Four Horsemen: 1887 artistic depiction COGwriter The US Congress has approved a lifting of the debt ceiling: September 8, 2017 (CNN) – The House approved Friday a package of bills that ties emergency funding for hurricane relief with measures that would raise the debt ceiling and keep the government open for three months. The bill, […]
Month: September 2017
Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, Jose, and Katia; Massive earthquake in Mexico
Official Hurricane Irma forecast COGwriter The devastation from Hurricane Irma has been massive and more is expected: September 8, 2017 Hurricane Irma continued its deadly and destructive path through the Caribbean on Friday morning, and is still on track to slam into Miami this weekend. The storm, which went from a Category 5 to a […]
Cartwright’s Journal out: Joe Tkach, Allie Dart, William Dankenbring, UCG Hurricane Harvey, RCG, and Billingsley ad
COGwriter The latest issue (says #198, print date August 31, 2017) of The Journal: News of the Churches of God was just posted online. There was information regarding Joe Tkach, deaths, Hurricane Harvey, RCG, an advertisement from Don Billingsley, and Feast of Tabernacles’ sites. Here is some of what The Journal reported about Joe Tkach: […]
Mary’s ‘birthday’ is celebrated today–yet this was not a practice of early Christians
The ‘Mary’ in the Basilica of Mary Major That Pope Francis Prays Before (Photo by Joyce Thiel, June 2013) COGwriter Roman Catholics and others are celebrating today as the so-called birthday of Jesus’ mother Mary: BIRTH OF MARY September 8th A. Valentini The present Feast forms a link between the New and the Old Testament. […]
Bitcoin and the Beast of Revelation?
Bitcoin COGwriter Is Bitcoin related to the ‘Mark of the Beast‘? The following, from Jim Rickards, hints that it might be: Interest in Bitcoin is red hot at the moment. It’s impossible to open a website, listen to a podcast, or watch a video in the financial space without hearing about the meteoric rise in […]
Israel bombs reported chemical weapons factory in Syria
Chemical Weapons massacre in Ghouta Syria, August 21, 2013 (محمد السعيد) COGwriter Israeli jets dropped bombs in Syria: September 7, 2017 BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel attacked a military site in Syria’s Hama province early on Thursday, the Syrian army said, and a war monitoring group said the target could be linked to chemical weapons production. […]
NFL 2017: Should Christians watch?
COGwriter The National Football League (NFL) is scheduled to begin its official season for this violent and harmful sport today with the Kickoff Game at 8:30 p.m. EDT. A reader sent me the following from columnist George Will: Autumn, which is bearing down upon us like a menacing linebacker, is, as John Keats said, a […]
ZH: The Islamic Future Of Europe; The Bible shows the future differently than ZH article; ISIS wants US/UK grocery stores poisoned!
Islamic Jihad Movement emblem COGwriter Zero Hedge (ZH) published the following: The Islamic Future Of Europe September 6, 2017 Authored by Guy Milliere via The Gatestone Institute, European leaders accepted the transformation of parts of their countries into enemy territories. They see that a demographic disaster is taking place. They know that in two or […]
Trump says ‘Now is not the time to talk to North Korea’–is there really a threat from North Korea?
Hydrogen bomb blast COGwriter Donald Trump continues to signal that he is looking at non-diplomatic options with North Korea, though sometimes also hinting otherwise: September 6, 2017 President Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday he is not interested in diplomatic discussions with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to a White […]
Former WCG member tying clues of the biblical tribe of Asher to Belgium and Luxembourg
1997 Feast Location and Brussels, Belgium COGwriter Retired teacher Bert Otten, who was once part of the old WCG, sent me a paper with his reasons why he feels that many in Belgium and Luxembourg are the descendants of the biblical tribe of Asher. He told me that I could edit and/or use what he […]