COGwriter A while back, the anti-Christian site, calling itself Banned by HWA, ran an old letter purportedly written by former WCG member Harry Eisenberg opposed to tithing. Here are some extracts: I was a paid researcher on the staff of Ambassador College for over four years. Generally speaking, my work involved providing “proofs” for the […]
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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).
Is God one Family or One Trinity?
(COGwriter directed ChatGpt illustration) COGwriter Various scriptures say God is one (e.g. Galatians 3:20b)? How is God one? Some say one trinity. In the Continuing Church of God, like the Philadelphian era in the 20th century also did, we teach that God is one family, now consisting of the Father and the Son. Father and […]
What was reported by WCG on this date in 1985 related to Reginald Killingsley
COGwriter Reginald Killingsley sent me the following today–this is from the Pastor General’s Report dated August 22, 1985 (“From Ministerial Services”): This past Thursday, August 22, Mr. Leon Walker came to my office to report that he had just learned that one of our ministers in South America had been shot. Mr. Reginald Killingley, pastor of the […]
Grace Communion International’s ‘Sacrament of Baptism’
(Official logo of Grace Communion International) COGwriter Many people in various Church of God groups once had at least some connection with the old Worldwide Church of God. In an email, Greg Williams, president of Grace Communion International, the current name of the Protestant group that took over and changed the old Worldwide Church of […]
Sermon: Let’s Talk About Prayer (including verbal comments from Herbert W. Armstrong)
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:19:13 Let’s Talk About Prayer What is prayer? Would you like 10 tips on prayer? After his introduction, Dr. Thiel plays a 20th century radio broadcast by the late Herbert W. Armstrong who spoke on prayer (as well as healing). Dr. Thiel interjected a […]
Grace Communion International’s ‘Kingdom living’ is not what Jesus will implement
(Official logo of Grace Communion International) COGwriter Many people in various Church of God groups once had at least some connection with the old Worldwide Church of God. In an email, Greg Williams, president of Grace Communion International, the current name of the Protestant group that took over and changed the old Worldwide Church of […]
Could Joe Tkach, Sr. have been right about ‘Satan’s Throne’?
‘Cathedra Petri’ (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Numerous times, my wife Joyce and I have been able to see and visit what could be called ‘Satan’s throne,’ if the devil does, in fact, now have a physical throne on the earth. The first time we saw it was back in 1987 on a tour of […]
Ambassador College photos from the 21st Century
COGwriter Have you ever wondered what the old Pasadena Campus of Ambassador College and the former Headquarters of the old Worldwide Church of God look like? A while back, my wife Joyce and I visited the grounds. We have also put photos together of our visit–see Pictures of the Pasadena Campus of Ambassador College and […]
Radio Church of God was not the original Philadelphian name–but what about radio now?
(photo from hwalibrary.com) COGwriter Craig White sent out the following in an email related to church history in the 1930s and 1940s: I discovered on an Oregon government website that the Radio Church of God (name changed to Worldwide Church of God in 1968) was an unincorporated voluntary association until registered in March 1946. See […]
BibleNewsProphecy: The Glory of the Latter Temple
(Photo by BibleHub.com) COGwriter In its newsletter this month, the Temple Institute had the following related to a writing from the second chapter of the Book of Haggai: Iyar 21, 5786/May 8, 2026 … The Glory of this Last House Shall be Greater than the First! … Zerubavel from the house of David and Kohen Gadol (High Priest) Yehoshua consult […]