Artist Depiction of 666 COGwriter The following was of interest: Because she has a religious objection to Northside Independent School District’s new student tracking system, Andrea Hernandez and her father testified in federal court Monday, she should not be transferred to another school for refusing to carry a student I.D. badge. Hernandez, 15, a sophomore […]
Month: December 2012
New Agers and others gathering at Mayan sites
Maya Palenque Ruins COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: December 21 marks the end of an age in a 5,125 year-old Maya calendar, an event that is variously interpreted as the end of days, the start of a new era or just a good excuse for a party. Thousands of New Age mystics, spiritual […]
Leaders issue warnings about Damascus, Israel, and Egypt
Damascus, Capital of Syria COGwriter A German leader is warning that Egypt is becoming an Islamic dictatorship: 17 December 2012 Berlin warns Egypt is sliding to dictatorship German Development Minister Dirk Niebel expressed concern on Monday that Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi was leading the country toward dictatorship. Morsi, backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, is currently […]
When will the suffering really end?
Clackamas Town Center, Happy Valley, Oregon COGwriter Because of the two mass shootings in the U.S.A. last week (the first shooting being in “Happy Valley” at the Clackamas mall in Happy Valley, Oregon and the second at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut), U.S. President Barack Obama called for the end to these type […]
Iranian military leader warns of ‘world war’
Hiroshima After the Atomic Bomb Was Detonated COGwriter NATO moves have prompted an Iranian military leader to warn about a possible world war: December 16, 2012 Following news about NATO sending several batteries of surface-to-air Patriot missile systems to Turkey, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi warned the move […]
Facts, misinformation, and realities about the Mayan 12/21/12 calendar date
Last Page of the Dresden Codex (also known as the Codex Dresdensis) COGwriter The Fairbanks Daily News posted an article titled Experts say misconceptions fuel ‘Mayan apocalypse’ (dated December 16, 2012). And without going into all the details in that article, that title line certainly is true. According to a minority of people, the world […]
Jonathan McNair: Patience, Mercy, Longsuffering, and Forgiveness
COGwriter In his latest commentary, LCG’s Jonathan McNair had the following: “Patience… mercy… longsuffering… forgiveness” These are hard words. They’re easy to say, and easy to ask for, but much harder to give – at least sometimes. I’m convinced that, much of the time, I’m just about the most easy-going person in the world. At […]
Increasing Immorality in New Zealand
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter The latest TW News & Prophecy from the Living Church of God has the following: Approving Immorality in Auckland As New Zealand’s Parliament presses ahead to legalize same-sex marriage, the nation’s slide into immorality is also gaining momentum. Recently, four independent commissioners cleared the way for the construction […]
One week, three shootings; Obama’s call to action and ICG comments
Clackamas Town Center, Happy Valley, Oregon COGwriter The USA has had at least three shootings this week, two of which were mass shootings (the first mass shooting being in “Happy Valley” at the Clackamas mall, the second at an elementary school in Connecticut, and there was a non-mass shooting, but “only” a murder-suicide last night […]
Israeli comments on the Sabbath
COGwriter The weekly Sabbath is from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday. Here is a news item out of Israel this week about it: Why the Focused Rest of Shabbat is Important Home is no longer a refuge from work and the time in our private lives has decreased. The reason for this failure of technology […]