Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev: What Will the Russian President Do? COGwriter CNN just reported the following: Russia to U.S.: Choose us or Georgia WASHINGTON (CNN) — Russia pressed the United States on Wednesday to choose between “a real partnership” with Moscow or an “illusory” relationship with U.S. ally Georgia. Washington said it’s sticking with Georgia… Russia […]
Month: August 2008
China Olympics and Air Pollution
Beijing After Rain Beijing on a Normal Sunny Day COGwriter Last night while my son Michael and I were watching some of the Olympics, NBC showed a photo of Beijing with its morning smog. It did not look like a healthy place to have the Olympics. And this is after China apparently closed something like […]
Russia Stops Attacks
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev COGwriter The following news item was of interest: MOSCOW (Aug. 12) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the Caucasus. Medvedev said on national television […]
CGI: Is Christ the End of the Law?
Large Display of the Ten Commandments in Arkansas, 1998 The summer 2008 edition of CGI’s International News has the following in an article from its Mike Nolen titled Was Christ the “End” of the Law?: Most suppose our Savior came to put an end to the law, and the passage typically quoted in support of […]
Why Report on Ronald Weinland?
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 In yesterday’s sermon, Ronald Weinland again continued on his 1 John topic. […]
Living University Registration
Living University “All the World Is Our Campus” COGwriter Living University announced that registration is open NOW for the Fall of 2008: Below is the tentative 2008 fall schedule of classes. WC = Web Centered Course Delivery. SCH = Semester Credit Hours. Registration [August 11-12] • Late Registration (Add/Drop) [August 13-15] Online Registration Instructions for […]
ICG, Wars, and Rumors of Wars
American and British Aircraft Carriers Are Used As Parts of Threats and Wars COGwriter Yesterday, the following was in the news: 2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf Jerusalem Post – Aug 7, 2008 Two additional United States naval aircraft carriers are heading to the Gulf and the Red Sea, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper […]
UCG: The Mediterranean Union: Another Roman Empire?
Union for the Mediterranean Blue: Members of the European Union Union for the Mediterranean Green: Other members (primarily from the African Union & Arab League) Striped green: Libya is currently only an observer member in the Union for the Mediterranean COGwriter Two weeks ago, I posted information on the new Union for the Mediterranean (please […]
Is Now the Time to Flee?
6.7 Earthquake in Northridge California Destroyed the Above Building of Kaiser Permanente As Well as Various Freeway Overpasses and other Buildings on January 17, 1994. The Northridge quake was over 10 times as powerful as the Chino Hills 5.4 quake on July 29, 2008 COGwriter As I posted before (see Yes, There Was An Earthquake, […]
The Dead Will Rise
This Will Happen to Those in the First Resurrection COGwriter Did the early church understand about the resurrection of the dead? Polycarp of Smyrna was a disciple of the Apostle John, the last of the original apostles to die. Here is some of what Polycarp wrote: But He who raised Him up from the dead […]