COGwriter Palestinian leaders voted to suspend recognition of the nation of Israel: PLO Decides to Suspend Recognition of Israel October 31, 2018 PLO’s Central Council said it had suspended the recognition of the State of Israel until Israel recognizes the State of Palestine along the 1967 borders. … This means that Abbas will decide on […]
Month: October 2018
Kirk Cameron’s Halloween promotion was historically flawed
COGwriter Today is celebrated by many as Halloween. Several years ago, actor Kirk Cameron put out a film called Saving Christmas. As it turns out, it was reported to be a flop (see Kirk Cameron’s Christmas movie flops). The reason to bring that up is that while promoting his movie, he made several comments intended […]
Martin Luther and ‘Reformation Day’ issues
Martin Luther COGwriter October 31st marks the day that Martin Luther hammered his now famous 95 theses on the Wittenberg (Germany) church back in 1517. BBC reported the following related to him: Five hundred years ago, a young German monk began the Protestant Reformation, shattering the authority of the Catholic Church. Centuries later, there are […]
Troops to Mexican border, Trump in Pittsburgh, and stoking civil war in the USA
COGwriter US President Donald Trump has thousands of armed troops coming to the Mexican border to stop thousands who want to enter the USA: October 30, 2018 President Donald Trump is sending 5,200 troops and a slew of military equipment to the southern border, doubling down on one of his favorite base-rallying issues with the […]
CT: ‘Is Trump Our Cyrus?’
(Photos: Mikdash Educational Center) COGwriter The Protestant publication calling itself Christianity Today has the following as its lead story: Is Trump Our Cyrus? The Old Testament Case for Yes and No Following the 45th president’s announcement earlier this year that the US embassy in Israel would move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Israeli Prime […]
Debunking 17 reasons to celebrate Halloween
COGwriter As many who profess Christ claim it is fine to celebrate Halloween, they seem to overlook many scriptures and historical facts. The Continuing Church of God addresses many issues in this sermon, which is from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:14:11 Debunking 17 reasons to celebrate Halloween What is Halloween? What do Druids and saints have […]
Germany’s Merkel out in/by 2021: ‘Don’t underestimate the instability the passing of the Not-Quite Iron Chancellor will engender’
Angela Merkel COGwriter German Chancellor Merkel announced that she will step down as party leader: October 29, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her conservative party on Monday that she’s ready to step down as party leader following a pair of state election debacles, but plans to stay on as chancellor for the rest of […]
Brazil elects Jair Bolsonaro: ‘First Stage in Building the Third Temple?’
Jair Bolsonaro (Fábio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil ) COGwriter Brazil voted for change: October 29, 2018 Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil’s presidential election, raising fears of a rollback of civil rights and free speech. With nearly all of the ballots counted, Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party won about 56 percent of the votes […]
Immortality of the soul: Original Christian doctrine or not? Why?
COGwriter The vast majority in the Greco-Roman faiths of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxism, and Protestantism believe that humans have an immortal soul. Yet, the Continuing Church of God does not. Did early Christians? What does the Bible teach? What was the teaching of early church leaders often venerated as saints by the Greco-Romans on this? […]
‘The UN Wants to be Our World Government By 2030’
COGwriter The United Nations supports an interfaith and world domination agenda. Here is a report by E. Jeffrey Ludwig about that: The UN Wants to be Our World Government By 2030 October 28, 2018 In the 1960s, an informed but naïve undergraduate, I was walking across the campus of the University of Pennsylvania with the […]