Kurt Koch (photo from http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=37189) COGwriter Swiss Bishop Kurt Koch was appointed to lead the Vatican’s top ecumenical office yesterday: Swiss Bishop Tapped for Unity Office Brings “Direct Experience” of Ecumenism to Pontifical Council VATICAN CITY, JULY 1, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel, Switzerland, has been appointed to succeed Cardinal Walter Kasper as […]
Month: July 2010
Drought: Less Wheat in Russia, Europe, Australia, China, and Argentina
Wheat COGwriter The production of wheat has been affected by hot and dry weather in several parts of the world: Wheat Gains as Hot, Dry Weather May Hurt Crop in Europe, Russia July 02, 2010, 7:07 AM EDT By Rudy Ruitenberg and Luzi Ann Javier July 2 (Bloomberg) — Wheat futures climbed in Paris and […]
EU’s Rompuy: The Raiser of Taxes?
Herman Van Rompuy COGwriter Might EU President Herman Van Rompuy fulfill the following scripture? 20 “There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. (Daniel 11:20) News events suggest that he may raise taxes. […]
CG7, Anabaptists, and Lutherans
Rebuilt Gymnasium in Sardis COGwriter In an article in the July-August 2010 edition of CG7-Denver’s Bible Advocate titled Anabaptist Who? Calvin Burrell reported: One piece of faith-practice we have in common with Baptist friends is liturgy, our public worship style with its centrality of the spoken word. This traces, in part, to the fact that […]