Ansar al-Sharia Logo COGwriter The Libyan portion of the group called Ansar al-Sharia declared Benghazi an ‘Islamic emirate,’ while fighting continues there: August 2, 2014 Tripoli, Libya – Libya’s newly elected parliament is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the dwindling security situation threatening to tear the country apart. The House of Representatives (HoR), elected in […]
Month: August 2014
Sermon: Luke 14-16: The Lost Sheep, the Prodigal Son, the Rich Man and Lazarus
10th Century Representation of Gospel Writer Luke COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce its latest sermon which is at its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:15:48 Luke 14-16: The Lost Sheep, the Prodigal Son, the Rich Man and Lazarus This is the sixth of a multi-part sermon series by Dr. Thiel covering the Gospel […]
Former Catholic on reaching Catholics
The ‘Mary’ in the Basilica of Mary Major That Pope Francis Prays Before (Photo by Joyce Thiel, June 2013) COGwriter Received a newsletter today from a former Catholic turned Protestant, named Mike Gendron, who wrote about reaching Catholics: Many of the 70 million Catholics in America were born into their religion and have never examined […]
Russia requiring popular bloggers to register: A famine of the word is coming
Ukrainian poster (Борис У.) COGwriter Notice the following: August 1, 2014 A new law has gone into effect in Russia that requires bloggers with more than 3,000 daily visitors to register with the government — a development critics say will place undue pressure on independent web authors. The law that took effect on Friday requires such […]
CCOG: Increasing reach for Spanish articles and literature
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Our first two booklets have now been printed in Spanish. Thus, we now have both printed and online versions of the English language booklet Continuing History of the Church of God and the Spanish version of the booklet: Continuación de […]
Kurds request US military weapons to fight ‘Islamic State’
Peshmerga Troops on a T-55 Tank (Boris Niehaus) COGwriter The situation in Iraq remains tense and the Kurds have requested US arms to better fight ISIS, now calling itself the Islamic State: August 1, 2014 The semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq is pressing the Obama administration for sophisticated weapons it says Kurdish fighters need […]
Jesus, the Son of God and Savior
COGwriter The Bible refers to Jesus by various names and titles. And although the first chronological references written about Him are in the Hebrew scriptures, the ones that seem to most discuss Him prior to that are in the New Testament. In response to a statement about His age made by some of the Jews: […]