Pope Francis COGwriter An ecumenical prayer conference began today. Ecumenical News reported the following: Christian Unity is not optional, says Pope Francis Linda Bordoni reports for Vatican News that the Pope has reminded the faithful that “Ecumenism is not something optional” during his Jan. 16 weekly General Audience. Francis looked ahead to the Week of Prayer […]
Month: January 2019
Dreams and the Radio and Continuing Church of God
Artist’s representation of Jacob’s ladder dream (Genesis 28:10-17) COGwriter Were dreams involved with the Philadelphia era of the Church of God? Do dreams and prophets have any place in the Christian Church today? Did any dreams precede the start of the old Radio Church of God? What about the Continuing Church of God (which did […]
Brexit, Nigel Farage, and a second referendum
Nigel Farage (Wikipedia) COGwriter While Brexit remains a concern for the UK, the Europeans are concerned as well: 17 January 2018 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said a no-deal Brexit looks “less and less unlikely” and has launched a contingency plan to prepare for it. After the UK Parliament rejected the withdrawal agreement, Mr […]
Donald Trump allegedly saying United States should leave NATO, while PESCO is building a European army
NATO in Green; Russia in Orange COGwriter NBC reported the following: Trump’s reported desire to leave NATO is a belated Christmas present for Putin January 17, 2019 New reports that President Donald Trump repeatedly discussed with advisors his conviction that the United States should leave NATO represent nothing short of a triumph for Russian national […]
Seventh-day Adventist and Jehovah’s Witnesses have misidentified the angel Michael
Michael in the Hebrew language COGwriter Did you know that the Seventh-day Adventist ‘prophetess’ Ellen White seemingly taught that the angel Michael was Jesus? Did you know that the Jehovah’s Witnesses still teach that? One raised as a Seventh-day Adventist told me that Ellen White held that view and that he found it blasphemous. When […]
Catholic and Islamic writings about Valentine’s Day
COGwriter February 14th is often celebrated as Valentine’s Day. Should you celebrate it? Christians who may be tempted to compromise need to ask themselves about the origins of Valentine’s Day. Notice what the Roman Catholics teach: The roots of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, which was celebrated on Feb. […]
‘Top 9 things you can’t talk about freely in America’ and WCG warnings
COGwriter Joseph Farah wrote and published the following: Top 9 things you can’t talk about freely in America Remember when you could talk about anything in America without fear of retribution, shaming, harassment? Do you recall when media was a plural noun, implying a multitude of voices? What about speech codes? Can you remember a […]
Herbert W. Armstrong died 33 years ago
COGwriter Hebert W. Armstrong died on January 16, 1986, at age 93 1/2. Many never heard of him, but multiple millions did. Here is some of what he wrote about himself: I was born July 31, 1892, of respected and upright parents who were of solid Quaker stock. My ancestors had emigrated from England to […]
Parliament strongly rejects May’s Brexit deal
COGwriter Back in November, the European Union and the United Kingdom tentatively agreed to a British exit from the EU (Brexit). But it needed the approval of the full EU as well as the Parliament of the UK to approve it. The EU accepted it, but today the Parliament of the UK strongly rejected it: […]
No BIN and WND: Next blood moon is NOT a sign for Jews to return to Israel
2018 Blood Moon via Pixabay COGwriter Years ago, I denounced the view that the ‘blood moons’ of 2014 and 2015 could mean that Jesus would return or that the ‘Day of the Lord’ was about to start. This was something that Mark Biltz (who practices Messianic Judaism) started promoting back in 2008–but he was wrong. […]