Huldrych Zwingli in an oil portrait from 1531 by Hans Asper; Kunstmuseum Winterthur. COGwriter In his latest newsletter, Seventh-day Adventist scholar, Samuele Bacchiocchi wrote: The Tragedy of the Reformation Disagreements over the meaning and mode of baptism can be traced back to the Reformation. At that time Christians attacked each other verbally and physically with […]
Month: April 2008
April 17th is Not the Start of the Tribulation
Which Book Do You Think Christians Should Rely On? VS. Ronald Weinland Says His Books Are What He Wants Potential Supporters to Closely Study. The COGwriter Site Instead Urges Those Interested in Him and End-Time Prophecies to Spend More Time Checking His Writings with the Bible. COGwriter Tomorrow, unless they misunderstand certain news events, some […]
CBCG and Legacy on Passover
A Shmura Matzo (Unleavened Bread is Used for Passover) COGwriter In their latest newsletters CGCG’s Fred Coutler and Legacy Institute’s Leon Sexton discussed Passover. Here are some comments from CBCG: Contrary to God’s instructions, traditional Judaism later changed the meaning of the Passover to celebrate the exodus itself—not the passing over of the firstborn. However, […]
Ronald Weinland: False Prophet by Mid-June
Pope Benedict XVI is Now Supposed to Receive “Special Powers” this Thursday According to Ronald Weinland COGwriter A few days ago, Ronald Weinland was interviewed again (here is his link 04-10-08 talkSPORT Radio in London, U.K., the James Whale Show). Here are some excerpts (they are reasonably accurate and came from my notes): James Whales […]
UCG: Holy Days Picture God’s Harvest
Wheat Before the Harvest COGwriter Late last week, UCG sent out an email that stated: The harvest of the children of God The festivals of the Bible are closely linked to the harvest seasons of the Holy Land, where Jesus Christ spent His human life. Jesus often compared what God was doing through Him […]
Subtle Change at CGG
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come (Matthew 24:14). COGwriter This morning, I noticed that at John Ritenbaugh’s Church of the Great God (CGG), that one subject at its last elder’s conference was public proclamation of […]
ICG’s Mark Armstrong on Pope’s Upcoming Visit
Pope Benedict XVI COGwriter In his weekly update last night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong wrote: Stand by for all the buzz the pope’s upcoming visit to the UN will generate. He’s coming as a “pilgrim of peace” to promote dialogue between cultures and religions based on fundamental human rights. Doesn’t that sound meaningful? You can expect […]
COGaIC: Rabbinic Passover Observations
COGwriter On Wednesday, COGaIC’s Peter Nathan posted: Rabbinic changes to the Passover to distance it from the early Church In a short work on the Passover, Rabbi George Wolf examines some of the changes that he considers the early Rabbis introduced to the Passover in response to the observance by the early church. Scholars […]
WCG, Irenaeus, and the Trinity
TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH WCG Was NOT Transformed BY Truth, but FROM Truth COGwriter In the April/May 2008 edition of WCG’s Christian Odyssey, Paul Kroll wrote: I renaeus has been called the most important Christian theologian between the apostles and the third century. He was a Greek born in Roman Proconsular Asia, today southwestern Turkey, probably […]
Economic and Military Events Lining Up
The Strength of Dollars Have Long Been Part of the “Pride of the Power” of the USA (which will be broken per Leviticus 26:19) COGwriter In is latest commentary last night, LCG’s Don Davis reported: World economic collapse: Why? – and how to fix it! “We are obviously watching the dollar very carefully,” Federal Reserve Chairman […]