(ChatGPT illustration for COGwriter) COGwriter There is an article titled 15 questions that religious people struggle to answer. The author of that article looked to religions of this world and not the true faith. As Christians, we should have answers for them (cf. 1 Peter 3:14). While the world’s religions struggle with them, they really […]
Category: Doctrine
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV)
Honor your father and your mother–do not make excuses!
COGwriter The Fifth Commandment is about honor and dishonor. The fifth commandment, from the Book of Exodus, states: 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12) Most read this as laying out a proper relationship between parents […]
Sermon: Be Ready with an Answer: 4 more Questions the World Struggles with, But the CCOG does NOT!
(ChatGPT illustration for COGwriter) COGwriter There is an article titled 15 questions that religious people struggle to answer. The author of that article looked to religions of this world and not the true faith. As Christians, we should have answers for them (cf. 1 Peter 3:14). While the world’s religions struggle with them, they really […]
Evolutionists against Darwinism?
COGwriter A reader sent me a link to the following: Evolutionists Against Darwinism “A 2005 poll by the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Social and Religious Research found that 60% of American medical doctors reject Darwinism, stating that they do not believe humans evolved through natural processes alone. Thirty-eight percent of the American medical doctors polled […]
BibleNewsProphecy: Tattoos: Dangers and Scriptures
Jaipuri Tribal Tattoo (Meena Kadri) COGwriter Tattoos have been around a long time. In Western societies, they seem to be getting more popular. But they are dangerous? Does the Bible endorse them? To address those matters, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put together the following Bible News Prophecy video on our Bible News Prophecy: 14:48 Tattoos: Dangers and Scriptures […]
Flaws of Representative Democracy?
COGwriter Mises Report posted the following: Why Representative Democracy Is Obsolete April 25, 2026 If we were to identify the most sacrosanct dogma of Western modernity—thce one that no one questions—it would undoubtedly be representative democracy. We automatically assume that it is the best form of government that humanity has ever invented—a sort of “end […]
Sermon: 3 Religious Questions the World Struggles with, But the CCOG does NOT!
(ChatGPT illustration for COGwriter) COGwriter There is an article titled 15 questions that religious people struggle to answer. The author of that article looked to religions of this world and not the true faith. While the world’s religions struggle with them, they really are not struggles for those of us in the Continuing Church of […]
MS: Signs of Relentless Decline
(Illustration from BibleHub.com) COGwriter Michael Snyder posted the following: 12 Signs That The Relentless Decline Of Our Society Is Accelerating April 22, 2026 For more than a decade and a half, I have been writing about the decline of our society. Sadly, over that period of time there has been an inexorable deterioration of our […]
Forgiving someone who is not sorry?
(Pixabay picture) COGwriter Pocket recommended the following: How to forgive someone who isn’t sorry Part of our series on America’s struggle for forgiveness. Forgiveness is often viewed as the “happily ever after” ending in a story of wrongdoing or injustice. Someone enacts harm, the typical arc goes, but eventually sees the error of their ways […]
Marijuana’s high holiday
Marijuana joint being made (UnSplash photo) COGwriter The Associated Press posted the following: Marijuana holiday 4/20 … Marijuana culture’s high holiday, known as 4/20, falls this year on Easter Sunday, … meaning cannabis fans can celebrate in some unusual ways, including an “Easter nug hunt” in Los Angeles, kosher-style THC gummies in New York and […]