Chinese Zodiac dragon tiger (photo from Angelus via Wikipedia) COGwriter The Chinese lunar “New Year 2024 of the Dragon” has begun. Here is something posted about it: February 10, 2024 The Lunar New Year is here, and this year it’s all about the Dragon. The holiday, also known as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival, […]
Month: February 2024
Sermon: Dating for a Happier Marriage
COGwriter Many have questions about dating, sex, and marriage. This post has links to written as well as audio-video information related to those topics. The Continuing Church of God put together the following sermon related to dating: 1:10:39 Dating for a Happier Marriage Does the Bible have information that can help people who want to […]
Germany sends naval warship to Red Sea–a prelude to Daniel 11:30 and Numbers 24:24?
Canadian and USA Warships COGwriter A reader sent a link to the following from the Associated Press: German military frigate heads toward the Red Sea for a planned EU mission to protect ships BERLIN (AP) — A German Navy frigate set sail on Thursday toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take […]
DW covers Tucker Carlson-Vladmir Putin Interview
Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview pic.twitter.com/67YuZRkfLL — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 8, 2024 COGwriter Although I was not planning on covering the interview by Tucker Carlson of Vladimir Putin here, I decided to bring it up after I saw that the German publication Deutsche Welle had the following related to it: Putin: ‘Impossible’ to […]
CCG’s predictions have proven to be wrong
Etching supposedly related to Jesus’ return COGwriter For over a decade, I have denounced wrong chronologies and other matters from CCG’s Wade Cox (e.g. see Wade Cox Should Not Be Relying on Ussher’s Chronology and False Tribulation/Rapture predictions for 2021 and 2022). Wade Cox has an article that he updated with numerous tables. Here is one updated […]
‘The EU is throwing its weight around the business world’
Symbol of European “Babylon” COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: The EU is throwing its weight around the business world February 8, 2024 The European Union is making life a lot more challenging for businesses across the globe. The 27-nation bloc has aggressively adopted new laws meant to police personal data, […]
‘EU fears trade war if Trump reelected – Bloomberg’
COGwriter The Europeans have many concerns about a possible re-election of Donald Trump. One is military (see ABC says Donald Trump poised to win Iowa Caucus, CNN says Europe attempting to make itself ‘Trump-proof’ and FT: Preparing Europe for Trump 2.0), but others are economic. Notice the following: EU fears trade war if Trump reelected – […]
International Septuagint Day–but its supporters overlook a lot
COGwriter February 8th is observed as International Septuagint Day. Many, particularly Greco-Roman Catholics, consider that the Greek Septuagint Old Testament is superior to the Hebrew Masoretic text for the Old Testament. Plus, supporters of the Septuagint tend to accept books of the Bible that early Christians, current Church of God Christians, and Protestants do not […]
DW: Germany’s Steinmeier seeks deal with mineral-rich Mongolia
Mongolian scene (photo from Pexels) COGwriter Germany continues to make trade deals around the world. Now its President Steinmeier is trying to make one with Mongolia: Germany’s Steinmeier seeks deal with mineral-rich Mongolia 7 February 2024 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, on Wednesday for talks in the resource-rich country as […]
MB: The future emperor wrote a book!
COGwriter Last year, Eduard Habsburg had a book published in English which I purchased and read called The Habsburg Way. It is now also out in the Italian language. A reader from Italy sent me a link to the following article in Italian by Maurizio Blondett, https://www.maurizioblondet.it/il-futuro-imperatore-ha-scritto-un-libro/, which I had machine-translated into English and adjusted: […]