COGwriter According to the US Treasury, official USA debt was $19,947,304,555,212.49 on the day that Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the USA. According to the US Treasury, official USA debt was $20,538,363,384,975.76 as of November 20, 2017. In my book, Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse, I wrote: Donald Trump and many other American […]
Month: November 2017
Do ancient Chinese characters point to knowledge of events in Genesis?
Devil = Secret + Person + Garden COGwriter Do the Chinese people have ties to the Book of Genesis? Have the Chinese retained any indirect knowledge of this in their writing? The simple answer is yes. Let’s notice what the Bible teaches about Adam’s wife, Eve: 20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because […]
Church of God News in Spanish
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the latest items we received: France pushing for more military technology and signals a shift to militarily support Europe independent of the USA Francia busca más tecnología militar y señala un cambio para apoyar militarmente […]
Original Christian Church building in Jerusalem, and then Constantine’s building
Hagia Sion (left) and Church of God on Jerusalem’s Western Wall (right) Mosaic (4th century) in Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome COGwriter Do you know about the two early church buildings that were in Jerusalem in the fourth century? The late fourth century historian Epiphanius recorded that in Jerusalem in Judea a Christian building was […]
Modesty and Free Speech
Woman in a burqini carrying a towel (Giorgio Montersino) COGwriter Under-dressed women are becoming controversial in the city of Everett, Washington: November 23, 2017 The city of Everett, about 30 miles north of Seattle, is home to numerous bikini barista espresso stands, where servers dressed in everything from tasteful two-piece swimsuits to pasties and G-strings […]
Give thanks to God, but not for American tackle football
COGwriter Today is the national holiday in the USA called Thanksgiving. And despite certain claims, its specific origins are not pagan. But, of course, no Christian needs to celebrate national holidays like it if they do not wish to (cf. Romans 14). And the Bible does condemn gluttony. Yet, whether on this day or others, […]
Can Jesus save David Cassidy?
David Cassidy COGwriter David Cassidy died: November 22, 2017 One of the biggest music and television stars of the 1970s has died: David Cassidy, who played the adolescent, aspiring musician on the TV show “The Partridge Family” and who became a teen-dream pop idol in his own right, was 67 years old. Cassidy revealed to […]
Pope Benedict XVI discounted ‘Limbo’ and Pope Francis discounts ‘Purgatory’?
Anne Catherine Emmerich COGwriter Growing up as a Roman Catholic, I was taught about Limbo and Purgatory. I was also told that certain Catholics (such as Anne Catherine Emmerich) had even been given visions of such places. Basically, the Limbo belief was that babies who die without being baptized as Catholic will go to a […]
M&M: It’s Called ‘Junk’ For Good Reasons; COGwriter: False religion has false promises
Wall Street COGwriter Tony Sagami of Money and Markets wrote the following: It’s Called ‘Junk’ For Good Reasons November 22, 2917 I can’t count the number of people who have diligently contributed to their 401(k)s and who have saved money their whole lives so they could have a comfortable retirement. However, the Federal Reserve has […]
Claims about Clement of Rome and the truth
View in Vatican City (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter November 23rd is the day Catholics have declared as the day for “Saint Clement I.” There is an individual named Clement in the Bible. He is mentioned one time. Here is the only passage that mentions him: I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be […]