Medjugorje Icon at Podbrdo, place of apparition (Beemwej) COGWriter It has been over three years since Vatican Radio announced that a special commission had completed its report on Medjugorje: January 18, 2014 Commission to submit study on Medjugorje (Vatican Radio) The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, confirmed on Saturday that […]
Month: February 2017
India sets satellite launch record!
CartoSat2 Auto10 (ISRO) COGwriter India set a record today: February 15, 2017 WASHINGTON/LONDON: India has emerged as a “key player” in a growing global commercial market for space-based surveillance and communication, world media commented on Wednesday after the country scripted history by successfully launching 104 satellites+ using a single rocket. Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle […]
Germany has brought back its gold and EU approves CETA
COGwriter Germany has been getting its gold back–and faster than originally planned: German Gold Move Hint To Dexit? Does Merkel see the writing on the wall? The news that the Bundesbank is repatriating its gold reserves three years ahead of schedule has led to talk of an exit from the euro (NYSEARCA:FXE). Germany has already […]
Another search for the Ark of the Covenant?
Depiction of Levites Carrying the Ark of the Covenant COGwriter There is another place some are now looking to find the Ark of the Covenant: An international team of archaeologists has announced plans to search an area the Bible says once stored the Ark of the Covenant. On the highest hills in west Jerusalem, Kiriath-Jearim […]
CCOG Conference in Africa
Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) COGwriter This week, I returned from a Continuing Church of God (CCOG) conference in Africa. This is the second such conference we have had in Africa (the first one was in 2014). Just prior to the […]
Fed’s Yellen wants to raise interest rates
Janet Yellen, Official Federal Reserve photo COGwriter The US Federal Reserve wants to further raise interest rates: February 14, 2017 Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared remarks that waiting too long to raise interest rates would be “unwise,” given the rise in inflation and economic growth. “It was expected of her to be a […]
Valentine’s Day: Its real origins
COGwriter If you are a Christian, should you celebrate February 14th as Valentine’s Day? The Apostle John was inspired to write: 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world […]
Gerald Flurry, Dr. Hoeh, and COGwriter on Daniel 8:10-12
Plain Truth magazine August 1965 COGwriter Last year, in an article titled Satan’s Destructive Battle Plan, PCG’s Gerald Flurry had the following: The Prophet Daniel addressed his end-time book to spiritual Israel, or the Church, and two nations of Israel: America and Britain. … We must watch for an Antiochus-type in both the Church and […]
Trump, NATO, and Nuclear Germany
COGwriter There are growing issues with Donald Trump, NATO, and Europe: February 13, 2017 Donald Trump deeply upset the Europeans when he raised the possibility that NATO is obsolete and that the European Union is failing. … The EU question is ultimately a European problem. But NATO is an alliance. The US has important and […]
Is it okay for Christians to get a tattoo?
Jaipuri Tribal Tattoo (Meena Kadri) COGwriter Tattoos have been around a long time. In Western societies, they seem to be getting more popular. Should Christians get them? What is a tattoo? A tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment…Historically, […]