Shroud of Turin, poster from 1898 COGwriter The Shroud of Turin is claimed to be the burial cloth of Jesus. But is it? If not, why not? Here are a few comments on the Shroud of Turin from the Answers.com article titled Is the Shroud of Turin true or fraud?: There is no record of […]
Month: May 2014
Egypt extends voting another day to hope to get a bigger turnout, but . . .
Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi COGwriter Egypt extended its voting into today with the hope that more people would actually vote: May 28, 2014 Polls in Egypt’s presidential election are open for an extra day Wednesday, as the government tries to boost voter turnout in the contest widely expected to bring former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to […]
Israel’s Jerusalem Day
Jerusalem COGwriter Today, those in Israel celebrate ‘Jerusalem Day’: Jerusalem Day (Hebrew: יום ירושלים, Yom Yerushalayim) is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June 1967. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to thank God for […]
Modern Scholars: The Christian Church was Binitarian
COGwriter As regular readers of this page are aware, the early church was neither trinitarian nor unitarian. The early church was binitarian. That is, early Christians considered that the Father and the Son were God and that the Holy Spirit was the power of God. And while some dispute this, historically it is a fact. […]
It’s been a year and evolutionist prediction still has not come to pass
COGwriter Notice the following about evolution that was posted a year ago: NEW YORK — Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself. Sometime in the next 15 to 30 years, the Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist expects scientific discoveries will have accelerated to the point that […]
‘Euroskeptics’ make gains, Ukraine leaning West, and European fragile unity for the ‘Beast of the Sea’ will come to pass
European Parliament, Strasbourg, France COGwriter Various European Union elections tended to be a bit of anti-European Union message: 27 May 2014 (Reuters) – The euro struggled to gain any momentum early in Asia on Tuesday after drifting off a three-month low against the dollar with public holidays in the United States and Britain all but […]
Hillary Clinton Proud of Her Accomplishments: Is Hillary Clinton ‘the Antichrist’? Could Hillary Clinton be ‘Apocalyptic’?
Hillary Rodham Clinton (Kai Moerk 2012) COGwriter Hillary Clinton’s upcoming book is making the news: May 27, 2014 Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in new excerpts from her upcoming book that she wishes she could go back and reconsider some of her past decisions but she is “proud of what we accomplished” during her time as […]
CG7 Confused About Aspects of John Calvin
John Calvin, 16th Century Portrait COGwriter John Calvin died on May 27, 1564. He was an influential French pastor during the Reformation and his views still affect Protestants until this day. His followers are known for something called the TULIP theory of salvation. It is a theory with many flaws. In an edition of its […]
Pope Francis conducts Catholic mass in building on Mt. Zion
Original Bricks Transported from Last Jewish Temple Compose part of the Side of the Wall COGwriter As expected Pope Francis held Catholic mass today in the building connected to the original wall of the Church of God on Jerusalem’s Western Hill today and hinted that his church began here. Here are two news items, […]
After the election, the UK a step closer to leaving the EU?
Nigel Farage COGwriter There were some anti-EU results in many of the elections this weekend with the strongest result probably in the United Kingdom: May 26, 2014 LONDON—The euroskeptic U.K. Independence Party was on course for victory in European Parliament elections after millions of voters snubbed Prime Minister David Cameron‘s coalition government one year before […]