through the end of the week. In […]