Flag of the European Union COGwriter Although the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty has been reported here in the past (see, for example, The Pope, the Irish, the English, and the Libson Treaty and Europe Moving Forward), since the three largest COGs have reported on it since, I thought I would share some of […]
Month: July 2008
Journal Q&A on UCG Conference
COGwriter The latest issue of The Journal has the following: BIG SANDY, Texas—Every once in a while THE JOURNAL senses the need to interview a longtime friend and Church of God member about some subject or other. Several interviews in this newspaper with the friend, Ellis W. Stewart—who lives here with his wife of 55 […]
April 2008 Journal Now Out
COGwriter The April 30, 2008 edition of The Journal is now out. Here is what Dixon Cartwright (its editor) reported about it: Page 1: o Fred Coulter finds himself disfellowshipped for the third time. o A UCG elder and good friend of the publishers of The Journal, Ellis Stewart, gives his good-natured and sometimes humorous […]
Ethiopia and RCG
Flag of the Arab League COGwriter In its latest weekly update, LCG’s Don Davis & Scott Winnail wrote: Africa Can’t Feed All Its People! Ethiopia is the latest African nation unable to feed its citizens, according to the Christian Science Monitor (June 27, 2008). Each day, aid workers at a rural clinic in Ethiopia literally weigh […]
Ronald Weinland is Delusional
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 Yesterday, “in the Toldedo area, but in Michigan”, Ronald Weinland gave a […]
Jesus’ Resurrection Known Before His Birth?
David Jeselsohn With an Ancient Tablet About the Messiah COGwriter The following news item was quite interesting: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection New York Times – July 6, 2008 JERUSALEM — A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is […]
China Disasters
Righteous(ness) = Sheep + Hand + Lance COGwriter The following news item was of interest: Add locusts to China’s list of calamities Riots — check. Earthquake — check. Flood — check. Plague — check. Such a concentration of woes in this high-profile year has fanned rumors and superstition. Los Angeles Times – July 3, 2008 […]
ABC “Will the World End in 2012?”
Page 9 of the Mayan “Dresden Codex” (from the 1880 Förstermann edition) COGwriter The following news item was of interest: Will the World End in 2012? Thousands Worldwide Prepare for the Apocalypse, Expected in 2012 ABC News – July 3, 2008 Two years ago, Patrick Geryl, then 51, quit his job as a laboratory worker […]
Servants’ News Out
COGwriter The July-August 2008 edition of Norman Edwards’ Servants’ News (SN) is now out. While several of the article titles sounded interesting, the content was disappointing to me at least. Today, I would like to quote the title of two articles, provide some biblically-based comments, and quote from one other article in it. The article […]
Where Were the Early Christians?
COGwriter Where Were the Early Christians? Which Areas Were Faithful? Although there were early Christians in many places, more seemed to be in Jerusalem, Antioch, Asia Minor, Alexandria, Corinth, Rome, Armenia, and with some even into the Celtic areas, India, Africa, and possibly China, the main early location seemed to be Asia Minor. An article […]