Church of God News

Month: August 2017

Sermon: 14 Biblical Keys to Happiness

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:20:41 14 Biblical Keys to Happiness Nearly everyone wants to be happy. An advertising campaign decades ago attempted to directly tell us “that’s what happiness is.” Is happiness material goods or physical experiences? Are Christians supposed to be happy? […]

ZH: Brexit Britain And Trump America: A New “Special Relationship”?

Donald Trump and Theresa May COGwriter ZeroHedge (ZH) posted the following: Brexit Britain And Trump America: A New “Special Relationship”? Can common enemies and threats keep Britain and the United States together for decades to come? August 18, 2017 For decades, Britain and the United States have been bound together in a unique relationship through […]

More Islamic terror in Spain

Flag of Islamic Jihad COGwriter Spain has been reeling from terror attacks yesterday and various actions today: 18 August 2017 Spain was already on high alert for a possible attack when a van smashed into the crowd on Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas boulevard, killing 13 people. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called it a “jihadist […]

‘Telling the Truth May Get You Killed’

Artist depiction of Catholic Massacre of the Waldensians of Merindol in 1545 COGwriter Mike Gendron’s August 2016 newsletter titled its lead article Telling the Truth May Get You Killed. Here is some of what it said: Have you ever considered why religious people plotted to kill the Lord Jesus 2000 years ago? Why would devout […]

NASA: Yellowstone poses greater risk to planet than comets or asteroids

Yellowstone (July 2014, Michael Thiel) COGwriter The BBC reported the following: 17 August 2017 Following an article we published about supervolcanoes last month, a group of Nasa researchers got in touch to share a report previously unseen outside the space agency about the threat – and what could be done about it. “I was a […]

Germans trust Vladimir Putin more than Donald Trump

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin COGwriter A new survey shows that US President Donald Trump is less trusted by Germans than Russia’s President Vladimir Putin: Survey: Putin more trustworthy than Trump, say Germans, other US allies People in a number of US-allied nations trust Vladimir Putin more than Donald Trump when it comes to handling […]

It’s been over 5 years, but evolutionists still have not gotten the proof they hope for

COGwriter Notice the following about evolution that was posted just over five years ago: NEW YORK — Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself. Sometime in the next 15 to 30 years, the Kenyan-born paleoanthropologist expects scientific discoveries will have accelerated to the […]

Joseph Tkach announced his retirement; Greg Williams to be new GCI president

Joseph W. Tkach, Jr. (photo source: JJBowks) COGwriter Joseph Tkach, generally known as Joe Tkach, Jr., announced his retirement as president of Grace Communion International: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Tammy and I returned home a few days ago from GCI’s joy-filled Denominational Conference in Orlando. Over 1,000 members and friends attended, coming from 29 countries. […]

Iceland’s Down syndrome ‘eugenics’

Iceland COGwriter Iceland’s policies have eliminated nearly all with Down syndrome: August 16, 2017 CBS News reported earlier this week that Iceland is leading the world in “eradicating Down syndrome births.” One might be forgiven for assuming that Iceland has developed an innovative treatment for the chromosomal disorder. It turns out Iceland’s solution is much […]