Rand Paul, Official Senate Photo COGwriter US Senator Rand Paul has announced his candidacy for the office of US President: April 7, 2015 WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul officially joined the 2016 presidential race today, hoping to remake the Republican Party with a mix of libertarian and conservative ideals that can attract minorities and […]
Month: April 2015
Overcoming sin
COGwriter Christians need to overcome the world and its sinful ways. Christians realize that Jesus died for our sins. The Bible makes this clear: 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3, NKJV throughout unless otherwise […]
More are wondering if a particular red heifer is prophetic
Red Angus Heifer COGwriter Two different readers send links related to a red heifer in the USA: A Passover Sign form God? April 5, 2015 A possible parah adumah, a full red heifer, is attracting attention across the Jewish world as the cow, located on a small farm outside of Lakewood, NJ, is getting set […]
Former Treasury Secretary: USA Lost its Global Economic Leadership Last Month
Lawrence Summers COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: Time US leadership woke up to new economic era April 5, 2015 This past month may be remembered as the moment the United States lost its role as the underwriter of the global economic system. True, there have been any number of periods […]
Saudi Arabia wants military support from Pakistan: a prelude for the King of the South?
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz logo COGwriter The political party in control of Pakistan is the Pakistan Muslim League. Its leaders have been asked to support military actions of Saudi Arabia: April 6, 2015 Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammas Asif said Monday that Saudi Arabia has asked that his military provide ground troops, planes and warships […]
Limbo? What happens when babies die?
Anne Catherine Emmerich COGwriter What is Limbo? Do you know what happens to babies who die? Growing up as a Roman Catholic, I was taught about Limbo. I was also told that certain Catholics (such as Anne Catherine Emmerich) had even been given visions of it. Basically, the belief was that babies who die without […]
German report on the Fourth Reich
COGwriter Is a ‘fourth reich’ in the process of forming? Some in Germany and elsewhere seem to think so. A reader sent a link to the following from the German publication Der Spiegel: ‘The Fourth Reich’: What Some Europeans See When They Look at Germany People have even begun talking about the “Fourth Reich,” a reference […]
Easter = Ishtar? Is Easter NOT pagan?
Clothed Ishtar, early 2nd millennium BC (Marie-Lan Nguyen) COGwriter Today, many whose religion has ties to Roman Catholicism, including most Protestant faiths, are celebrating ‘Easter.’ 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, […]
Sermonette: The Laws of Traffic Were Not Nailed to the Stop Sign
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 12:19 Traffic Laws Done Away? Steve Dupuie asks if the ‘laws of traffic were nailed to the stop sign’ as he examines certain arguments some raise about the law of God. What actually was ‘nailed to the cross’? Why […]
Were there prehistoric humans before Adam?
Australopithecus sediba (Brett Eloff) COGwriter Did God make ‘prehistoric’ humans prior to Adam? Many have wondered about this as various scientists and others have made claims. But notice a couple of observations: Modern humans (Homo sapiens or Homo sapiens sapiens) are the only extant members of the hominin clade, a branch of great apes characterized […]