“Sunday Church”, Naxos Greece COGwriter More in Europe seem to be trying to set the stage for mandatory Sunday “rest” as the latest TW News & Prophecy of the Living Church of God reports: Sunday–a NO WORK day in Europe. “Everyone in the square says ‘no’ to working on Sunday. On Sunday, 4 March, thirteen […]
Month: March 2012
ICG and LCG on US Debt Crisis
“I will break the pride of your power” (Leviticus 26:19) COGwriter In his latest update, ICG’s Mark Armstrong has the following: Not a week goes by without reminders that we are living in times unlike anything we have experienced in the past. As the United States bogs down into a morass of class warfare arguments […]
Christians should not celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Postcard from 1912 for “St. Patrick’s Day” COGwriter March 17th is often observed as St. Patrick’s Day. Is this a day real Christians should celebrate? The Protestant “Christianity Today” seems to think so as an article at its website states: IrishWatch Get into the Saint Patrick’s Day mood with an eclectic selection of websites concerning […]
TW: Australian ‘Century’ Flood
COGwriter Today’s TW News & Prophecy of the Living Church of God had the following : Once in a century flooding in Australia. At a time of year when dry weather usually prevails, “Exceptionally heavy rain over the course of a week has smashed records in a number of places across southeast Australia and caused […]
Iran supporting Islamist Jerusalem march and Islamists willing to support Iran against Israel
Jerusalem COGwriter Anti-Israeli forces have expressed interest in supporting Iran should Israel attack Iran, if Israel also hits Gaza: Islamic Jihad seeks ‘balance of terror‘ with Israel By Adel Zaanoun (AFP) – 16 March 2012 GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Gaza militant group Islamic Jihad seeks to create a “balance of terror” with Israel, a […]
Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams Resigns
Rowan Williams COGwriter The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury announced his resignation today: Rowan Williams resigns as archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is to step down as archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012 to take up a university position at Cambridge…Williams, 61, will leave at the end of December in time to start his […]
Michigan Tornadoes Damage 125+ Homes
COGwriter Tornadoes are again in the news, this time in Michigan: Twisters leave path of destruction in Michigan 16 March 2012 Searchers were going door-to-door in southeast Michigan Friday after tornadoes ripped through…Derrick Jackson of the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office said, “It’s devastating. Mother Nature can be devastating. There’s nothing, really, that can be […]
Syria’s Assad celebrates, but lost 20,000 troops
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Source: Agência Brasil, Wikipedia) بشار الأسد COGwriter Notice the following: Pro-Assad rallies mark anniversary of Syria revolt 15 March 2012 (Reuters) – Huge crowds took to the streets of Syria’s cities on Thursday in an orchestrated show of support for President Bashar al-Assad on the first anniversary of a bloody […]
RCM: Persecutions will get much worse
Roderick C. Meredith (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter In his latest co-worker letter (3/15/12), Presiding Evangelist R.C. Meredith of the Living Church of God (LCG) reported the following (bolding in the letter): It is sobering to read the Apostle John’s warning written near the end of his life, “We know that we are of God, […]
Pope Benedict Crosses the Line Related to Mary
Pope Benedict XVI COGwriter Pope Benedict XVI made a variety of improper theological statements about Mary yesterday. Here is the first: “If the Church does not exist without Pentecost, neither does Pentecost exist without the Mother of Jesus, since she lived in a wholly unique way what the Church experiences each day under the action […]