Barack Obama Speaking at United Nations COGwriter US President Barack Obama spoke about uniting against the Islamic State at the United Nations today: September 24, 2014 President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on the world “to join him in an effort to degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in New York, he […]
Month: September 2014
Palestinians say Israel occupies their lands, Jordanian Muslim says Koran teaches the lands belong to Israel
COGwriter The Palestinians are making another bid for recognition of their proposed nation: September 24, 2014 RAMALLAH, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Palestinian leaders are making moves to escalate their diplomatic offensive against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank…Abbas presented the Obama administration a revamped political plan for ending Israel’s occupation and establishing a Palestinian state, […]
Feast of Trumpets to Begin
An animal horn trumpet. COGwriter The Feast of Trumpets begins after the setting of the sun of September 24th, 2014 and ends sunset September 25th. Notice what the Old Testament said would happen with this first day of the seventh month (often called Tishri): 23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to […]
Use of the Dalmatic?
Roman Catholic deacon wearing a Dalmatic (Eric Stoltz) COGwriter The pro-Vatican news agency Zenit reported the following today from priest Edward McNamara, who is a professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university: September 23, 2014 The proper vestment for a deacon at Mass is an alb (with an amice if required), […]
California wildfire has destroyed area larger than Las Vegas
COGwriter California has a large fire problem: September 23, 2014 A huge California wildfire that is larger than the entire city of Las Vegas is still growing, and authorities are warning that upcoming weather could lead to additional problems. Thousands of firefighters are combating multiple blazes in the state. Most of them are fighting the King […]
USA bombs Islamic State in Syria
USA Launch of BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile COGwriter The USA and part of the coalition that the Obama Administration has helped put together launched attacks against the Islamic State in Syria: September 23, 2014 U.S. forces and Arab allies hit dozens of targets in Syria early Tuesday, pounding Islamic State militant sites with war planes, […]
Catholic scholars admit Linus was not a Pope
COGwriter September 23rd is the day recognized by the Catholics of Rome to honor Linus of Rome. Typically he is shown second on the list of bishops that purport to show the Roman Catholic pontiffs. For information about him in the Spanish language, check out Linus no fue obispo de Roma. There is an individual […]
Political leader plans comeback for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in December?
COGwriter It is reported that Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is being urged to make a political comeback this December (the following was machine-translated, with the original German below): The CSU party chief Horst Seehofer apparently wants to bring back the retired Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg back into politics. The comeback is probably scheduled for mid-December, […]
Islamic State tells followers to kill any French, USA, Canadian, Australian, etc. ‘disbelievers’ anywhere they find them
Islamic State in Red, Other Territories it Claims it has in Beige, Yellow is Rest of Iraq and Syria (NordNordWest, Spesh531) COGwriter The Islamic State is lashing out against the coalition that the Obama Administration has helped put together to fight it: IS Urges Attacks on Citizens of Coalition Members September 22, 2014 The Islamic […]
Blessing of little children or infant baptism? What does the Bible actually teach?
COGwriter Traditionally, the Church of God has a ceremony called the “blessing of little children” for infants and young children. Greco-Roman faiths such as Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxism, and Lutheranism instead teach infant baptism. (Here is a link to this information in the Spanish language Bautismo de infantes o bendición de los niños pequeños.) Which […]