Amos, Censorship, and Calamity

Portion of Septuagint Rendering of Amos 2 COGwriter The Church of Rome considers March 31st to be a memorial day for the Hebrew Prophet Amos (the Eastern Orthodox use June 14th). Here is some information about him from Wikipedia: Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah,[1] was active c. 750 BC during the reign […]

BibleNewsProphecy: Why Do People Die?

(Pixabay photo) COGwriter The Continuing Church of God (CCOG) is pleased to suggest the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel: 14:42 Why Do People Die? What does the Bible teach about death? Why do people die? Do all die in Adam? Are the wages of sin death? What is sin? Why do righteous people die? Are people […]

Was Jesus really resurrected on a Sunday? ¿Murió Jesús un día miércoles o un viernes?

Garden Tomb location (Pixabay) COGwriter Was Jesus actually resurrected on a Sunday? Is that possible? What does the Bible teach? (For some information about the ‘crucifixion’ in Spanish, please click on ¿Murió Jesús un día miércoles o un viernes?) Related to Spanish, there is a new video: English title:  Did Christ rise on a Sunday? […]

‘Europe must get ready for looming war, Donald Tusk warns’ & ‘CERN to test world’s most powerful particle accelerator during April’s solar eclipse to search for ‘invisible’ matter that secretly powers our universe’

(Public Domain Picture) COGwriter Here is another call for Europe to take military steps: War a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland’s Tusk 30 March 2024 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned Europe is in a “pre-war era” and Ukraine must not be defeated by Russia for the good of the whole […]

Many accepted myths related to ‘Holy Saturday’

‘Holy Saturday descent’ icon (Wikipedia) COGwriter This Saturday is called ‘Holy Saturday’ by the Roman Catholics. The Church of Rome and the Eastern Orthodox celebrate the day called Pascha (which is the Greek word for Passover) by the Eastern/Greek Orthodox and called ‘Easter‘ by English-speaking Protestants and Catholics on different days (for the Orthodox it […]

Sermon: Is Easter Really a Christian Holiday?

Eostre: Goddess of the Dawn COGwriter The Continuing Church of God has the following sermon on its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:11:20 Is Easter a Really Christian Holiday? Did you know that Easter is supposed to be Passover according to the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’? Was this originally observed by Christians on a day other than […]

Temple Institute to go over red heifer scriptures this Sabbath–another step?

Photo from Temple Institute’s newsletter of February 2, 2024 COGwriter The Temple Institute had the following in its newsletter today: “This is the law of the burnt offering” (Leviticus 6:2) Adar Sheni 19, 5784/March 29, 2024 Parashat Tzav, the second weekly reading of the book of Leviticus deals almost exclusively with a detailed listing of […]

A nail into the heel of Jesus?

Heel (Wikipedia) COGwriter Artifax, a publication of the Near East Archaeological Society had two items some may find of interest, part of which my wife Joyce graciously typed as Artifax is not generally online. Here is one item: HEEL BONE CRUCIFIXION FOUND IN ITALY Italian archeologists Emanuela Gualdi-Russo and Ursula Thun Hobenstein from the University […]