Church of God News

Month: October 2020

‘States Bracing for Possible Violence as US Election Nears’

Antifa Twitter banner COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: States Bracing for Possible Violence as US Election Nears October 15, 2020 WASHINGTON – Officials across the United States already charged with securing the upcoming presidential election are taking additional precautions, bracing for the possibility that Nov. 3 and the days that follow could be […]

Do Protestant reasons to celebrate Halloween square with the Bible?

COGwriter With COVID-19 concerns, some areas have restricted (or eliminated) some aspects of Halloween celebrations. But various Protestants and Roman Catholics still want to celebrate it. Of course, Halloween is not a biblical holiday. Back in 1969 Anton Lavey wrote The Satanic Bible. On page 96 (in the 1976 version) it mentions Halloween: After one’s […]

CBS: “Staggering” need: COVID-19 has led to rising levels in food insecurity across the U.S.’ EN: Oxfam analysis says that the international community’s response to global food insecurity has been dangerously inadequate.

Soup kitchen in New Jersey (USN photo) COGwriter CBS reported the following: “Staggering” need: COVID-19 has led to rising levels in food insecurity across the U.S. October 14, 2020 A June report by the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at Northwestern University found that food insecurity had doubled overall and tripled among families with children […]

‘Our primary problem: Americans have forgotten God’

COGwriter What is the primary problem that the USA faces? Notice the following from Jerry Newcombe posted at World Net Daily: Our primary problem: Americans have forgotten God October 13, 2020 Will we embrace America as founded, or will we completely jettison all pretense of our national motto – In God we Trust? I think […]

Does the Book of Daniel prove that the Antichrist is Islamic?

COGwriter Joseph Farah, editor of World Net Daily, posted something trying to teach that it was Arabs and not Europeans that destroyed the Temple in 70 A.D. Here is some of what he posted: Temple? What Temple? The one Arabs destroyed Who destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70? The Temple was destroyed by the forces […]

‘1971: The Year That Changed Everything’

(Arrow from Pixabay) COGwriter Adam Taggart reported the following: 1971: The Year That Changed Everything The year 1971 saw the trajectories of nearly every major trend relative to our way of life shift massively. … Be it income… …the cost of living… ….political polarization… … the divorce rate… …and a kitchen sink’s worth of other […]

Politics dominates Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings

Barrett Family at White House (US government) COGwriter Voice of America posted the following: October 13, 2020 Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham has set an initial vote for Thursday on Barrett’s nomination. That would allow final approval late next week and a vote by the full Republican-majority Senate before the end of the month. The confirmation hearings opened […]

103rd anniversary of the Fatima ‘miracle of the sun’

A photostatic copy of a page from Ilustração Portugueza, October 29, 1917 COGWriter Today is the 103rd anniversary of something commonly called ‘the miracle of the sun.’ In the past to commemorate it, Pope Francis ‘dedicated the world’ essentially to a statue that was supposed to be that of the “Lady” that appeared in 1917. […]

Upon death, do Christians go to heaven?

COGwriter Do Christians actually go to heaven when they die? Certain scholars who have looked into the Bible and early church history have properly questioned the idea of Christians going to heaven: (RNS) The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven — a blissful realm of harp-strumming angels — has remained a fixture of the faith for […]