Muslims Demonstrating before Danish Embassy in London (2006) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:16:20 Terrorism, Christianity, and Islam Is more terrorism going to come? Is terrorism prophesied in the Bible? Does the Qur’an encourage terrorism? What about the Islamic hadiths as recorded by Bukhari? […]
Month: December 2015
J. Tkach’s ‘Holy Night’ was holy to Mithra
TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH COGwriter This afternoon, I received an email from GCI (Grace Communion International, essentially the group that originally ran the new Worldwide Church of God) today with a link to a letter and a video message from its J. Tkach. His message states: On Christmas Eve 1906, a former Edison engineer named Reginald […]
Pope Francis approves ‘Mother Theresa’s’ canonization, but that does not make her a saint
‘Mother Theresa’ (1986 Túrelio) COGwriter Pope Francis decided to approve the canonization as a Catholic saint for the one called ‘Mother Theresa’: December 18, 2015 The Vatican says Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has recognized a second miracle attributed to the late Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her elevation to sainthood. […]
Congress approves additional increases in debt; Rush Limbaugh calls for the Republican party to be disbanded
Senate Chamber COGwriter The Congress of the USA seems determined to continue to increase the debt of the USA: December 18, 2015 Washington — Congress is about to add hundreds of billions of dollars to the national budget deficit, yet the “deficit hawks” on Capitol Hill are largely silent. “Maybe they should be on the […]
What do Catholic and other scholars teach about Christmas?
‘Christmas Wreath’ in UK (Richard Croft) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to make available this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:07:40 What do Catholic and other scholars teach about Christmas? Was December 25th observed by early Christians? Since that date does not come from the Bible, where did it come from? Whose […]
US Federal government admits Syrian refugee terrorist threat, but dismisses it
Syrian refugee camp on the Turkish border COGwriter US government officials admit there is a terrorist threat from Syrian refugees, but dismiss it as not important enough: December 17, 2015 The Obama administration admitted this week that Islamic terrorists may infiltrate its Syrian refugee program – and then promptly told Americans their concerns were overblown. […]
Vladimir Putin praises Donald Trump and blasts Turkey
Donald Trump (photo by Michael Vadon) and Vladimir Putin COGwriter Russia’s President Vladimir Putin spoke about Donald Trump and Turkey: December 17, 2015 MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ranged from conflict zones to U.S. politics Thursday in a news conference that tried to close gaps with Washington over Syria, noted that Moscow remained engaged […]
Was our Savior born in a different Bethlehem?
COGwriter An archeologist has claimed that there is evidence that Jesus was born in a different Bethlehem than the one many believe He was born in. The Bible says the place of Jesus Christ’s birth was the town of Bethlehem of Judea, but one archaeologist says the Christian savior was more likely born in a […]
Federal Reserve votes to raise interest rates; M&M discounts idea of hyperinflation, plus claims Europe to be torn to pieces by 2020
COGwriter The US Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates for the first time in years: December 16, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Wednesday, signaling faith that the U.S. economy had largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The U.S. central bank’s […]
Republican Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jingping want control over the internet
Donald Trump (photo by Michael Vadon) and Xi Jinping COGwriter The Washington Post and BBC see similarities in Donald Trump’s and Xi Jingping’s approaches to internet control: December 16, 2015 Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may have more in common than they think. During the fifth Republican presidential debate, Trump said the United […]