Church of God News

Month: August 2016

‘Temple Institute Announces School to Train Levitical Priests’

COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following today: Temple Institute Announces School to Train Levitical Priests Things seem to be really accelerating towards the fulfillment of Bible prophecy from the increase of wars, pestilences and false prophets these days. Now we are witnessing events coming together to bring about the fulfillment of […]

Situation heating up between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea

Ukraine with Crimea in Red COGwriter The situation between Ukraine and Russia over Crimea has gotten more tense as accusations fly and military steps are taken: August 11, 2016 President Vladimir Putin says he’ll beef up Russia’s military force in Crimea, after Russia’s security service claimed that it thwarted a would-be terrorist incursion from Ukraine […]

Christianity, the State of the Dead, and Heaven

COGwriter Certain scholars who have looked into the Bible and early church history have properly questioned the idea of Christians going to heaven: (RNS) The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven — a blissful realm of harp-strumming angels — has remained a fixture of the faith for centuries…But scholars on the right and left increasingly say […]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the items we received today: ‘Together 2016′ and Grace Communion International‘Juntos 2016’ y Gracia Comunión Internacionalhttp://www.cdlidd.es/junntos-2016-y-gracia-comunion-internacional/ AP: ‘Fear Factor: Americans scared of their presidential options’AP: ‘Factor temor: Americanos asustados de sus opciones presidenciales’http://www.cdlidd.es/ap-factor-temor-americanos-asustados-de-sus-opciones-presidenciales/ ‘Brexit anxiety […]

VOA: ‘New Hillary Clinton Emails Link State Department, Family Foundation’

Clinton Foundation logo COGwriter Voice of America (VOA) reports that there are email ties between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton when she was US Secretary of State: New Hillary Clinton Emails Link State Department, Family Foundation August 10, 2016 A new batch of U.S. State Department emails from Hillary Clinton’s earliest days as secretary […]

WND: ‘Holy war: Government tries to control church sermons’

The US Bill of Rights COGwriter In another sign of the times, government officials in the State of Iowa are reinterpreting ‘freedom of religion’ to mean that the State can prohibit the free exercise of faith. World News Daily (WND) reported the following: Holy war: Government tries to control church sermons’ August 9, 2016 An […]

Irish Puck Fair: Any tie to the Day of Atonement?

COGwriter August 10th marks the beginning of a three-day festival called the Irish Puck Fair. A reader sent me the following: August 10, 2016 The fair, which crowns a goat as king for three days before dethroning him, will run from August 10 to August 12. The fair is over 400 years old and is […]

More USA adults are admitting to regular marijuana use

Marijuana, Cannibis sativa COGwriter Marijuana use among USA adults seems to be rising: August 9, 2016 Thirteen percent of adults surveyed by Gallup last month said they currently smoke pot, up from 7 percent only three years earlier. While Gallup stops short of directly attributing the nearly 100 percent increase on any particular trend, the […]

Cartwright’s Journal Out: C. Wayne Cole

COGwriter The latest issue (says #186, print date June 31 2016) of The Journal was sent out electronically and just received. This was another relatively short edition. The most newsworthy item seemed to pertain to C. Wayne Cole. Here is some of what Dixon Cartwright reported related to him: BIG SANDY, Texas—Wayne Cole, known to […]