COGwriter In an email today, Greg Williams, president of Grace Communion International (the current name of the Protestant group that took over and changed the old Worldwide Church of God (also now known as GCI) had the following in an attachment: GCI President Update | March 2026 … In 2025 we remain active in 62 countries […]
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“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us” (1 John 2:18-19).
Grace Communion International announces: Home Office Staff Rotations
COGwriter In an email today, Greg Williams, president of Grace Communion International (the current name of the Protestant group that took over and changed the old Worldwide Church of God (also now known as GCI) had the following: Home Office Staff Rotations March 11, 2026 Dear GCI Family and Friends, This first quarter of 2026 […]
The Church of God in the 20th century explained some of what science could not discover about the human mind
COGwriter Notice the following: Why Can’t Science Explain Consciousness? For much of the 20th century, there was a great taboo against querying the mysterious inner world of consciousness — it was not taken to be a fitting topic for “serious science.” Things have changed a lot, and there is now broad agreement that the problem […]
Herbert Armstrong claimed that, ‘Millions Do Not Know What Christ Really Was!,’ but the real number is billions
COGwriter For a while in the USA, there was a Protestant campaign ‘Know Jesus.’ Many who claim Christianity do not know the real Jesus. The Apostle Paul warned that this type of thing could happen: 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I […]
Herbert W. Armstrong clearly taught ‘God always works through just one man’ but most end time Christians do not truly accept that
COGwriter Was sent an email that I read today which started off with the following: With this, I am reminded of the Fundamental Premises that were introduced into the WWCog toward the end of HWA’s leadership. That being: That God always works through just one man; That the only thing the Catholic Church had right […]
40th anniversary of Herbert W. Armstrong’s death
COGwriter Hebert W. Armstrong died on January 16, 1986, at age 93 1/2. Many never heard of him, but multiple millions did. Here is some of what he wrote about himself: I was born July 31, 1892, of respected and upright parents who were of solid Quaker stock. My ancestors had emigrated from England to […]
There are similarities between the decline and fall of the ancient Roman Empire and the USA
Old Worldwide Church of God booklet COGwriter Are the USA and its British-descended allies a modern version of Rome that is declining? A reader sent me a link to the following: The USA, The Fall of Rome, and Almighty God’s Judgment This article will look at three causes of the Roman Empire’s collapse, and see […]
Is there a ‘gap’ in scripture? Herbert W. Armstrong on the beginning
COGwriter Is there a ‘gap’ in the first book of the Bible? Where does the Bible actually begin? In terms of time order, it would be John 1:1, and not Genesis 1:1 as many assume. Here is an explanation from the late Herbert W. Armstrong: If one should ask, where do you find the actual […]
Exercise: The Plain Truth
COGwriter Exercise is good for you. It is even good for your brain: This Is Your Brain on Exercise Our bodies, including our brains, were fine-tuned for endurance activities over millennia of stalking and chasing down prey. “We’ve engineered that out of our lives now,” says Charles Hillman, a psychology professor at Northeastern University who […]
Feast of Tabernacles in the 1970s and 1980s
COGwriter The Feast of Tabernacles runs from the evening of October 6th and (including the Last Great Day) until sunset October 14th in 2025. The Churches of God normally have over one hundred festival sites in various places around the world every year. The Continuing Church of God has a couple of dozen official sites […]