Panama Canal (Thomas Römer/OpenStreetMap data) COGwriter Recently, my family and I visited the Panama Canal. Here is some information about it: The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 48-mile (77 km) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and […]
Month: November 2016
DNA damage? Should Christians smoke?
(Photo by Geierunited) COGwriter Should Christians smoke? Does smoking show love to self or neighbor? Tobacco use is believed to kill about six million people each year. Smoking is dangerous and hurts the smoker and those around the smoker. Can or should smokers quit? Here is information about his own smoking and views on it […]
Is Donald Trump the ‘third Antichrist’ or not the final Antichrist at all?
Portrait of Nostradamus by his son Cesar COGwriter There have been several scattered reports that Donald Trump is supposedly the “third antichrist” that the French seer Nostradamus prophesied. Here is one such report: Nostradamus Prophecy: The Third Antichrist Another prophecy by Nostradamus stated that the third Antichrist could rise in 2016. This rise could actually result in the beginning […]
Pope Gelasius I claimed ‘vicar of Christ’ and the meaning of ‘anti-Christ’
COGwriter On November 21, Catholics of Rome honor their bishop and pontiff Gelasius I. The Catholic Encyclopedia says the following about him: Pope Gelasius I (died 19 November 496) was Pope from 1 March 492 to his death in 496… Despite all the efforts of the otherwise orthodox patriarch, Euphemius of Constantinople, and the threats […]
The ‘fruits’ of teaching a pre-tribulation rapture
The above photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reflect what pre-tribulation rapturists hope to miss COGwriter Is there a pre-tribulation rapture of the church? No, not according to scripture. Nor even sources such as Joseph Swank: Preaching a pre-tribulation rapture weakens the church Joseph Grant Swank, Jr., is a pastor at New Hope Church in Windham, […]
PCG’s and CGFF’s position on HWA as the ‘restrainer’ are in biblical error
17th Century Depiction of Michael and Satan COGwriter A while back, I watched the Key of David program by PCG’s Gerald Flurry. Here is some of what he taught: Satan cast down…It has happened…He had a war with God. Revelation 12:13: Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he […]
BibleNewsProphecy: Binge Drinking and the Bible
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 15:31 Binge Drinking and the Bible Binge drinking is engaged by many. It is popular on many college campuses. What is binge drinking? Can it have any harmful side effects? What seems to cause some […]
What type of hymns did early Christians sing?
The Hymnal of the Continuing Church of God Consists Mainly of Psalms and Biblical Passages Set to Music COGwriter Having attended both Roman Catholic and Protestant church services while growing up, one of the things I noticed that was different about the true Church of God was the type of hymns that were sung. While […]
‘Asia-Pacific Leaders Seek Obama’s Reassurance After Trump Win ‘
‘TPP’ nations highlighted COGwriter US President Obama is hoping to keep Asian nations under USA influence, but that now seems to be a bit more difficult: Asia-Pacific Leaders Seek Obama’s Reassurance After Trump Win November 19, 2016 LIMA, PERU —President Barack Obama is on the final leg of his final foreign trip, to Lima, Peru’s […]
Sermon: Revelation: Jesus’ Final Words
Jesus spoke to the Apostle John on the island called Patmos COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:22:50 Revelation: Jesus’ Final Words In this sermon, Dr. Thiel covers all the words that the New Testament records from Jesus that are in the books of Revelation, […]