COGwriter This time of year, those faithful in the Churches of God have been following Paul’s admonition to examine themselves prior to the start of the Spring Holy Days (1 Corinthians 11:27-32). Others observe nothing or perhaps Lent. While most people realize that Jesus observed what many consider to be “Jewish” Holy Days, most have […]
Month: March 2018
Pope Approves New Feast Day for ‘Mary’
EU Flag COGwriter Pope Francis is pushing more of his Marian agenda: 4 March, 2018 Pope Francis decrees new celebration dedicated to Virgin Mary Pope Francis has officially declared a feast day for celebrating the Virgin Mary as the “Mother of the Church.” … Pope Francis decreed that the feast day, which designates Mary as […]
Stephen Hawking claims. ‘There was NOTHING before the Big Bang’
Stephen Hawking COGwriter In Genesis 1:1 it says, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Now, what about the origin of the universe from those that do not believe in God? Those who do not accept the biblical account tend to believe in what is called the ‘big bang’ theory. But what […]
BibleNewsProphecy: High School Shootings: 7 Failed Solutions
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 12:54 High School Shootings: 7 Failed Solutions There have been many school shootings. The shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, resulted in 17 deaths. But also has brought out various […]
Europe upset: Can a trade war lead to a military war?
COGwriter US President Donald Trump made more tariff threats: In the first rumblings of a potential trade war, President Trump punched back Saturday at Canadian and European warnings that his steel tariff plan is “unacceptable” by threatening to slap a tariff on European cars if they try to take him on. The latest volley out of Mar-a-Lago came two days after Trump […]
Pope Francis to go to Switzerland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches–a group his church is not (officially) a member of
Official logo of the World Council of Churches from its website COGwriter The Vatican’s Pope Francis is planning to go to Switzerland as part of his interfaith and ecumenical agendas: VATICAN CITY — On Friday the Vatican confirmed an earlier announcement by the Swiss government that Pope Francis will visit Switzerland in June to commemorate […]
Sermon: Exodus 5-7: Serpents, Blood, and Revelation
Artist’s 1728 portrayal of Israelite brick-making COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:09:47 Exodus 5-7: Serpents, Blood, and Revelation This is the second of a multi-part sermon series on the Book of Exodus. In this sermon, Dr. Thiel begins with the fifth chapter and covers […]
Donald Trump likes trade wars, but world reactions are negative
COGwriter US President Donald Trump has made some trade comments via Twitter. Here is one: When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country […]
Freezing Europe, British Isles heaviest snow in decades, and USA bracing for ‘bomb cyclone’
COGwriter CNN reported the following: March 2, 2018 A nor’easter has begun hammering the East Coast with a ferocious mix of howling winds, drenching rain, some snow and surging waves. The storm, with about 80 million people in its path, could knock out power and flood some neighborhoods along the Atlantic coast Friday and Saturday. […]
Did Early Christians Observe Easter or Passover?
Site of Calvary? COGwriter Many people, especially in the English-speaking nations do not realize that the holiday that they call Easter really is supposed to be Passover. Passover is after sunset on March 29h this year, whereas Easter is April 1st, or for the Eastern Orthodox, April 8th. In many other languages, some version of […]