COGwriter Over the past few years, I have noticed that some Protestants sometimes are embracing the Roman Catholic season of Lent. This year Lent falls from March 9 – April 23. Lent is a forty-day period of time that proceeds the Catholic holiday commonly called Easter. During this time, observers tend to give up something […]
Month: March 2011
Events Heating Up Throughout the Middle East
Muammar al-Gaddafi COGwriter While Libya is getting most of the attention of the news media, events are heating up throughout the Middle East: Egypt Likely to Tear Up Treaty http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142766 Thirteen killed in Egypt Christian-Muslim violence http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=211399 US, NATO consider action with partners if UN stalls on Libya http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14898707,00.html IDF is preparing for mass civil […]
Food Riots for the UK?
Wheat COGwriter Some are now publicly warning that there may be food riots coming to the United Kingdom: Warning Of ‘Food Price Riots In The UK’ Sky News – March 8, 2011 A senior economist at the worldwide bank HSBC has warned of civil unrest in Britain if food prices continue to soar. Speaking on […]
Ash Wednesday and Lent
COGwriter Tonight, some will observe Ash Wednesday and Lent–considered to be a time of self-imposed abstinence by millions. Ash Wednesday’s true origins are considered to be a mystery. It was not observed by Jesus, the original apostles, nor any in the early Church. Ash Wednesday is not mentioned in either the Hebrew or Greek scriptures […]
US Record Debt in February is Bad for the USA
COGwriter Today, the Washington Times reported: The federal government posted its largest monthly deficit in history in February, a $223 billion shortfall that put a sharp point on the current fight on Capitol Hill about how deeply to cut this year’s spending. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/7/government-posts-biggest-monthly-deficit-ever/ While the Washington Times did not indicate that this was a good […]
Mardi Gras, Fat (Shrove) Tuesday
New Orleans Mardi Gras (Infrogmation) COGwriter Today is known in some places as Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”, called Shrove Tuesday in parts of the UK) and is related to a carnival or carnaval season. According to Wikipedia: Carnival begins 12 days after Christmas, or Twelfth Night, on January 6 and ends on Mardi […]
Gold Hits Another Record
The 220 kg Gold brick displayed in Taiwan COGwriter The price of gold hit a record today: Stocks Retreat, Led by Chipmakers; Oil, Treasuries, Gold Gain Bloomberg – Stephen Kirkland, Nikolaj Gammeltoft – 7 March 2011 Gold trimmed gains after rallying to as much as $1445.70 an ounce, a record. Gold, silver follow oil prices higher… […]
Carnaval in Rio
2007 Carnival at Pátio de São Pedro square, in Recife, Brazil (Wiki Photo) COGwriter Carnaval is heating up in earnest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio celebrates as Carnival opens in Brazil SILive.com – Juliana Barbassa – March 7, 2011 By AP RIO DE JANEIRO — Covered in confetti and to the sound of drums, Rio’s […]
Move Over PCG, COGWA Now Seems to be Third Largest COG
COGwriter Jim Franks, of the Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA), sent out an email letter to COGWA’s ministry with some very interesting statistics: As of March 1, we have more than 200 congregations holding weekly services with more than 170 elders and 8,000 in attendance around the world. As I reported yesterday the […]
LCG Now Has Congregation in El Salvador
George Schaubeck COGwriter In its announcements yesterday, the Living Church of God (LCG) reported: Spanish Update—Visit to El Salvador Mr. and Mrs. George Schaubeck recently visited members and prospective members in the Central American country of El Salvador. On Friday evening, February 4, Mr. Schaubeck conducted a Bible Study and the following day double Sabbath […]