COGwriter The Abigail Cartwright (AC) site listed one more loss to UCG’s eldership: Mr. Walter Hawk (local elder of Canton, OH), January 23, 2011, resigned from UCG ministry According to the list at the AC site, UCG has lost 158 elders/pastors/ministers since June 0f 2010. Dr. Ralph Levy now has a blog post at the […]
Month: January 2011
Terror Strikes Russian Airport
Domodedovo Airport COGwriter An act of terrorism affected Russia today: By Amie Ferris-Rotman MOSCOW | Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:23am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing at Russia’s biggest airport, Russian news agencies reported. Russia’s ruble-dominated stock market MICEX fell […]
UCG, ABC, and 157 Elder Losses
COGwriter With the loss of Dr. Ralph Levy and others, UCG has made some changes in assignments related to its Ambassador Bible Center: The new instructors include: Anthony Wasilkoff (on loan from Canada) to teach Pentateuch 2. Steve Myers will join the faculty to teach Epistles of Paul and help out with ABC administration. Randy […]
Rising Catholic and Protestant Influence in China
Prohibition To Prohibit = Tree + (Divine) Command COGwriter There is an increase of Catholic and Protestant influence in the Peoples Republic of China: According to China Aid, a Texas-based human rights group, the number of Christians in China has increased 100-fold since 1949. Current estimates range from 80 million to 130 million active members. […]
Interim Peace Deal for the Middle East
Jerusalem COGwriter Notice a report today about an interim peace deal for the Middle East: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has drawn up an interim peace deal for a Palestinian state on up to 50 percent of West Bank land, far below Palestinian demands, the Haaretz daily said on Sunday. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat […]
LCG: Modern Myths and Sobering Signs
Dr. Douglas Winnail COGwriter In his latest update, LCG’s Dr. D. Winnail had the following: Dangerous Modern Myths. Every age has had its mistaken ideas. Dr. David Aikman, journalist and historian, describes five myths (popular, but false ideas, fables, lies) that are damaging western societies! The idea that “all religions are basically the same” is simply not […]
Protests in Tunisia, Concerns in Libya
جامعة الدول العربية Jāmaʻat ad-Duwwal al-ʻArabiyya Arab League Flag COGwriter Some in Tunisia still are protesting: Hundreds of Tunisians gathered Saturday in the capital, Tunis, to protest the country’s new unity government, as the prime minister promised to hold the country’s first democratic elections since its independence from France in 1956. The protesters were joined […]
COGWA Lists 97 USA Congregations
COGwriter COGWA has now listed its USA congregations. It listed 97 of them in the United States. The congregation’s city, state, and minister/leading elder are in that list. Presumably, it will list congregations in Latin America, French-speaking areas, and other regions at a later date. Some have asked me about Larry Salyer’s association with COGWA. […]
Were Pharisees Condemned for Keeping or Not Keeping the Law?
COGwriter Halley’s Bible Handbook states that the: “Pharisees were the most numerous and influential of the religious sects of Jesus’ day. They were strict legalists. They stood for the rigid observance of the letter and forms of the Law, and also for the Traditions”. Is this view correct? Did the Pharisees stand for the observance […]
LCG: EU President Claims Peace, But…
Herman Van Rompuy COGwriter In today’s TW News & Prophecy, LCG reported that EU President Herman Van Rompuy declared essentially the peace of Europe: EU–an instrument of peace? Sensing a growing suspicion of Brussels, EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy has defended the European Union as the “fatherland of peace” (euobserver.com, January 17, 2011). Mr. […]