(EU 2025 Enlargement Package banner, fair use) COGwriter The European Union wants to expand. And it is looking at changing its rules to allow for it to happen more quickly: The EU’s enlargement dilemma 28 May 2026 The European Union is edging towards the biggest rethink of its enlargement policy in decades as Russia’s war […]
Month: May 2026
Claim that centuries old map showing Noah’s Ark may confirm Durupinar site location
Durupinar site (Photo by Wikkiwooki via Wikipedia)COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: Noah’s Ark mystery deepens as ancient map points to resting place of biblical vessel 27 May 2026 The largest known early world map may have pointed to the resting place of Noah’s Ark for nearly 440 years. Created in […]
Herbert W. Armstrong left CG7 because it would not teaching truths it accepted, COGwriter did the same with LCG
COGwriter Hebert W. Armstrong was the former Pastor General of the old Radio, then Worldwide Church of God. He died on January 16, 1986, at age 93 1/2. But prior to the formation of the Radio Church of God, he was an elder in the Church of God, Seventh Day. So, why was he part […]
Global hunger? Snowfalls are record lows in the Himalayas–famine potential?
Himalayan snow hits 23-year low, water crisis looms for 2 billion liveshttps://t.co/54JC03IED8 — IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) April 26, 2026 COGwriter The UK Guardian published the following: US-Israel war on Iran driving historic levels of global hunger, UN says 27 May 2026 The continuing US-Israel war on Iran has compounded other global disasters to drive record numbers […]
Freemasons vs. Vatican? ‘Freemasonry Behind the Campaign Against Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Spain’
Freemason brotherhood symbol COGwriter The pro-Vatican news agency, Zenit, posted the following: Freemasonry Behind the Campaign Against Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Spain (ZENIT News / Barcelona-Madrid, 05.26.2026).- Long before Pope Leo XIV arrives in Spain, his anticipated visit is already reshaping public conversations. What might once have been treated primarily as a pastoral journey […]
Gospel writer Mark and Apostolic Succession
The Casket Claimed to be that of Mark of Alexandria in Venice (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter My wife Joyce and I have visited St. Mark’s Square and the related church in Venice, Italy on several occasions. People in Venice repeatedly have been told, and often believe, that they have the body of Mark, the […]
Powerful heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
Heat at night (Pexels) COGwriter The Associated Press reported the following: Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe May 26, 2026 Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain […]
Iran threatens the US itself after its military was hit again
(ChatGPT image generated for COGwriter ) COGwriter The US hit targets in Iran yesterday and claimed self-defense. The Iranian government and military are not pleased: Iran accuses US of violating the ceasefire with recent strikes 26 My 2026 Iran’s foreign ministry says in a statement that the United States has violated the ceasefire with strikes […]
Can Christians say ‘Amen’?
COGwriter A while back, a Church of God News page run by one who prefers his name not be reported, had the following: House of God This is pastor Ron Harmon’s letter of resignation from the House of God in Texas: “To The Wonderful People of the House of God: Unknown to most of you […]
Pope Leo XIV warns of the new ‘Tower of Babel’: Is the European Union now trying to construct it?
COGwriter Pope Leo XIV is warning about AI with a ‘Tower of Babel’ warning: Pope Leo Paints Bleak AI Future—With ‘Tower Of Babel’ Warning—Without Human Control May 25, 2026 Pope Leo XIV on Monday used his first encyclical to warn that humanity is using artificial intelligence, mass automation and rapid technological advancement to build a […]