17th century artist Pasquale Ottino’s portrayal of Peter dictating the gospel being penned by Mark COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:18:27 Mark 6-9: Tradition, John’s beheading, Elijah, and Restoration This is the third part of a multi-part sermon series covering the entire Gospel According […]
Month: July 2017
Muslim Brotherhood is still around and still plotting for an Islamic caliphate
Muslim Brotherhood COGwriter The Muslim Brotherhood is not gone. Today, I visited the group’s website. Under its Q&A section, there was the following: The International Organization The Muslim Brotherhood is a group established to promote development, progress and advancement based on Islamic references. Its principles and ideologies have succeeded in convincing many worldwide who have […]
Pope Francis allies accuse Trump White House of ‘apocalyptic geopolitics’
COGwriter The Vatican seems to have endorsed an article indicating that Donald Trump’s Administration is apocalyptic: Vatican Press Lashes Out At Catholic Trump Voters, Calls Steve Bannon “A Supporter Of Apocalyptic Geopolitics” July 14, 2017 In a relatively shocking article – don’t forget the Vatican has been extremely outspoken for a man in his […]
Why are there atheists?
COGwriter At the Christianity Today website, an author (Shawn Graves) asked and provided some answers to the question, Why are there still atheists? A lot of ink has been spilled over whether God exists. Within this context, some theists like to point out that “God has made it plain” that he exists, that “God’s invisible […]
France’s Macron wants European treaty changed and hosts the Trumps
Emmanuel Macron, Donald & Melania Trump COGwriter The German press reported the following: 13 July 2017 France’s Emmanuel Macron urges more German cash for Europe Defense, enterprise and education head the list for joint measures after the Franco-German Ministerial Council meeting in Paris. The two countries’ leaders are developing closer cooperation as they look to […]
Cartwright’s Journal out: 20 year ‘calendar’ anniversary, UCG’s ‘Binity’ and new COE member, 7000 year plan, and Elijah
COGwriter The latest issue (says #196, print date June 30, 2017) of The Journal: News of the Churches of God was just posted online. There was information regarding The Journal’s anniversary, UCG’s position on the Godhead, UCG’s COE, 7000 year plan, Elijah, and Feast of Tabernacles’ sites. Here is some of what The Journal reported about […]
Joel, the Prophet: Are you ignoring what he prophesied?
Michelangelo’s Imagined Depiction of Joel COGwriter Some observe a memorial to the death of the Prophet Joel on July 13th of each year. Do you know much about what he was inspired by God to write? Here is how the Book of Joel starts: 1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel the […]
‘Breathing New Life Into The Old Phoenix’ in Europe?
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg COGwriter A reader in Europe sent me a link to the following: Breathing New Life Into The Old Phoenix 12 July 2017 I have been watching and digesting developments in Central Europe for a few years now. I have no idea how significant this is going to be from the point of […]
Fed Chairman to raise interest rates: Can the USA afford that for long?
Source: MichaelPRamirez.com http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-17/its-still-debt-stupid COGwriter Reuters reported the following: July 12, 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is healthy enough to absorb further gradual rate increases and the slow wind down of the massive bond portfolio accumulated by the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in prepared testimony to be […]
Church of Rome and CCOG teachings on repentance and confession
COGwriter The Bible does say to confess sins, but has the Church of Rome taken this beyond the practices recorded in the Bible or any found in early Christian documents? What do the Bible and the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) teach? Let’s start by reading a passage from the Douay-Rheims Bible (a Catholic version, […]