COGwriter Top Ten for 2010

The Above Map Show the Number of Internet Users By Country COGwriter Here are the top ten more accessed articles (as opposed to news items or games) at the www.cogwriter.com website for 2010: End of Mayan Calendar 2012–Might 2012 Mean Something? Are there Mayan calendar predictions for change in 2012? Changes were centuries ago predicted by […]

New Years Was Not Observed by Early Professors of Christ

COGwriter Tonight, many around the world, including many who profess Christ will be celebrating New Year’s which occurs on the Roman calendar January 1st. Did you know that not only was this day not observed by early true Christians, even the Roman Catholic supporting Tertullian condemned it in the early third century? Notice what he […]

CG7, Islam, and the End

جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter In the Nov-December 2010 issue of its Bible Advocate magazine, CG7-Denver‘s former president, Calvin Burrell wrote the following Islam can be summarized by six articles of faith: • Indivisible oneness of God. • Angels as the servants of God. • Holy books, including the Taureh […]

Will the Great Tribulation Start in 2011?

“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter There are several who claim that the great tribulation will start (and at least one who claims it will end) in 2011. Is this true? Can the Great Tribulation begin in 2011? No, it cannot, despite the emails I get from time to time here in Southern […]

COGA Rationalizes Away Most Public Gospel Proclamation

Laodicea is full of ineffective structures COGwriter Because of the United Church of God (UCG) crisis with Latin America and certain USA ministers, some of those that departed from UCG formed Church of God – America (which I reported about a few weeks ago, see COG America: A Group of Former UCG Ministers). COGA, perhaps […]

Iran Now a Nuclear State?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad COGwriter Iranian President Ahmadinejad may have stated that Iran has nuclear abilities: TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran is now a nuclear country implying that Iran has achieved nuclear know-how for energy purposes. The United States and its allies have been exerting political and propaganda pressure […]

UCG Still Losing

Laodicea has many ineffective structures COGwriter John Carmack reported that Doug Johnson, UCG pastor of the Cleveland, OH and Meadville, PA congregations, sent out a resignation letter.  John Carmack reported earlier that Joel Meeker was fired after refusing a seat on UCG’s Council of Elders. UCG seems to be having financial losses as well. Last […]

What Happened to the Asia Minor Church?

Ephesus COGwriter Although the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Catholics generally only recognize 5 primary (there are a couple of minor ones that are also semi-accepted) locations as “apostolic sees”, there was a sixth that they used to recognize: Ephesus of Asia Minor. Ephesus of Asia Minor had what they tend to call “apostolic succession”.  And […]

France Selling Military Helicopters to Russia

Nicolas Sarkozy COGwriter France just made a military deal with Russia: MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) — After long and arduous negotiations, Russia has decided to buy at least two of France’s Mistral-class helicopter carriers in an unprecedented military deal between the Kremlin and the West… “It marks the first time in modern history that Russia […]

LCG: South America Moving Away from USA

UNASUR member states, map includes the claimed Antarctic territories by Chile and Argentina and the Falkland Islands (though it is currently British). Countries in white are not part of Unasur. (Illustration by Camilo Sanchez) COGwriter In its announcements yesterday, LCG had the following: South America Moves Away from USA: In late November, representatives from a […]