COGwriter A reader sent me the following: The large-scale military exercise — dubbed “Mission Action 2013” — involving 40,000 soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in October was personally approved by Chinese president Xi Jinping to prepare his troops in the event of war, according to a strongly-worded commentary published Saturday on the website […]
Month: December 2013
Volcano erupting in Indonesia after one did so in El Salvador
COGwriter Many thousands have been affected by volcanic eruptions in the past couple of days: December 31, 2013 (USA) January 1, 2014 (Indonesia) 19,000 flee erupting Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia More than 19,000 people have been displaced by a volcano in Indonesia that has been erupting for months and shot lava into the air […]
Applebaum claims NSA can even spy through your computer when it is offline
Ukrainian poster (Борис У.) COGwriter Is “Big Brother” watching you? Well security expert Jacob Applebaum claims that the United States NSA is watching in at least 13 ways, including several that people would not normally think of as possible: LONDON – A well-known privacy advocate has given the public an unusually explicit peek into the […]
Historic Catholic condemnations of New Years
COGwriter Tonight, many around the world, including many who profess Christ will be celebrating New Year’s which occurs on the Roman calendar January 1st. Did you know that not only was this day not observed by early true Christians, even Roman Catholic supporting writers condemned the celebration associated with it? Notice what Tertullian wrote in […]
Can the Great Tribulation begin in 2014?
Beast Portrayal COGwriter Can the Great Tribulation begin in 2014? Do any believe that it will or might? Some seem to think so. Protestant John Hagee has indicated because of the presence of ‘blood moons’ in 2014 that it might (see Blood Moons and Prophecy). Even at least one with COG ties, who has been […]
Seventh-day Adventists moving towards ordaining more women ministers
James and Ellen White COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: (RNS) First, three U.S. regional groups of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted in 2012 for women to be ordained. Then, the church’s Southeastern California Conference elected its first female president, a historic move for the global church. Now, four of the […]
Saudi Arabia is taking military steps
Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon (Gordon Zammit) COGwriter Saudi Arabia is concerned about Iran and Shi’ite influence. Enough so, that it keeps taking military steps and precautions: December 30, 2013… . Saudi Arabia feels encircled by the Iranian supported Houthi rebellion in Yemen, a Shiite insurrection in Bahrain, the Shiite-led Iraqi regime of Nouri al-Maliki, […]
Shake-ups at COGaIC and the bigger vision
COGwriterhave Over the past couple of weeks, I received some questions and emails about shake-ups happening at the group called Church of God, an International Community (COGaIC). For those unfamiliar with it, COGaIC was founded in 1998 by one-time WCG evangelist David Hulme once he failed to be re-elected as president of the United Church […]
Do red ‘blood moons’ predict Jesus’ return in 2014 or 2015
COGwriter Some have been promoting the idea that the occurrence of ‘blood moons’ in 2014 and 2015 could be a sign that Jesus will return one of those two years. I actually reported about this a number of years ago. In October of 2013, evangelical Protestant John Hagee further promoted the idea that blood moons […]
Feast of the ‘Holy Family’ another ‘trinity’? Will the “Western lung” unite with its Eastern counterpart?
COGwriter Today is observed by the Church of Rome as the “Feast of the Holy Family.” Pope Francis spoke about it today, as did a reporter named Tom Perna: December 29, 2013 In his Angelus address given on the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis prayed especially for the approaching Synod of Bishops which […]