European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Eric Chan) COGwriter Here are two news items on the European economic crisis to mention that LCG reported in its latest TW World & Prophecy: Britain vetoes EU treaty revision. Last Friday, EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss an intergovernmental treaty that will enforce stricter financial laws among EU members. […]
Month: December 2011
God Created Marriage
COGwriter There have been some of what I consider to be rather bizarre emails on the internet lately about marriage. Various ones have indicated that God did not create marriage and that fornication is fine. Those that believe the Bible have a different view. God created marriage and forbids fornication, and also forbids homosexuality. The […]
Russia Seizes Iran-Bound Radioactive Material
Hiroshima COGwriter Russia stopped Iran from getting some radioactive metals: Russia Seizes Radioactive Metals From Tehran-Bound Passenger BusinessWeek – 16 December 2011 By Scott Rose and Henry Meyer Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Customs officials at a Moscow airport stopped a passenger who was trying to board a flight to Tehran with luggage containing radioactive materials, Russia’s […]
More Loss of Rights in USA?
COGwriter Two readers sent me something about the following today: Indefinite Detention’ Bill Heads To Obama’s Desk As White House Drops Veto Threat Dec 14, 2011 Obama has dropped his threat to veto the bill and is now expected to sign it into law. Remember – it was Obama’s White House that demanded the law […]
LCG Fast Comments and Complaints
Roderick C. Meredith (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter On November 13, 2011 I reported at my News of the Living Church of God page that LCG called for “a church-wide fast.” Here is what Dr. Meredith later wrote about it: Dear brethren and ministers around the world…my immediate purpose in writing all of you at […]
AP: Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq, yet…
COGwriter The Obama Administration’s Secretary of Defense discussed Iraq: Panetta formally shuts down US war in Iraq The Associated Press – 15 December 2011 BAGHDAD (AP) – After nearly nine years, 4500 American dead, 32000 wounded and more than $800 billion, US officials formally shut down the war in Iraq – a conflict that US Defense […]
2012 German Edition Now Available on Kindle
COGwriter The German edition of 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect is now available at Amazon Kindle: 2012 und das Auftreten der geheimen Sekte (German Kindle Edition). This German edition is slightly updated and here is some of the update in German: Kommentar über die Erfüllung von Voraussagen aus der englischen Ausgabe […]
CG7 and LCG: There is No ‘Secret Rapture’
An animal horn trumpet. COGwriter In the latest issue of its The Bible Advocate, CG7-Denver has the following statements from its former president, Elder Calvin Burrell: What about the secret rapture? We’re hearing a lot but aren’t sure what the Bible says on the subject. As commonly heard, the secret rapture doctrine has enough truth […]
WCG/GCI on Origins of Christmas
COGwriter The website of Grace Communion International (the group that temporarily ran the new WCG) had the following: Have you ever wondered how Christmas came to be part of the annual Christian calendar? Here’s the fascinating story, which we begin with a surprising observation. Neither Jesus nor the apostles commanded or even suggested that the […]
Guttenberg Criticized, But…
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter Some in the German press have again criticized Karl zu Guttenberg: Ridicule for Guttenberg’s new EU internet role The Local – Dec 13, 2011 Former German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who was dubbed Dr. Googleberg when caught plagiarizing his PhD thesis, has been appointed EU advisor on internet freedom, inviting […]