RCEP trading nations (Tiger 7253) COGwriter China took a trade action against Australia today: China Imposes Anti-Dumping Measures on Australian Wine November 27, 2020 BEIJING – China on Friday said it would impose anti-dumping tariffs on Australian wine, the latest salvo in an increasingly terse standoff between the two that has worsened since Canberra called […]
Month: November 2020
ZH: Iran Accuses Israel Of Seeking To Provoke “Full-Blown War” With Brazen Assassination
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (Photo from Wikipedia) COGwriter Matters are heating up between Iran and Israel: Iran Accuses Israel Of Seeking To Provoke “Full-Blown War” With Brazen Assassination November 27, 2020 Since news broke hours ago of the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, on the streets in a city just east of Tehran, Iranian leaders […]
GCI announces new board members
Logo of Grace Communion International COGwriter An email received from GCI (Grace Communion International, essentially the group that originally ran the new and changed Worldwide Church of God), had a link to an article from its president Greg Williams that contained the following: It is my pleasure and joy to share the news that Celestine […]
Priscilla and her husband Aquila
COGwriter Priscilla and Aquila were early converts to Christianity that must have worked together. I have listed Priscilla (also called Prisca) first, as the Bible twice lists her first. This is not to say that she was necessarily superior to her husband Aquila, but since the Bible gives her that honor as often as it […]
Luxembourg, Belgium, and Prophecy
1997 Feast Location and Brussels, Belgium COGwriter The late Dr. Herman Hoeh wrote the following: Asher “his bread shall be fat and he shall yield royal danties” (Gen. 49:20). This peculiar expression could have reference alone to Belgium and the kindred state Luxembourg. From Belgium have come the finest Flemish paintings, the royal tapestries which […]
Protestant Samaritans?
Ancient Samaria COGwriter Sometime back, Shepherd’s Voice magazine had the following article by former GCG board member Norman Edwards: For the mature Christian, the last words of Jesus Christ to His apostles are utterly vital. They certainly have application throughout the entire church age. They were not just for the first century. Therefore, when they […]
Tackle football is not something to be thankful for
(NFL from Wikipedia) COGwriter Today is the national holiday in the USA called Thanksgiving. And despite certain claims, its specific origins are not pagan. But, of course, no Christian needs to celebrate national holidays like it if they do not wish to (cf. Romans 14). And the Bible does condemn gluttony. And with COVID-9 this […]
“Brexit: Next days ‘decisive’ for hopes of deal, says EU’s Ursula von der Leyen,” as PESCO moves ahead
COGwriter There still is no publicly announced deal related to what happens with trade in a post-Brexit world between the UK and the EU: Brexit: Next days ‘decisive’ for hopes of deal, says EU’s Ursula von der Leyen 25 November 2020 The coming days in the Brexit negotiations will be “decisive” as to whether Britain […]
‘Why I’m Convinced The End Begins in 2026—And What You Can Do About It’
COGwriter A reader forwarded me a link to the following by Sabbatarian Tim McHyde: Why I’m Convinced The End Begins in 2026—And What You Can Do About It Since learning in 2001 that Yeshua must return in a Sabbath year, I’ve had to rule out three consecutive Sabbath year cycle windows for the final 7 […]
Should a Christian give thanks?
The First Thanksgiving, painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930) COGwriter The fourth Thursday in November is the American holiday called Thanksgiving. Unlike most holidays observed in the USA, this one is not of pagan origin. Hence, the vast majority in the Church of God (COG) consider it an “optional” (not biblically-required) holiday. According to […]