Although there is no biblical requirement (which is why we in the COGs do not observe it), a Jewish holiday called Tisha B’Av begins Monday evening at sundown, which is the ninth day (Tish’a) of the Jewish month of Av. It commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history…the destruction of the First Temple built by […]
Month: July 2007
Barnabas Ministries: Where Did God Come From?
The following seems to be the latest post at Barnabas Ministries: Where did God come from? Who or what created God? (Submitted by: M.P.) A. There is nothing in the scriptures that states or infers that God the Father created Jesus the Son. The scriptures state that the “Word”, who was born as Jesus, was […]
UCG Reports Beyond Today Responses
The July 2007 edition of UCG’s United News reported: Altogether, 13,534 responses have been received since Beyond Today began airing in December 2005. Of these, 7,433 have come through the Beyond Today Web site. Phone responses from TV added 3,826 and phone calls from radio added another 1,400. Yahoo and Google Web responses totaled 875. […]
ICG: Tyrannical Statements by Pope and COGs
Last night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong stated: Can you believe what an absolutely brash, insulting, ridiculous statement came out of the Vatican late last week? And yet hardly a peep out of anyone about it. No salvation without acceptance of papal authority? Well, that’s preposterous! It disputes the whole theme of the New Testament! This was […]
WCG Foundation: Importance of Trinity
This afternoon, WCG announced a video: Foundations of Worldwide Church of God Theology – 26 minutes – Joseph Tkach, Mike Feazell, Mike Morrison, and Dan Rogers discuss the importance of Trinitarian theology. However, the true foundation of theology should be the Bible. The truth is that the acceptance of the trinity is based upon the […]
Legacy Institute: Get a Mission and the Vision
Although it is still not at its website, Legacy Institutes’ latest letter arrived at my home last night. In it, Leon Sexton writes: Why don’t we sometimes know where we are going or how to get there? Have some Churches of God become stagnant and lackluster in energy?… If we are confused about MISSION, we […]
Nahum’s Possible Tomb to Be Studied
Antiquities Department to renovate synagogue holding Nahum’s tomb Azzaman (Iraq) -July 15, 2007 The Antiquities Department has included an ancient synagogue where Biblical prophet Nahum is purportedly buried in its 2008 renovation plans. “The Antiquities Department has added the tomb of Prophet Nahum, peace be on him, to its 2008 preservation plan,” said department’s chief, […]
COGaIC and the Gospel of Judas
In an article in its Vision magazine, COGaIC’s Peter Nathan wrote: Judas: It’s Still About Money The re-release this year of several books in paperback reflects continuing popular interest in obscure nonbiblical works regarding the life of Jesus and the early church.Last year it was the newly translated so-called Gospel of Judas, the latest pseudo-Christian […]
LCG: Abortion Proponents Lied to Public
The July-August issue of LCG’s Tomorrow’s World has an article titled “The Deception of Abortion” by Gerald Weston that states: Abortion proponents who fight to preserve the Roe v. Wade decision rarely acknowledge that the Jane Roe of the lawsuit—Norma McCorvey—is today a fierce opponent of abortion, even to the point of filing a class […]
CBCG: OT Predicted New Testament
CBCG’s July newsletter is now out. In it, its Fred Coulter writes: While working on the Bible Project, it has become apparent there is a profound unity between the Old and New Testament Scriptures. This unity is demonstrated, for example, by the fact that over one third of the NT is made up of quotes […]