COGwriter The Continuing Church of God (CCOG) is pleased to announce the following video on our CCOG Animations channel: 8:41 Sola Scriptura or Tradition? Is Christianity supposed to be based on the Bible or traditions of men? Is Protestanism really based on the Bible? Did Martin Luther really believe in the ‘sola Scriptura’ rallying cry […]
Category: Church History
“I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).
Revelation 2 & 3: Seven Churches and Messages
COGwriter at site of “Church of the Apocalypse/Revelation” on Patmos in 2008 COGwriter Seven churches are mentioned in Revelation 1, with messages given to them in the next two chapters. As it turns out, my wife Joyce and I have been able to visit the area of each of those seven as well as the […]
How did early Christians view the Godhead?
COGwriter How did the original Christian church understand the Godhead? Did you know that the early church was neither trinitarian nor unitarian? The early church was binitarian. That is, early Christians considered that the Father and the Son were God and that the Holy Spirit was the power of God. And while some dispute this, […]
Reformation Day: It is sad that Protestants do not truly believe in its ‘sola Scriptura’ rallying cry
Martin Luther COGwriter Today is known as Reformation Day. October 31st marks the day that Martin Luther reportedly hammered his now famous 95 theses on the Wittenberg (Germany) church back in 1517. He was essentially posting on a board issues he felt that the Church of Rome needed to fix. Since then, the Church of […]
Halloween, All Saints’ Day, and the Day of the Dead
‘ Day Day of the Dead decorations (Tomascastelazo) COGwriter Many Greco-Roman-Protestants will attempt to celebrate Halloween tomorrow. It is not a biblical nor Christian holiday. The truth is that those who really obey and believe the God of the Bible do not celebrate Halloween. Yet, several years ago, actor Kirk Cameron put out a film […]
Sermon: Halloween Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead decorations (Tomascastelazo) COGwriter Many Greco-Roman-Protestants will attempt to celebrate Halloween tomorrow. It is not a biblical nor Christian holiday. The Continuing Church of God put together the following sermon related to Halloween on its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:13:09 Halloween Day of the Dead What are the origins of Halloween? Is it a […]
‘Vatican conference convenes experts to study early Christian history’
COGwriter A reader tipped me off to a conference that is currently going on at Vatican City related to church history. Here is what he said: Dr. Thiel, I read this news article that says that the Pope has called for both Christian and secular historians to research the earliest centuries of church history to […]
Milvian Bridge: The battle that ended up turning professors of Christ militaristic
Labarum Cross COGwriter On October 28, 312 there was a battle at the Milvian Bridge between Constantine (a follower of Mithras) and Maxentius. As it happened, Constantine’s side won. Prior to the time of Constantine, even most apostates who claimed Jesus did not believe that Christians should be engaged in war. The Apostle John was […]
Do Protestant reasons to celebrate Halloween conflict with scripture?
COGwriter With COVID-19 concerns, some areas have restricted (or eliminated) some aspects of Halloween celebrations. But various Protestants and Roman Catholics still want to celebrate it. Of course, Halloween is not a biblical holiday. Back in 1969 Anton Lavey wrote The Satanic Bible. On page 96 (in the 1976 version) it mentions Halloween: After one’s […]
Sermon: Wilderness Apostolic Succession List
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce the following sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:18:52 Church in the Wilderness Apostolic Succession List What is apostolic succession? Is it in line with the teachings of Jesus? Is spiritual succession more important than claims of physical succession? Does any church have both? Is it […]