My wife, youngest son, and I having lunch with Dr. and Mrs. Meredith during the Feast of Tabernacles in 2005. Dr. Meredith is the Presiding Evangelist of the Living Church of God. The following was in the latest Weekly Update from the Living Church of God: Excerpts from a report prepared by Mr. Wayne Pyle for the […]
Month: October 2007
ICG, CBCG, and the Flaming Pope John Paul II
The following AP photos were of interest: I saw the above photo a few days ago, and ICG’s Mark Armstrong made the following comments in his latest newsletter: Did you see the story the Vatican TV station in Rome deemed newsworthy this week? A photograph of a bonfire near Pope John Paul II’s birthplace, lit to mark […]
Bible Millionaire Quiz
By COGWriter One of the most popular links at the COGwriter website is to the Who Wants to be a Biblical Millionaire? quiz. While at the Feast of Tabernacles in Trinidad & Tobago, the brethren from Trindad played a “Bible Bowl” game. Well, that game consisted of a lot of questions, so Michael has modified […]
Pope’s New Cardinals Have European Leanings
Pope Benedict XVI The following news item from Time was of interest: Parsing the Pope’s New Cardinals TIME – Oct 17, 2007 The significance of any new batch of Roman Catholic Cardinals lies above all in geography. With the internationalization of the College of Cardinals in the past two decades, it was a given that […]
Halloween is Pagan, So What?
COGwriter: Someone who came to this page sent the following in an email last week: I know plenty about Halloween…I know it’s pagan, and I love it…It’s a really fun Holiday, and it’s one fun thing in life to do…The problem so many uptight Christians have, is that the whole idea of ‘spirit’ or ‘god’ […]
Japan and China Start Cashing Out
An old Chinese Yuan Note That is No Longer Used The following news item was of interest: Japan and China lead flight from the dollar Telegraph (UK) – Oct 16, 2007 Japan and China led a record withdrawl of foreign funds from the United States in August, heightening fears of a fresh slide in the dollar […]
CGG and Al Gore
In its latest newsletter, CGG’s Richard T. Ritenbaugh actually wrote: All hail Al Gore, the winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize! This is the near-unanimous cry of the mainstream media news hawkers this morning. Gore—former U.S. Vice President and darling of liberals, Hollywood, and tree-huggers everywhere—received the Peace Prize for preaching the gospel of manmade […]
CG7 and Octoberfest?
By COGwriter As many readers of this page are aware, Church of God, Seventh Day (Denver) does not observe the biblical holy days other than Passover. And while most in the COGs have just observed the biblical Feast of Tabernacles, apparently some in CG7 are looking forward to something that CG7 is actually calling Octoberfest […]
Iran in the News
Some in the COGs have recently mentioned Iran. In his latest newsletter, ICG’s Mark Armstrong commented: Today, October 12, is the day Iran promised its “final response” to supporters of the Zionist state of Israel. That would be us, here in the United States. I’ve been checking the news for some word of the “final […]
Vatican Clears the Knights Templar
Photo of Castle of Knights Templar in Rhodes AOL news reported: Vatican Prints Secrets of Knights Templar By Philip Pullella, Reuters VATICAN CITY (Oct. 12) – The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for […]