“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter The following news item was of interest: The rich prepare for the apocalypse Baltimore Sun – March 24, 2009 By Dan Rodricks, award-winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun since 1979… There’s something else going on. I call it: hoarding up for the apocalypse. I have been watching the […]
Month: March 2009
Obama and Islam
COGwriter In a move that I long anticipated, notice the following: White House Muslim recruiting: By book Chicago Tribune, Washington Bureau – March 29, 2009 In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation’s most qualified — Ivy League grads, Fortune 500 […]
Religion Booming in China
COGwriter China probably is getting more religious adherents than other countries in recent years: One billion souls to save Christianity in China is booming. With 100 million believers, far more than the 74 million-member communist party, Jesus is a force to be reckoned with in the People’s Republic. We talk to the new faithful who […]
Ronald Weinland Anniversary Reminder
VS. COGwriter In his sermon a year ago this date, Ronald Weinland made the following claims: If by Pentecost I’m just going to make this real clear to everyone. If by Pentecost it is not powerfully and abundantly clear that there has been a great deal of destruction that will clearly encompass a third of […]
Married a Minority in Britain
Hindu Marriage Ceremony COGwriter In yesterday’s annoucements, LCG reported: The Married Minority. “Married couples are in a minority for the first time since records began” in Britain in 1862 (The Times, February 13, 2009). “Only one of 50 single women now marries each year, and only one in 43 single men.” The average age at first […]
Obama, Afghanistan, and Nostradamus
Nostradamus COGwriter Notice the following news item from Time: Obama Afghanistan Plan Breaks Old Ground By Bobby Ghosh / Washington Saturday, Mar. 28, 2009 Did George Bush leave one of his old speeches in the Resolute Desk? As President Obama unveiled his Afghanistan-Pakistan policy Friday, it was hard to miss the echoes of his predecessor’s […]
WCG Losing More Knowledge of Salvation
COGwriter In its weekly announcement last night, WCG’s J. Tkach wrote the following: Universalism Some people argue that repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ are really not necessary for salvation… What a person believes, what a person does, or how a person lives, makes no difference – salvation for everyone is already determined […]
Italian Government Might Shake Up EU
COGwriter There are concerns that the new government situation in Italy may shake up the EU: Italian right-wing merger to shake up EU parliament politics EUobserver – March 27, 2009 BRUSSELS – The populist right-wing party of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday officially merges with the post-fascist Alleanza Nazionale at the founding congress […]
RCM: On Prayer and Fasting
Roderick C. Meredith COGwriter In a commentary this morning, LCG’s R.C. Meredith wrote the following: Scripture tells us what our Savior did to acquire spiritual strength, in connection with the devil’s attack on Him: “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted [or tried] by the devil. And when […]
Obama the Great?
COGwriter The following news story shows that some of the Orthodox politically seem to forget the Bible: Associated Press – March 25, 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama the Great? President Barack Obama was compared favorably to Alexander the Great on Wednesday during a White House reception honoring Greek Independence Day, with the leader of the […]