COGwriter In something that should not come as a shock to most of us, a new study shows that students in other countries are passing those on the USA and UK and Australia: December 3, 2013 The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) ranks 65 countries. The UK was rated 26th for maths, 23rd for […]
Month: December 2013
Israel’s Netanyahu gives Pope Francis book on Inquistion. Is more persecution coming?
COGwriter Israel’s Prime Minister gave Pope Francis a book when they met on Monday: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given Pope Francis a book about the Inquisition in Spain that was written by his late father. Netanyahu presented a Spanish translation of the 1995 book, “The Origins of the Inquisition,” to Francis during their […]
Cartwright’s Journal Out: Church Structure, Prophets, Winter Weekends, and Kachinland
COGwriter The latest issue (#156, print date November 30, 2013) of The Journal was sent out electronically and just received. There were the usual letters to the editor and advertisements, various comments and complaints about a sex article and related matters, articles about church structure, an article about prophets, winter weekends, and Feast reports. Church […]
Various analysts say that Iran ‘won’ in the nuclear talks
Nagasaki Nuclear Bomb (1945) COGwriter Various analysts, including some generally favorable to the Obama Administration, have concluded that Iran was (or at least seems to be) the real winner in the interim nuclear deal that was reached last week: December 2, 2013 The six-month deal is a mixed bag. On the positive side it stems […]
India launches to Mars, China to the Moon, the USA nowhere lately
Indian Mangalyaan PSLV-C25 (http://pib.nic.in/newsite/photo.aspx?photoid=50447) COGwriter India launched a mission to Mars and China launched a probe to the moon: December 2, 2013 India’s first mission to Mars left Earth’s orbit early on Sunday, clearing a critical hurdle in its journey to the red planet and overtaking the efforts in space of rival Asian giant China. […]
Catholic saint, Bishop of Rome, and ‘Anti-Pope Hippolytus
An Originally Female Statue Transformed to Allegedly Represent Hippolytus (found in 1551) COGwriter December 2nd is one of the three “saints days” for Hippolytus (August 13th is the other date that Catholics of Rome set apart to honor Hippolytus and the Eastern Orthodox use January 30). He was a Bishop of Rome in the third […]
Three ‘end time’ predictions that will be proven false this month
COGwriter There are at least three ‘end time’ predictions that will be proven false this month. Here are three: The Great Tribulation will begin before the end of 2013. On or near December 16, 2013, the world will have a massive destructive flood or other events many believed would happen in December 2012 based upon […]
Canadian & Philadelphian Mummers Parades: Another tie to Saturnalia
Mummers Parade (Tyler McHenry) COGwriter Are you familiar with Mummers parades? Here is some information about them: Dec 1, 2013 – National Geographic lists Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade on New Year’s Day atop its list and writes: The costumed revelers of this unique New Year’s Day tradition have paraded the streets of Philadelphia since the 1800s and […]
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew responds to Rome
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Pvasiliadis) COGwriter Yesterday, Vatican Radio reported that Pope Francis reached out to Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see Pope Francis reaches out to Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew). Patriarch Bartholomew has responded: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I’s messages to Rome on the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, were clear: the 264th successor of […]
BibleNewsProphecy: Iran in Prophecy
T COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce our latest video on our Bible New Prophecy YouTube channel. 24:26 Iran In Prophecy The situation with Iran has been in the news a lot this week (e.g. Iran makes nuclear deal that Obama praises: Israel and Saudi Arabia are not pleased). An ‘interim’ […]