COGwriter Many people want to win the lottery. Even those who rarely get involved tend to get lottery fever when the jackpot gets high enough. It was reported that someone in North Carolina has won the lottery again: January 25, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman seems to have a knack for […]
Month: January 2020
Sermon: Pergamos Era and the Antichrist
Ancient Pergamos COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:19:52 Pergamos Era and the Antichrist Pergamos is the 3rd of the seven churches listed in Revelation 1:11. The Pergamos church era seems to have been predominant from c. 450 to 1050 A.D. Jesus had the […]
Wuhan China, WCG on Biological warfare, and ‘Frankenbees’
COGwriter Wuhan China has been involved in pathogen research: January 24, 2020 [S]even Chinese cities – including Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus epidemic – and collectively housing some 23 million people, are under quarantine … in February 2017, Nature penned an extensive profile of what it called the “Chinese lab poised to study world’s […]
EU Presidents and Queen Elizabeth II sign off on Brexit
.@eucopresident Charles Michel and I have just signed the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU, opening the way for its ratification by the European Parliament. pic.twitter.com/rEqnUnJA2E — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) January 24, 2020 COGwriter EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel formally approved […]
Chinese ‘year of the rat’
COGwriter The Chinese “New Year 2020 of the Rat” is to start January 25, 2020: 2020 is a year of the Rat, starting from January 25th, 2020 and lasting until February 11th, 2021. It will be a Metal Rat year. In 2021, a year of the Ox will follow. The Year of the Rat is […]
US, EU and UK all aim for trade deals this year, but . . .
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump (Wikipedia) COGwriter The UK’s Boris Johnson is pleased with some Brexit related developments: 23 January 2020 The UK moved a step closer to its January 31 exit date from the European Union on Wednesday when the final Brexit legislation was ratified by the Houses of Parliament. The bill will officially […]
Coronavirus hits USA. Chinese New Year’s festivities cancelled. Is eating bats a cause for the coronavirus?
Fruit bat (David Starner) COGwriter The ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ has affected more and more and has now hit the USA: January 23, 2020 BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has […]
Church of Rome has things correct and incorrect about Church history
Colosseum of Rome (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Ran across the following on a Roman Catholic website: Catholic Church Founded by Christ, propagated by His apostles, from Jerusalem through Asia Minor to Rome as its permanent world center, from which it spread throughout the world according to the mandate of its Divine Founder: Going therefore, […]
DW: EU’s von der Leyen: Europe needs ‘credible military capabilities’
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (Kuhlmann /MSC) COGwriter The German publication Deutsche Welle (DW) reported the following: EU’s von der Leyen: Europe needs ‘credible military capabilities’ 22 January 2020 In order to respond to crises, the EU needs “credible military capabilities,” the leader of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen said at the World […]
BIN: Australia Hit With Fire, Hail, Dead Animals, Darkness in one Week: On Anniversary of Ten Plagues
The Seventh Plague: John Martin’s painting of the plague of hail (1823). COGwriter Breaking Israel News (BIN): reported the following: Australia Hit With Fire, Hail, Dead Animals, Darkness in one Week: On Anniversary of Ten Plagues January 22, 2020 In the midst of raging wildfires, hailstones the size of baseballs pounded Australia in a mix […]