Coat of arms of the European Union Military Committee (Ssolbergj) COGwriter European leaders, including in Germany, are calling for a European army: Europe may soon produce its own Trump 25 November 2016 WORLD attention is focused on the tantrums of Donald Trump, the American President-elect. … Out-going President Barack Obama has tried to assure Europe […]
Month: November 2016
Any similarities between ancient Assyrian gods and Germany and Islam?
Assyrian Relief from Nineveh, 645-635 B.C. COGwriter A while back, World News Daily reported the following: …Babylonian artifacts. Ancient tablets describe “Alla” as a deity of “violence and revolution.”… The…find…links the name to the Epic of Atrahasis, chiseled on tablets sometime around 1700 B.C. in Babylon…“The beginning of the Epic of Atrahasis describes Allah as […]
HWA Law of Success #3: Good Health
COGwriter In his booklet, The Seven Laws of Success, the late Herbert W. Armstrong wrote the following related to the third law of success: The Basic Third Law The all-important law coming next in time order is GOOD HEALTH. We are physical beings. The mind and the body form the most wonderful physical mechanism we […]
God deserves your thanks, American tackle football does not
COGwriter Today is the national holiday in the USA called Thanksgiving. And despite certain claims, its specific origins are not pagan. But, of course, no Christian needs to celebrate national holidays like it. And the Bible does condemn gluttony. Yet, whether on this day or others, the Bible teaches that people should give thanks: 4 […]
Did the early church hold to Continuing Church of God doctrines or those of the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, & Protestants?
COGwriter Nine years ago, Christianity Today was promoting an article that stated: We are now in a period when it is not enough to know only about the Bible. The apologetics of the past is no longer adequate. Today’s questions involve not only how the Bible came to be, but even if there was originally […]
‘Iran Threatens Retaliation if US Renews Sanctions’
COGwriter Iran is not pleased with some of what US government officials seem to have in mind: Iran Threatens Retaliation if US Renews Sanctions November 23, 2016 WASHINGTON —The leader of Iran has threatened retaliation if 20-year-old sanctions against the Islamic Republic are renewed for another ten years. The warning comes just days after the […]
Scholar’s view on prophets for the 21st century
“Elijah in the wilderness“ COGwriter A reader emailed me the following from an assistant professor of biblical studies: Examining the church’s prophetic role People have mixed feelings about prophets. Some associate prophets with fanaticism, others view them as revolutionaries, preachers of a new world order. Others still might consider them experts on matters of the […]
Claims about Clement of Rome
View in Vatican City (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter November 23rd is the day Catholics have declared as the day for “Saint Clement I.” There is an individual named Clement in the Bible. He is mentioned one time. Here is the only passage that mentions him: I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be […]
‘How President Trump Could Actually Reduce Danger Of War In Europe For The U.S.’ ‘Make Europe great again’
COGwriter Forbes reported the following: How President Trump Could Actually Reduce Danger Of War In Europe For The U.S. Although Trump has assured President Obama and European leaders that he will not simply abandon NATO, it is clear change is coming — and with good reason. Under President Obama, regional security has deteriorated to a […]
EU symbols and the ‘daughter of Babylon’
Logo of the European Parliament COGwriter The Bible warns about end-time Babylon: 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the […]