Clothed Ishtar, early 2nd millennium BC (Marie-Lan Nguyen) COGwriter Where did the name Easter come from? Easter itself is not a Christian term but comes from paganism: The English term, according to the Ven. Bede (De temporum ratione, I, v), relates to Estre, a Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring, which […]
Month: April 2014
Persecution is coming to the Church of God
Artist depiction of Catholic saint Dominic presiding over burning two at the stake COGwriter Is persecution for Christians over? Well, obviously not. In addition to persecution for those who profess Christ in various Islamic lands, losing religious rights and freedoms in certain Western lands, and the promotion of immoral behavior by nations around the world, […]
CCOG Letter and Nairobi Conference
Evans Ochieng COGwriter The Continuing Church of God just finished a conference in Kenya. Here is information on it and our weekly Letter to the Brethren. Jesus taught: 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, […]
Synthetic biology: a form of GMOs called ‘natural’
Non-GMO and GMO-Breeding for Plants COGwriter In addition to threats posed by the increasing amounts of genetically modified organism (GMO) crops, there is another threat, known as synthetic biology: New Form of GMO Sneaking Into Food Supply This Year A Switzerland based company called Evolva has developed a synthetic vanilla that is set to be released in 2014. The […]
Palm Sunday or Passover–Which is for you?
Jerusalem COGwriter April 13, 2014 is considered to be ‘Palm Sunday’ by the Church of Rome. After sunset on April 13, 2014, those who are able in the Continuing Church of God will be observing Passover. The Bible and the records of early church history are clear–early Christians observed Passover on the 14th of the […]
PCG on Daniel, yet Gerald Flurry is in error on two important ‘King of the South’ matters
Gerald Flurry COGwriter Recently, the improperly named Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) re-posted an old article at their thetrumpet.com website titled Understanding Daniel the Prophet which stated the following: Chapters 10 through 12 of Daniel’s book give us one of the most extensive prophecies in the Bible. These chapters are the record of a vision […]
Syrian fighters and prophetic views
Damascus, Capital of Syria COGwriter A reader sent the following news item: Apocalyptic prophecies drive both sides to Syrian battle for end of time Reuters – April 1, 2014 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Conflict in Syria kills hundreds of thousands of people and spreads unrest across the Middle East. Iranian forces battle anti-Shi’ite fighters in Damascus, […]
Debt will prove to be a disaster
COGwriter The USA continues on despite its dependency upon debt. For now, because other economies are looking weak, nations and investors have continued to support the USA and its dollar. But this is not because the USA looks so good, but that others, for now, look worse. Yet, this will change when Europe emerges (and […]
Which Holy Days did early Christians keep?
COGwriter This time of year, those faithful in the Churches of God have been following Paul’s admonition to examine themselves prior to the start of the Spring Holy Days (1 Corinthians 11:27-32). While most people realize that Jesus observed what many consider to be “Jewish” Holy Days, most have apparently not realized that the observance […]
Blood moon to come this month–is this prophetically significant?
COGwriter In a December 2012 YouTube video titled Coming Four Blood Moons, part 1, by John C. Hagee (founder and Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas) he showed expected ‘blood moons’ for Passover and Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles) to occur on them both each in 2014 and 2015. After quoting Joel 2:30-31 and […]