COGwriter The European Commission made proposals moving towards a European army: 30 November 2016 The prospect of Brexit and Trump has spurred the EU into action on the military front … The Commission proposal comes amid wider plans to create an EU “defence union” in response to Brexit and to the election of Donald Trump, […]
Month: November 2016
‘First the War on Cash, then the War on Gold’
COGwriter Jim Rickards wrote the following: ‘First the War on Cash, then the War on Gold’ The war on cash is old news, but it is escalating rapidly… India’s decision to make 1,000- and 500-rupee notes worthless is having devastating ripple effects in the Indian economy and the market for gold. The consequences of the […]
Grand Junction Church of God on prophets
“Elijah in the wilderness“ COGwriter Someone from the Christian Church of God of Grand Junction, Colorado sent me a paper that included the following: A Prophet is an inspired preacher, with particular insight into subjects related to current events and bible prophesy. A true prophet would inject into the prophecy stream a correlation between practical […]
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 latest items we received: Norman Edwards on ‘Protestant Samaritans’Norman Edwards sobre ‘Samaritanos Protestantes’http://www.cdlidd.es/norman-edwards-sobre-samaritanos-protestantes/ What is the Fate of Christians in Europe and Elsewhere?¿Cuál es el destino de los cristianos en Europa y en otras […]
Biblical prophetic understandings proposed as ‘fake news’?
COGwriter Could reporting biblical prophetic understandings of world events be considered to be ‘fake news’? Notice the following by Justin Raimondo, commenting about the Washington Post (called WaPo below): November 28, 2016 No one outside of a few obsessed cranks would’ve noticed it if the WaPo hadn’t given it front page prominence last week: a formerly […]
Donald Trump on Castro and Cuba–Latin America concerned
Donald Trump and Fidel Castro COGwriter Donald Trump made some comments about Cuba and Fidel Castro: November 29, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump marked the first day of official mourning for Fidel Castro with a tweeted threat: If Cuba wasn’t willing to make “a better deal” for Cubans and Americans, he’d reverse nascent US-Cuba ties. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/trump-cuba-cold-front/index.html […]
‘Ambassador Watch’ hangs it up, again!
Gavin Rumney, the webmaster at the Ambassador Watch site (an anti-Church of God website), has once again decided to quit his site: Tuesday, 29 November 2016 A Farewell to Arms This is likely, highly likely, to be the final Ambassador Watch or Otagosh posting. Those who know me as more than a cantankerous blogger also […]
Second law of success: education/preparation
COGwriter In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, the late Herbert W. Armstrong wrote the following related to the second law of success: The Vital Second Law And so, if you are to arrive at SUCCESS in LIFE, you must first set the right goal, and then comes the PREPARATION to achieve that goal. […]
Krampus: Paganism and drunkenness
Krampus Movie Poster COGwriter Many probably have never heard of Krampus. But there have been a few movies focused on this creature. Here is some of what National Geographic reported: Who Is Krampus? Explaining the Horrific Christmas Devil Krampus, whose name is derived from the German word krampen, meaning claw, is said to be the […]
Donald Trump and the ‘Next Black Swans’?
Black Swan (Calvin Teo) COGwriter Martin Weiss of Money and Markets made a video titled the Next Black Swans. Here are excerpts from a transcripted article: The REAL meaning of Trump November 28, 2016 Black Swans that appear out of dark clouds … swoop down unexpectedly … and land in unexpected places …Like the Black […]