COGwriter The following was part of yesterday’s weekly announcements in Living Church of God church services: Ethnic violence on the rise in Europe. “The net result of human rights developments in Europe causes great concern… Without concerted government action, the next generation of Europeans may see human rights as an optional extra rather than a […]
Month: February 2012
Would Jesus Watch the Superbowl?
COGwriter Today is known as “Superbowl Sunday” in the USA. Most years, the American football (which is not the same as the sport called soccer in the USA) contest known as the Superbowl is the most watched television program in the USA. Between 100,000,000-200,000,000 are expected to intentionally (as opposed to perhaps seeing a news […]
Catholics and Muslims on Valentine’s Day
COGwriter Should you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Christians who may be tempted to compromise need to ask themselves if the origins of Valentine’s Day are biblical or pagan. Notice what the Roman Catholics teach, The roots of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on Feb. 15. For 800 […]
Fuller German Power Emergence in 2012?
Berlin Reichstag COGwriter Will Germany emerge further as the leader of Europe in 2012? Notice the following: World Bank chief: Germany could emerge as European leader or stumble in 2012 AP – Feb 3, 2012 Germany could emerge as Europe’s leader in 2012 by offering Italy and Spain a way out of the debt crisis […]
TW: UK’s Integrity Crisis
COGwriter Today’s edition of LCG’s TW News & Prophecy e-zine has the following: The UK’s integrity crisis. “The portrait of a nation increasingly relaxed about ‘low-level dishonesty’ emerges in a major study” conducted by the University of Essex. The report “suggests that the ‘integrity problem’ is likely to get worse because young people are more […]
Cake-in-Guttenberg-Face
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter Today’s German press, in English, reported the following: Cake in the face for ‘Baron Cut-and-Paste’ Published: 3 Feb 12 Critics of disgraced former German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg hit him in the face with a big cake on Thursday night, while he was meeting a Pirate Party politician in a […]
Ayatollah Khamenei Claims America “Will Soon be Defeated”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei COGwriter Iran’s “supreme leader” seems to be sounding the war drum: “In light of the realization of the divine promise by almighty God, the Zionists and the Great Satan (America) will soon be defeated,” Ayatollah Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, is warning. . Khamenei, speaking to hundreds of youths from more than […]
UCG: No Office Expansion Relocation, Yet
COGwriter The Shining Light blog had the following related to the United Church of God: From Financial Operations: Our income for January 2012 was a positive 8.7% compared to January one year ago, the first month after separation. When you add the deposits made in January but dated December 2011 for tax purposes, we were […]
Aborting Away Down Syndrome?
Bas-relief at Angkor Wat depicting a demon performing an ancient abortion. COGwriter Tonight, the pro-Vatican news agency Zenit had the following: Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-34228?l=english Not Ready to Give Up on Down Syndrome People With Trisomy 21 Are Charming Even a Society Eager to Abort Them ROME, FEB. 2, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The subject of Down syndrome has […]
Panetta Believes Israel Will Attack Iran in April, May, or June 2012
Jerusalem COGwriter The USA’s Secretary of Defense apparently made an astounding public admission: By YAAKOV KATZ 02/02/2012 20:40 US secretary of defense is concerned Israel will launch an attack before Iran enters so-called “immunity zone” when military strike won’t bust Iran’s nuclear facilities, ‘Washington Post’ reports. United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta believes that […]