Herman Van Rompuy COGwriter It is getting clear to more and more that Germany is taking the lead in Europe: Spiegel – Oct 31, 1011 Last Wednesday’s summit in Brussels took important steps toward saving the European common currency. But it also made it clear that the European Union is being divided in two. Germany […]
Month: October 2011
CGOM’s 2012 & Arab Spring ‘Prophetic Caution’; COGwriter’s ‘Prophetic Certainty’
COGwriter CGOM-UK’s Nov-Dec 2011 e-newsletter arrived today. In it, James McBride had the following: Prophetic Caution The current economic crisis that affects so many of us coupled with ‘the Arab Spring’, world over-population, acute shortages of food and water and rampant disease have generated a rash of articles on Bible prophecy. Much focus is on […]
Catholic, GCI, and COG Views of Halloween: Who Supports it? Who Opposes it? Going as ‘Lady Gaga’?
COGwriter Halloween is often considered as a Catholic holiday, but within Catholicism there are different views of it, and there are differing views in other groups. Here is the view of one Catholic writer endorsing Halloween: It should be noted that Halloween is a Catholic holiday. Pope Gregory IV in 835 made it the universal […]
TW: The Eurasian Union is Coming and Russia Wants It
Vladimir Putin, Official Photograph COGwriter In its latest TW News & Prophecy, LCG reported that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is continuing his quest on creating a Eurasian union: Coming Eurasian union. In a recent Russian Izvestia article, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shared his vision for a Eurasian union. Mr. Putin noted this future union […]
Muslim Brotherhood’s Egypt’s Goma Amin, Hamas, and the King of the South
Muslim Brotherhood الإخوان المسلمون Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimūn COGwriter The leader of the so-called moderate Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt visited Hamas and made some comments: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood cozies up to Hamas Sunday, October 30, 2011 In a worrying indication of what could become of Egypt following its upcoming election, the Muslim Brotherhood sent a senior delegation […]
British and American Police Respond to Occupy Movement
London Riots, 2011 COGwriter The Occupy movement is getting police intervention in some areas, while it spreads to others: Ore. protesters arrested in affluent district CBS News – 30 October 2011 The arrests came after protesters from the Occupy Portland movement marched to the Pearl District, with some saying they viewed its residents as part of […]
TW: Earthquakes Around the Globe; and Also Peru
(Choo photo) COGwriter In LCG’s latest TW News & Prophecy, there was the following: Earthquakes shake the globe. On Sunday, October 23, a 7.2 earthquake shook Turkey, destroying thousands of buildings, killing more than 500 people, injuring more than 1,600 and leaving as many as 40,000 homeless (Telegraph, October 27, 2011; Washington Post, October 27, […]
Israel About to Strike Iran?
Jerusalem COGwriter Some believe Israel is about to strike Iran: Israeli prisoner swap may be prelude to attack on Iran Washington Times – Oct 28, 2011 JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to execute a 1,000-for-1 prisoner exchange last week despite his frequently voiced opposition to such lopsided deals is seen by several Israeli […]
LCG: Christians and Halloween
COGwriter In his commentary today, Evangelist Richard Ames of the Living Church of God has the following: Commentary: Christians and Halloween By Richard F. Ames | Saturday, October 29, 2011 Is it “fun” to play at evil? Should we follow our neighbors, like proverbial lemmings, off the dangerous cliff of pagan practices? Most of society […]
British Monarch Can Marry a Roman Catholic: A Sign of the Last Days?
Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton COGwriter Changes in the UK now allow Roman Catholics to be the monarch for Britain: Girls equal in British throne succession The leaders of the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state unanimously approved the changes at a summit in Perth, Australia. It means a […]