Living Church of God Evangelist Richard Ames with a “Telly” Award for “Tomorrow’s World” COGwriter On Friday night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong reported the following in his weekly update: The Garner Ted Armstrong telecast has generated over 20,000 direct responses this year, and roughly 50% were first time contacts. ICG seems to be the 2nd most effective COG when […]
Month: December 2008
Problems in Belgium and Iceland
Northern Shore of Reykjavík, Iceland COGwriter It is not just the USA and its Anglo allies that are experiencing economic problems. Let’s look at news of first Belgium and then Iceland: Belgian king mulls formal government resignation AFP – Dec 19, 2008 BRUSSELS (AFP) — Belgium’s King Albert II ushered in Friday a new period […]
Obama and the Supremes
Senator (now also President Elect) Barack Obama COGwriter The following was in the news today: Supreme Court to talk about Obama 3rd time WND – Dec 19, 2008 One of the original legal challenges to President-elect Barack Obama’s eligibility for office to reach the U.S. Supreme Court now has been scheduled for a conference, a […]
Xmas, Dickens, & UCG
COGwriter The Wall Street Journal had an interesting excerpt article this week about why Westerners observe Christmas: “The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Rescued his Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits” Wall Street Journal – Dec 17, 2008 Excerpted with permission from the Crown Publishing Group. For all the strengths […]
Arab Cultural Influence
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter While the Western world tends to downplay Arabic contributions to culture, most historians realize that it was the Arab world that essentially preserved and expanded science during the Middle Ages. Here are three short reports: “While Europe languished in the Dark Ages, Arab scholars were […]
FBI Denies Investigating PCG
Gerald Flurry COGwriter PCG took more action against FOX 25’s public statements against them. At its website, as well as in an additional full page ad in The Edmund Sun, Gerald Flurry wrote: THE PHILADELPHIA CHURCH OF GOD ASKS FOX 25 NEWS: WHAT FBI “INVESTIGATION” ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? FOX 25’s news director, Joe Spadea, […]
WCG, Christmas, & Biblical Logic
TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH COGwriter In the Dec 2008/Jan 2009 edition of WCG’s Christian Odyssey magazine, its president J. Tkach made the following comments: Argument 1: “We don’t know the date of Christ’s birth.” It is true that no one knows for certain on what day or even month of the year Jesus was born… Argument […]
Sarkozy Wants Beast Power & Dollar Tanks
French President Nicolas Sarkozy COGwriter Although he did not identify it as the “Beast power”, notice what the outgoing EU president wants: Sarkozy pleads for Europe of nations EUobserver – Dec 16, 2008 STRASBOURG – Outgoing EU president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday (16 December) pleaded for a Europe built on strong states as opposed to […]
Global Food Riots in 2009
Rice (Oryza sativa) COGwriter Various experts are expecting a probable increase in food riots in 2009: Financial crisis pushing hungry to wall, WFP says Reuters – Dec 16, 2008 NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The economic crisis is pushing the world’s hungriest people to the wall, but a fraction of the cost of financial […]
Earthquakes in Sweden and South Carolina
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. COGwriter There were earthquakes in Sweden and South Caroline of note today: Earthquake shakes southern Sweden The Local, Sweden – Dec 16, 2008 Southern Sweden was rocked by an earthquake […]