Keys at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (June 2009) COGwriter In the latest issue of its Vision magazine, COGaIC’s David Hulme wrote: On one occasion, when Jesus spoke of His impending death, “Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, […]
Month: June 2009
UCG: Can the Dollar Fall?
COGwriter The lead article in the June 2009 issue of UCG’s World News & Prophecy contained the following: Could the Dollar Fall? …by Darris McNeely Ending the dollar’s role in the world economy is not an easy matter. The Wall Street Journal wrote, “… Central banks around the world hold more U.S. dollars and dollar […]
Ronald Weinland at Idea City
VS. COGwriter When I posted about Ronald Weinland’s latest letter today, I left out the following: ideaCity: A little over a week ago (on Thursday morning) I had interviews with two stations in Toronto, as presenters for ideaCity are being interviewed in the city’s anticipation of this special tenth anniversary event. This is the beginning […]
Latest Proof Ronald Weinland is a False Prophet
VS. COGwriter Ronald Weinland is a self-appointed “prophet” who claims that he and his wife are the two witnesses. Today he posted the following: That which we are experiencing is indeed different than what the Church had once supposed it would, in what was referred to as “the great tribulation.” Because of this, I had […]
French Call for Stronger EU President
French President Sarkozy COGwriter Once again, the President of France has called for a stronger EU leader: Sarkozy calls for ‘strong’ EU president EUobserver – June 19, 2009 ELITSA VUCHEVA BRUSSELS – European institutions, especially the European Commission, should be given more power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday (19 June), in a foretaste […]
Luther, the Netherlands, and Apocatastasis
Martin Luther COGwriter While we in the Living Church of God believe that the overwhelming majority of human beings who ever lived will be saved, Martin Luther and his followers condemned those who held those ideas in the 16th century: Apocatastasis… Luther, writing on Aug. 18, 1522, to Hans von Rechenberg, who had asked him […]
CG7 on Pornography
COGwriter In the current (June 2009) issue of its Bible Advocate Magazine, CG7’s former president, Calvin Burrell wrote: Some say that pornography is the #1 secret problem in the church… God created sex and called it good. He created the feminine figure and gave men eyes to see and admire. He made the mas-culine physique […]
GPS, Galileo, and the Beast
The Galileo Logo Contains 12 Stars That Come From an Icon of Mary COGwriter As reported previously (USA May Need EU’s Galileo!), the US Global Positioning System is having problems. However new problems may also be emerging: GPS Satellite Glitches Fuel Concern on Next Generation Wall Street Journal – June 17, 2009 By ANDY PASZTOR […]
Obama’s Gay Spending
COGwriter Continuing to spend money, some of which seems to be intended to be targeted towards those who most strongly supported him, President Obama announced that he wanted to provide various benefits to “same-sex partners” of federal government employees: 6/17/09 (CNN) — President Obama’s decision to grant some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal […]
Russia Wants China, India, & Brazil Currency Cooperation
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev COGwriter Russian President Medvedev once again proposed a non-Western currency: EKATERINBURG, Russia — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday the world needs new reserve currencies. Medvedev told a regional summit that the creation of new reserve currencies in addition to the dollar is needed to stabilize global finances. Medvedev has made the proposal […]