Church of God News

Month: January 2014

EMP risk from Iran and others still exists; Iran claims West surrendered before it

COGwriter Iran and its nuclear program have been in the news.  But few seem to realize that Iran considers that the West surrendered to it related to that and that Iran has other weaponry: January 17, 2014 LONDON — A temporary deal agreed to in November between world powers and Iran regarding its nuclear program […]

Catholic and Islamic Writers on Valentine’s Day

COGwriter February 14th is often celebrated as Valentine’s Day. Should you celebrate it? Christians who may be tempted to compromise need to ask themselves about the origins of Valentine’s Day. Notice what the Roman Catholics teach, The roots of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on Feb. […]

Peter Nathan on Thyatira and Sardis, but what about Laodicea?

Laodicea has many ineffective structures COGwriter Peter Nathan, until recently part of COGaIC, wrote the following which is posted at the thefatherscall.org website: The Lesson from Sardis by Peter Nathan The church that was asleep! One of my greatest concerns for the church has been that we are asleep. In the late 1980’s and early […]

Drought disaster declared in 11 Western states; any relationship to homosexual agenda?

COGwriter Droughts have led to 11 US states being declared disaster areas: 16 January 2014 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal officials have designated portions of 11 western and central states as primary natural disaster areas because of a drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement Wednesday includes counties in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, Texas, […]

Chinese demonstrate hypersonic missile technology–USA watching, but…

Chinese C-802 Missile (MilborneOne) COGwriter China has demonstrated it is developing hypersonic missile technology that would allow it to defeat certain missile defense systems: January 16, 2014 China has conducted an experimental flight of a hypersonic missile delivery vehicle designed to travel several times faster than the speed of sound. Beijing’s Defense Ministry did not […]

Herbert W. Armstrong died 28 years ago

COGwriter Hebert W. Armstrong died on January 16, 1986, at age 93 1/2. Many never heard of him, but multiple millions did. His death seemed to mark the end of the predominance of the Philadelphia era of the Church of God and the predominance of the Laodicean era instead and many Laodicean groups formed since […]

Judge rules Oklahoma ban on homosexual marriage is unconstitutional

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah COGwriter In another attempt by a federal court to push the homosexual agenda, a judge has ruled that Oklahoma’s ban on homosexual marriage is unconstitutional: January 15, 2014 (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an Oklahoma law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples violates the U.S. Constitution, giving […]

Habakkuk wrote many warnings that the Anglo-descended peoples need to understand today

Statue Intended to be Habakkuk by Donatello (15th century) COGwriter Habakkuk was a Hebrew prophet.  Some observe a memorial to him on January 15th. The Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906 reports this about him: HABAKKUK (; LXX. Ἀμβακούμ; Vulgate, “Habacuc”): Prophet; author of the eighth in the collection of the twelve minor prophetical books. The etymology […]