Rebuilt Gymnasium in Sardis COGwriter CG7-Denver has published the following in its Sep-Oct 2010 Bible Advocate magazine: Some 170 people were present in Marion, Iowa, on Sabbath, June 26, to celebrate that congregation’s 150th anniversary…The oldest active CoG7 congregation, Marion church dates to 1860 when a group of Sabbathkeeping Adventists called themselves the Church of […]
Month: September 2010
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Does Not Want Peace
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad COGwriter Iranian President Ahmadinejad upset the American President Obama this week with comments about 9/11: President Barack Obama called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remarks at the United Nations yesterday “offensive” and “hateful.” (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-24/obama-calls-ahmadinejad-s-united-nations-remarks-offensive-hateful-.html) President Obama said remarks made by Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, suggesting that the American government was responsible for the terrorist […]
COGwriter Keeping the Feast of Tabernacles in the 1980s
COGwriter The Churches of God normally have over one hundred Feast of Tabernacles’ sites in various places around the world every year. 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. I […]
Might Karl-Theodor Guttenberg Become the Great Monarch?
Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg COGwriter As I wrote a while back, it may be that German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Guttenberg might become the final King of the North (see Statfor’s Caesar; Karl-Theodor von und zu Guttenberg a Prince of the North?) Since I wrote that, I have done additional research into Catholic and Orthodox […]
Mistranslations: Why Many Do Not Understand About the Sabbath and the Holy Days
COGwriter Since Jesus and the Apostles kept the Sabbaths and the Holy Days, why do most who profess Christ not observe them? While social pressure, tradition, and twisted interpretation of scripture all play a role, one role that is overlooked by many is the fact that there are a few passages in the New Testament […]
CG7 in India? Indians Need to be Warned
Rebuilt Gymnasium in Sardis COGwriter CG7-Denver has announced in its Sep-Oct 2010 Bible Advocate magazine that it is trying to affiliate with another 250 congregations in India: With more than 250 congregations spread over the states of Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Mizoram, West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, we have been striving since the formation of […]
30 Ways the World Could End?
“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter A secular writer has a list of 30 ways he claims the world could end: 30 Ways the World Could End Crank up the gloom and doom: Global apocalypse could be just around the corner, and you might never see it coming—unless you read this article. Discover […]
LCG: Britain’s Broken Power
Palace of Westminster in London COGwriter In its latest update, LCG reported: Britain’s Broken Power. A London newspaper recently reported, “Brussels has broken our power to rule.” Author Christopher Booker points out how Britain’s chancellor has granted the EU rights to “supervise” national budgets—a function controlled by the British Parliament for centuries. In addition, a new […]
When Will Ronald Weinland Change His Dates Again?
VS. COGwriter In 2007, I once commented that probably by the Fall Holy Days in 2008, Ronald Weinland would change his dates and predictions related to 2008. And he did. For those unfamiliar with him, I should probably mention that Ronald Weinland is a former UCG minister who claims to be one of the two […]
Eastern Orthodox Visiting Vatican
Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople COGwriter Many Eastern Orthodox are determined to get closer to the Vatican: Local Catholics and Greek Orthodox joined their leaders Wednesday on a pilgrimage that is a first – but a continuation of history. Bishop McManus and Metropolitan Methodios, of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, are leading 25 other […]