Laodicea has many ineffective structures COGwriter It was about seven years ago, on December 23, 2010, that the Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA) reported the following: Announcing the Church of God, a Worldwide Association Today we are announcing the formation of a new international congregation of believers, the Church of God, a Worldwide […]
Month: December 2017
CG7: Promoting Christmas cookies for prisoners?
COGwriter A former Church of God, Seventh day-Denver (CG7) member forwarded me the following from an email by Bruce Noble, who was the once the Chair of CG7’s (Denver) General Conference Nominating Committee: Help, I need help! Christ birthday is just around the corner and it’s time to celebrate. Actually we should celebrate all […]
Tax bill, Iran deal, Climate deal, and Jerusalem: Europeans are upset with the USA
Not a popular position as far as the Europeans are concerned COGwriter The US tax bill is in the news: December 21, 2017: Congress finally passed the Republican tax overhaul https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/21/us-tax-bill-apple/ Deutsche Welle (DW) published the following: US tax reform breaks global rules, EU says European finance ministers are worried. They say the United States’ […]
Did Paul invent the Virgin Birth?
COGwriter Dr. James Tabor, once part of the old Worldwide Church of God, had an article published titled Did Paul Invent the Virgin Birth? Here is some of what he had published: Paul never explicitly refers to Jesus’ virgin birth nor does he ever name either Mary or Joseph. What he does affirm is that […]
EU says Brexit transition to end by 31 December 2020
COGwriter The BBC reported the following: EU says Brexit transition to end by 31 December 2020 20 December 2017 A “transition period” after the UK leaves the EU should not continue beyond 31 December 2020, Brussels says. The UK has said the temporary arrangement should last for about two years after Brexit in March 2019. […]
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 today: Jerusalem: ‘City of peace’ is ‘full of violence’ Jerusalén: La ‘Ciudad de Paz’ está ‘llena de violencia’ http://www.cdlidd.es/jerusalen-la-ciudad-de-la-paz-esta-llena-de-violencia/ Palestine’s Abbas wants UN not USA, Turkey’s Erdogan says recognize Palestinian […]
Israeli Politicians Demand Obama Forfeit Nobel Peace Prize After Shocking Hezbollah Report
COGwriter There continue to be reports of all kinds of scandals with the USA. Here is one I saw today: Israeli Politicians Demand Obama Forfeit Nobel Peace Prize After Shocking Hezbollah Report December 20, 2016 Politico chronicles how the Obama administration undid years of investigations into the terrorist organization Hezbollah in order to appease Iran […]
Catholic and Orthodox John Chyrsostom on Holy Days, Christmas, and Lies
John Chrysostom (Istanbul, Turkey. May 2008) COGwriter The 4th century bishop John Chrysostom is a ‘doctor’ of the the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Certain Protestants also consider him to be of great importance. He is considered to be so important, he is one of four persons depicted in holding up a large black […]
10 ‘Grey Swans’ for 2018?
Black Swan (Calvin Teo) COGwriter Nomura again came up with a list of ‘grey swan’ events for 2018: Nomura’s Bilal Hafeez … writes, while he would like to be able to predict black swans, by definition that is impossible. “However, its close cousin the grey swan can be foreseen. These are the unlikely but impactful […]
‘Russia Criticizes Trump’s ‘Imperial’ Security Strategy’ and ‘Washington’s interest in European security will make them more careful of what they wish for’
COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: Russia Criticizes Trump’s ‘Imperial’ Security Strategy December 19, 2017 WASHINGTON — Russia said Tuesday it sees U.S. President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy as “imperial” and showing a lack of willingness to accept a multi-polar world. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia disagrees with the view that it […]