Catholic Church in Jingzhou, China (Zhangzhugang) COGwriter The anticipated deal between the Vatican and China has been signed: Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments September 22, 2018 VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Saturday announced it had signed a “provisional agreement” with China aimed at defusing tensions over the appointment of bishops, […]
Month: September 2018
UCG’s Aaron Dean suffers stroke and bleeding of brain; Dixon Cartwright had another stroke
Aaron Dean COGwriter The Church of God News-7th Day page had the following: United Church of God The Church of God Big Sandy reports that, “This week, Aaron Dean of Cincinnati, Ohio, suffered a stroke and two brain bleeds. He initially became weak on his left side. The family reports that he was conscious and […]
Sermon: Proverbs 29-31: Are You Willing to Learn From God’s Word?
Scroll of Proverbs COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:10:09 Proverbs 29-31: Are You Willing to Learn From God’s Word? This is the tenth part of a ten-part sermon series covering the Book of Proverbs. In this sermon Dr. Thiel covers all the verses in […]
Sermons: ‘First Death, Second Death’ and ‘What Really Happens After Death?’
Military cemetery in Estonia COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to recommend this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:10:08 First death, Second death Can souls die? What is the first death? Can people physically die more than once? Is death like sleep? Did early Christians believe they were immortal? Did early Christians believe […]
Place of Safety: Petra, Bozrah, or Somewhere in Jordan?
COGwriter Someone recently asked me about the possibility of Bozrah being the “place of safety.” After doing some scriptural research, I ran across the following warning about Petra being the place from Tim McHyde: Is Petra the “Prepared Place” of Safety For Israel or You? Petra, Jordan was once the stronghold of the Edomites and […]
The ‘Curse of Cash’?
COGwriter A couple of years ago, a book came out that advocated the elimination of most cash. The book is titled The Curse of Cash: [I]t’s time to start phasing out paper money, argues Kenneth S. Rogoff in The Curse of Cash (Princeton, August). The bigger denominations ($100 and up) enable “tax evasion, corruption, terrorism, […]
EU also preparing for ‘No Deal Brexit’
COGwriter There may be no Brexit deal between the UK and European Union and both sides are considering steps: EU also preparing for ‘No Deal Brexit’ 20 September 2018 Although the atmosphere in Salzburg was friendly on Thursday, it appeared that the UK and the EU were no closer to solving one of the most […]
Fahrenheit 11/9: Another call for more political division
COGwriter This month, I have seen several promotions for Michael Moore’s new movie Fahrenheit 11/9. Although it has been previewed in Toronto and Flint, September 21st is its official release date for around 1500 theaters. Here is some information about it: To watch Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 is to relive, in two jam-packed hours, the […]
American junk food grosses foreigners out
COGwriter Some foods commonly consumed by Americans in the USA and Canada gross foreigners out: Our food doesn’t exactly have a good reputation abroad; we might be best-known for exporting McDonald’s Big Mac hamburgers overseas. Business Insider reports that Reddit recently asked its non-American users which U.S. foods they consider gross or weird. From grits […]
Have you studied the numerous scriptures about God’s plan to OFFER salvation to all?
Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) COGwriter Have you actually studied the hundreds of scriptures related to the ‘Universal OFFER of Salvation’? The article Universal Offer of Salvation: There Are Hundreds of Verses in the Bible Supporting the Doctrine of True Apocatastasis […]