COGwriter The following church news item in China was of interest: Christianity is flourishing in China The religion, long repressed and often outlawed in the communist nation, appeals to citizens seeking a moral framework amid the chaotic rise of capitalism. Los Angeles Times From the Chicago Tribune June 28, 2008 BEIJING…By some estimates, Christian churches […]
Month: June 2008
Dollar Concerns & China
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 The US dollar is in the news in China: Avoid Dollar `At All Costs,’ Investor Rogers Say Bloomberg – June 30, 2008 Jim Rogers, who in April 2006 correctly predicted […]
Barack Obama Carries Hindu Monkey God
Barack Obama Carries a Hindu Idol COGwriter The following was in the news recently: Indian Americans Take Note of Obama, Thanks to Hanuman Washington Post – June 27, 2008 At a town hall meeting, a woman asked Obama what kept him grounded, and in response he emptied his pockets. “People are so generous to me, […]
Ronald Weinland: Jesus to Return in 2012
VS. Ronald Weinland Says His Books and His Interpretations of the Bible Are What He Wants Potential Supporters to 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 As regular readers of this page are aware, I have long considered […]
WCG’s Side Loses in Court
TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH COGwriter A few weeks ago, WCG joined into a lawsuit in order to prove its opinion on whether a group can break from its parent religious group. For obvious reasons (WCG renounced most of its original doctrines yet retained all the assets accumulated when it believed those original doctrines), WCG opposed that: […]
ICG Comments on World News
Flag of the European Union and Jerusalem COGwriter ICG’s Mark Armstrong sent out the following comments on a variety of world news items last night: Our domestic news could hardly be more frustrating. The future price of fuel is being talked and speculated to dizzying heights as the stock market falls and the U.S. dollar […]
US Fed Causing International Concern
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 Here are two financial news items of interest: Barclays warns of a financial storm as Federal Reserve’s credibility crumbles US central bank accused of unleashing an inflation shock that will […]
Pope Wants People to Kneel Before Him
Pope Benedictus XVI COGwriter The following item was in the news: Vatican: Receiving Eucharist kneeling will be norm at papal liturgies CNS – June 26, 2008 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling before the pope will become the norm at papal liturgies, said the Vatican’s liturgist. While current norms […]
Ambassador in the News
Although it is no longer owned by any COG, those who were once affiliated with the old WCG were familiar with the old Ambassador campus. My wife and I were married in one of the buildings shown above. COGwriter An item related to the old WCG Ambassador Auditorium made the news: Honoring the history makers […]
Isaiah Explains Part of Why God Will Call All
Salvation Will, in the Future, Be Offered to All Who Ever Lived COGwriter Did you know that it is not just the New Testament, but also the Hebrew scriptures (the Old Testament) that shows that God will offer salvation to all that ever lived? As part of my normal Bible study, this week, I have been reading […]