(Photo by Geierunited) COGwriter Should anyone smoke? It’s been said that good habits are hard to make but easy to live with, while bad habits are easy to make but are hard to live with. The intent of the new law looks to make it a little harder to start. Should Christians smoke? Does smoking […]
Month: January 2024
US Congressional leaders agree to another $1.6 trillion in spending (debt)–‘3 Risks To The Inflation Narrative’
US woman distraught over inflation (Photo from Pexels) COGwriter The Congress of the USA is moving, again, towards more debt: 8 January 2024 US Congress leaders have reached a deal over the total amount of spending for the rest of 2024 as they seek to avoid a partial government shutdown. The $1.6tn (£1.2tn) figure includes […]
Another Hezbollah leader killed, ‘fears grow’ about Israel-Iran war expansion, and ‘Zephaniah’s Cry: Don’t Rely on America!’
Imagined Depiction of Zephaniah (center) Speaking COGwriter The Associated Press reported the following: Fears grow that Israel, the US and Iran’s allies are inching closer to all-out war with each strike January 8, 2024 In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has struck a […]
Was Apollinaris of Hierapolis a ‘Church of God’ Christian?
Hierapolis, Turkey (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter The Catholics of Rome consider January 8th as the day to honor Apollinaris of Hierapolis. This should seem to be somewhat odd to them. Why? Because the historical records that have been preserved show that Apollinaris held doctrines we are teaching in the Continuing Church of God, which […]
‘EU Advances Controversial Digital Euro Project Amid Privacy and Power Grab Concerns’
(Pixabay) COGwriter European Union leaders want a digital euro, but there are concerns: EU Advances Controversial Digital Euro Project Amid Privacy and Power Grab Concerns January 7, 2024 The European Union (EU) is advancing its contentious plan to create a digital euro, a centrally-controlled digital currency (CBDC), with an allocation of €1.3 billion towards its […]
Has Bob Thiel been prophetically wrong for the past 12 years as reported by Gary Leonard of ‘Banned by HWA’?
Artist’s conception of the Apostle Paul before King Agrippa II where he asked, “DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROPHETS?” (Acts 26:27) (Photo from 1932 book, now in the public domain) COGwriter The Bible teaches: 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to […]
BibleNewsProphecy: Let’s Talk About Aging
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 14:18 Let’s Talk About Aging Could you have the wrong attitude about aging and the elderly? Should your goal to be to retire and cease being productive? What did Herbert W. Armstrong say about it? What […]
Church of God News in Spanish
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are the translations that we received today: NBC: Xi warned Biden during summit that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China NBC: Xi advirtió a Biden durante la cumbre que Beijing reunificará Taiwán con China https://www.cdlidd.es/nbc-xi-advirtio-a-biden-durante-la-cumbre-que-beijing-reunificara-taiwan-con-china/ ZH: “This Is […]
Trump rival wants US out of NATO
NATO nations in Blue (by Alketii in Wikipedia, 2023) COGwriter Last month, the the US Congress and Biden Administration took steps to make it more difficult for the USA to pull out of NATO (see ZH: Congressional ‘Cronies’ Saddle The US With NATO Forever). But at least one or two Republican presidential hopefuls may want […]
ICG: The Russians are gaining ground
Ukraine and Russian-occupied/annexed territories as of 4 January 2024 (From Viewsridge via Wikipedia) COGwriter In his latest weekly update, ICG’s Mark Armstrong wrote the following: How’s the war in Ukraine going? There’s not much news about the war in Ukraine lately, and there’s a reason for that. According to recent reports, the Ukrainians are falling back […]