John Calvin COGwriter Protestant “reformers” did not have a particularly positive impact on reforming persecution. Here is an observation from a 19th century account: ” If matters of fact can establish any certainty,” says a Christian writer of half a century ago, ” then it is certain that the two principal pillars of the Reformation, […]
Month: September 2010
Civil Unrest in Europe
Greek Riots, 2008 COGwriter There have been protests in Europe related to the proposed austerity programs there: Anti-austerity protests erupted across Europe on Wednesday — Greek doctors and railway employees walked out, Spanish workers shut down trains and buses, and one man even blocked the Irish parliament with a cement truck to decry the country’s […]
Last Great Day Begins Tonight at Sunset
A slightly difficult uphill and narrow way in Tobago COGwriter Tonight at sunset is a time known as the Last Great Day. The seven day Feast of Tabernacles is immediately followed by the eighth day, which began last night at sunset. Christians normally call this the ”Last Great Day” based on these statement from Jesus […]
COGwriter Keeping the Feast of Tabernacles in the 21st Century
COGwriter The Feast of Tabernacles is close to ending for 2010. As many who are readers of this page at this time are not at the Feast of Tabernacles now, I thought a series on the sites we attended might be of interest. This is part three of the three-part series. In 2000, my family […]
Pope Praises Hildegard, Yet She Had Visions Opposing Biblical Prophecy
Hildegard Allegedly Receiving a Vision COGwriter Pope Benedict XVI recently praised the Catholic saint Hildegard of Bingen: The Pope spoke of the saint during his address at today’s general audience in Castel Gandolfo… “As always happens in the life of true mystics, Hildegard, too, wanted to be subject to the authority of wise persons to […]
Survey Finds Protestants & Catholics Know Less About Religion than Atheists and Agnostics
Martin Luther COGwriter The Los Angeles Times had the following headline: Atheists, agnostics most knowledgeable about religion, survey says. (Landsberg M. Los Angeles Times, 2010.09.27. http://mobile.latimes.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=294&nid=23170009&cid=16686&scid=-1&ith=1&title=Nation) Essentially, what the survey says is that atheists and agnostics often have studied religion more than many who claim some type of religious faith, hence they know more than […]
What is Going on with the Russian Orthodox?
Patriarch Kirill COGwriter Something is clearly going on with the Russian Orthodox Church and its position towards the Vatican. Near the time of his election to become Patriarch, then Metropolitan Kirill had made statements suggesting that he wanted to distance his church from the Church of Rome: Likely Moscow patriarch stresses differences with Catholic belief […]
COGwriter Keeping the Feast of Taberacles in the 1990s
COGwriter As many who are readers of this page at this time are not at the Feast of Tabernacles now, I thought a series on the sites we attended might be of interest. This is part two of three. In 1990, our family went on the Mediterranean cruise for the Feast of Tabernacles. Over one […]
Bible Millionaire Remains Popular
By COGWriter A very popular link at the COGwriter website is to the Who Wants to be a Biblical Millionaire? quiz, developed by Michael Thiel. It is an interesting game and Michael is always adding more questions to it. The game now has around 1,000 different questions. Think of it as an entertaining way to […]
Protestant Persecutions: Luther
Martin Luther COGwriter While nearly everyone is familiar with the Catholic persecutions during the Inquisition, many are unaware of the persecutions by the early Protestants. As one raised Roman Catholic, I was aware of the fact that the Protestants were involved in persecuting Catholics, but did not realize until much later the extent of Protestant […]