France stages all-European Bastille Day festivities International Herald Tribune, Associated Press – July 14, 2007 PARIS: Troops from all 27 European Union nations marched behind French President Nicolas Sarkozy down the Champs-Elysees on Saturday, part of a revamped Bastille Day party celebrating the revolution that rid France of its monarchy. Sarkozy, interested in a united European […]
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COG Comments on Pope’s Comments
Benedict XVI’s comments about essentially Catholic supremacy have been in the news the past week or so (please go to for my earlier post on it titled Vatican Excluding Protestants, But PCG Comments). Various COGs have commented about them. Last night, ICG’s Mark Armstrong reported: Articles appeared yesterday about recent official statements issued by the pope […]
Protestant Realizes There Is No Eternal Torment
Minister Labeled a Heretic ABC News (20/20) – July 12, 2007 Virtually every religion throughout human history has some notion of a horrible life after death. And though the threat of fire and brimstone is not preached as fervently in this age of reason, one man in Tulsa, Okla., knows just how hard it is […]
Russia and the Sabbath
On June 17th (please see article on Benedict and Orthodox Unity) I posted a news item that showed that the Patriarch Alexy II of the Russian Orthodox Church was interested in becoming closer to the Roman Catholic Church. But did you know that the Orthodox used to observe the Sabbath, long after Rome stopped doing so […]
Birthdays and the COG
COGwriter This month, I have noticed that my article titled Did Early Christians Celebrate Birthdays? has become relatively popular. Although I did update it sometime last month (mainly added some scriptures), since I did not announce it, I have been surprised that it is suddenly more popular. Regarding birthdays, Herbert Armstrong taught, “There is no command […]
Archaeology Again Proves Bible is Right
Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament The Telegraph (UK) – July 11, 2007 The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum’s great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years. But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a […]
CG7 Announces Missionary Goals
In the July-August edition of its Bible Advocate, CG7-Denver’s General Conference President Whaid G. Rose wrote the following: Missions, long a bright spot in the Church, has become brighter in recent years. Expanding from Missions Abroad to include Home Missions and Church Planting, this ministry needed a leader with high energy, vision, and passion to […]
Vatican Excluding Protestants, But PCG Comments
The Vatican has essentially been taking the position that only the Roman and Orthodox religions are true churches. The following news items that came out today confirm this: VATICAN: DIALOGUE DOES NOT MEAN RECOGNIZING OTHER CHURCHES Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – July 10, 2007 Vatican City (AGI) – The Catholic Church is the only church wanted by Jesus Christ, as […]
Petra Chosen as One of the Seven Wonders
Jordan celebrates Petra’s pick as one of 7 wonders of the world… Associated Press – July 8, 2007 Jordanians rejoiced Sunday over the inclusion of the ancient city Petra in the new seven wonders of the world, celebrating their victory with a fireworks display in the capital and dancing in the early morning hours.Petra came […]
CEM’s Ron Dart Apologizes, Sort of
The Journal announced the following in an email yesterday: No intent to allege cowardice [Regarding “Open Letter to Ron Dart: We Are Not Cowards,” an editorial by Thomas M. Geiger in The Journal, March-April 2007]: This is the letter I sent to Mr. Geiger in reply: Thank you for your letter and the work you […]