Barack Obama and David Cameron COGwriter The President of the United States and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have been meeting: January 16, 2015 U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron are holding a second day of talks Friday in Washington. White House officials say Obama and Cameron will discuss a […]
Month: January 2015
Belgium and France detain suspected terrorists
Scene from Belgium (Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Belgium continued its raids to deal with suspected terrorist as it and France arrest and detain more suspects: January 16, 2015 Belgian police have arrested 13 people in a dozen raids across the country, saying the suspects are believed to have been members of an Islamic group planning attacks […]
Herbert Armstrong died 29 years ago today
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 […]
Pope Francis pushing for limits of speech and seemingly justifies violence
Pope Francis (Korea.net) COGwriter Pope Francis made some disturbing comments today: January 15, 2015 On Thursday, Pope Francis condemned any killing in God’s name, defended freedom of expression, but insisted that other people’s religion could not be insulted or mocked. The pope, speaking to reporters as he flew from Sri Lanka to the Philippines, made […]
VOA: Astrology failed in Sri Lanka
Astrological Signs COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: Sri Lankan Election Upset Brings New Scrutiny to Astrological Forecasts NEW DELHI— In Sri Lanka, it was not just the country’s powerful president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who suffered a debacle when he was unexpectedly trounced in last week’s elections. His astrologer, who had confidently forecast a certain […]
Hababbuk: Do you understand what he was warning about?
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 […]
Noticias de Profecía de la Biblia: ¿Comenzará la Gran Tribulación en 2015?
The Spanish January-March 2015 edition of the Bible News Prophecy magazine is now available in the Spanish language (here is a link to the English language version). Marque aquí para ver el pdf revista: Noticias de Profecía de la Biblia: ¿Comenzará la Gran Tribulación en 2015? En Este Número: 3 ¿Comenzará la Gran Tribulación en […]
Pope Francis tells those in Sri Lanka to turn to ‘Mary’
‘Our Lady of the Rosary’ Shrine in Madhu (lakpuratravels) COGwriter Pope Francis visited a Marian shrine in Sri Lanka: January 14, 2015 “Mary never forgot her children on this resplendent island.” These were the words of the Holy Father during his visit to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Madhu. The […]
Al-Qaeda claims responsibilty for Paris attack; French upset with Israel and USA
Front cover of January 14, 2015 edition of Charlie Hebdo COGwriter The Yemeni branch of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility for last week’s murders in France: January 14, 2015 Yemen’s al-Qaida branch officially claimed responsibility for last week’s attack on the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying it was an […]
Catholic and Islamic authors 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. […]