Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Iran COGwriter The Senate of the USA has decided to send another message to Iran: May 21, 2012 The Senate backed new sanctions on Iran in a voice vote Monday, adding new pressure on the country over its nuclear program. “With these new sanctions, as negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program are renewed […]
Month: May 2012
UK’s Nick Clegg on Where Euro Debt Crisis May Lead, Plus NATO’s European Missile Defense
UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg COGwriter The Telegraph from the UK had the following headlines: Nick Clegg: Public fury at euro crisis will fuel extremism A wave of “extremism and xenophobia” will sweep across Europe unless political leaders take urgent action to deal with the debt crisis, Nick Clegg has warned. Telegraph.co.uk , May […]
James Malm, Again, Still at Least 70% Wrong
“Orthodox” 16th Century Representation of the “Apocalypse” COGwriter James Malm, an “independent” who has a speculative and often partially inaccurate blog, has following in his latest post: Events and trends in the Middle East are now becoming much clearer and the following scenario is certainly possible. Events could happen in many different ways. This is […]
The Catholic Church and the Living Church of God on Confession
COGwriter The Bible does say to confess sins, but has the Church of Rome has taken this beyond the practices recorded in the Bible or any found in early Christian documents? What do the Bible and the Living Church of God teach? Let’s start by reading a passage from the Douay-Rheims Bible (a Catholic version, […]
WP: The Missing Issue in the US Presidential Election
(Above by Louis Crespo) COGwriter The Washington Post had an interesting headline: The missing issue in the presidential campaign By Dan Balz, Published: May 19… What is missing is any serious discussion of the one question that overrides all others: Can Washington govern? The symbol of the breakdown is the ongoing stalemate over the economy and […]
Jerusalem Day in Israel and Ominous Parallels from 1967
Jerusalem COGwriter Today, those in Israel celebrate ‘Jerusalem Day’: Israel celebrates 45th Jerusalem Day May 20 2012 at 02:42pm By Jonah Mandel Jerusalem – Israeli ministers held a special cabinet meeting at Ammunition Hill on Sunday to celebrate Jerusalem Day when the Jewish state captured the Arab eastern sector 45 years ago during the Six-Day […]
TW: ‘Despisers of What is Good’; NAACP Endorses Same Sex Marriage
COGwriter The following is from the latest TW News & Prophecy from the Living Church of God (LCG): Despisers of what is good! The day after North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, Barack Obama became the first U.S. President to publically endorse homosexual marriage (YahooNews.com, May 9, 2012). His comments stirred […]
USA and Australia Concerned About Chinese Military; Chinese Concerned about Australia-USA Military Co-operation
Devil = Secret + Person + Garden COGwriter The USA is concerned about China’s growing military, while China denies it is any type of threat, despite its actions: May 19, 2012 BEIJING (AP) – China on Saturday rejected an annual Pentagon report that said Beijing is aggressively modernizing its military forces. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong […]
Harold Camping’s Followers: A Prelude To Ron Weinland CGPFKG’s Followers?
Harold Egbert Camping COGwriter A year ago, there were billboards all over touting Harold Camping’s wrong date of May 21, 2011 for Jesus to return. I, of course, denounced that date as well as Harold Camping’s revised date of October 21, 2011. A reporter decided to follow-up with some of his followers as well as […]
UCG Announces Some Committee Changes
COGwriter The United Church of God (UCG) posted information on its latest series of Council of Elders’ meetings that show a some updates and changes: GCE Responsibilities Advisory Committee (RAC)—John Elliott Mr. Elliott, as the Council liaison with the GCE-RAC, introduced this new committee’s first report to the Council. Its responsibility is to analyze the […]