{"id":56743,"date":"2019-08-21T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=56743"},"modified":"2019-08-21T06:15:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:15:40","slug":"unbiblical-interfaith-religion-being-officially-promoted-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/religious-news\/unbiblical-interfaith-religion-being-officially-promoted-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbiblical interfaith religion being officially promoted in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CoexistGlobe-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CoexistGlobe-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/CoexistGlobe.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Interfaith slogan (Pixabay)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The German news source, <em>Deutsche Welle<\/em> reported the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>21 August 2019<\/p>\n<p>Delegates from around the world are attending the inter-faith meeting Religions for Peace in the southern German town of Lindau. DW&#8217;s Aya Ibrahim met a Tunisian participant, who says women have a special role to play when it comes to religion a peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/religions-for-peace-participant-emphasizes-role-of-women\/av-50106397\">https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/religions-for-peace-participant-emphasizes-role-of-women\/av-50106397<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I may have overlooked the above, if a reader had not sent me links to the following (with the last two machine-translated from its original German) today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>LINDAU, Germany (RNS) \u2014 On the eve of the 10th \u2014 and the largest and most cosmopolitan yet \u2014 Religions for Peace World Assembly, young participants in the forum said they are pushing more senior representatives to be more active in addressing issues such as global warming and terrorism. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The assembly will run Tuesday through Friday (Aug. 20-23). &#8230; The theme for this edition of the world assembly is \u201cCaring for our common future: advancing shared well-being.\u201d Organizers said that process includes religious representatives \u201cconfronting their own moral and social responsibilities \u2026 to pave the way for peace on the basis of common values.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/08\/20\/young-activists-push-interfaith-gathering-to-act-on-climate-change-justice\/\">https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/08\/20\/young-activists-push-interfaith-gathering-to-act-on-climate-change-justice\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">In Lindau, the tenth World Assembly of &#8220;Religions for Peace&#8221; opens this Tuesday, with a ceremony of more than 900 women and men from more than 100 countries and 17 religions, following a speech by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">By August 23, they will discuss how religions, in a time of growing intolerance, increasing fundamentalism, and religiously charged conflicts, can help create peace, promote justice, and preserve the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"notranslate\">There are panels on women as peacemakers and on youth and terrorism.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The Lindau can meet the delegates at the ecumenical morning devotions or the interreligious &#8220;long table of Lindau parishes&#8221;;<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> For four days it will be colorful in the city on Lake Constance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"notranslate\"> Religious questions of truth are left out<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> The nice thing about problems at such meetings is that most of the religious representatives who want dialogue anyway &#8211; and the fundamentalists to be converted &#8211; stay home.<\/span> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">There will be representatives from North and South Korea, emissaries of the Muslim Rohingya and the Buddhist majority in Myanmar, Christians from the south of Sudan and Muslims from the north &#8211; talks that would not be possible outside the protected framework.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Religious questions of truth remain outside, it is about good coexistence. 08\/20\/19 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/politik\/religion-dialog-interreligioes-1.4568491\">https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/politik\/religion-dialog-interreligioes-1.4568491<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text small\"><span class=\"notranslate\">Already the arrival of the delegates in Lindau offers a picture of high symbolic power.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> From the shuttle busses rise Muslim clerics, Jewish rabbis, Buddhist monks.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> All easily identifiable by their traditional robes and headgear.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The turban of the Sikhs, the veil of the Catholic nun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text small\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> But Lindau is more than a multireligious panopticon.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The point is that the representatives of the most diverse religious traditions and denominations get into conversation with each other.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> For example in Uganda.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Again and again there are minor conflicts and friction between the Christian majority and the Muslim minority.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Drijaru Allen Solance is a delegate from Uganda and places great hope in this gathering:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"zitat\" cite=\"\"><p><span class=\"notranslate\"> &#8220;I hope that there is unity between the religions in my country, that as a result of this conference the religions live in peace and harmony.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text small\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> In Lindau, top representatives of religious communities want to promote the worldwide protection of religious sites, says Buddhist Kyoichi Sugino from Japan:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"zitat\" cite=\"\"><p><span class=\"notranslate\"> &#8220;The protection of holy places is immensely important, and to promote a culture of peace and respect, which must be strengthened here in Lindau.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text small\"><span class=\"notranslate\"> The Federal Government supports these goals.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Also financially.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Together with the Free State of Bavaria, the Federal Foreign Office is an important sponsor of the Lindau Assembly.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier will open the religious summit.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Even as Foreign Minister Steinmeier has made strong that the peace potential of religions is an issue of foreign policy.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/religions-for-peace-konferenz-101.html\">https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/religions-for-peace-konferenz-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, we see that the Federal government of Germany supports this. And that religious truth is not of interest for this conference.<\/p>\n<p>The reader who tipped me off to this today, lives in Germany, and provided the following comments&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since this conference &#8220;Religions for Peace&#8221; just happened in Germany, they mainly seem to have been reporting on it locally &#8230; Basically it shows how the German government is funding efforts to promote an inter-faith religious dialogue devoid of any actual religions content in order to support foreign policy objectives (this is what the Sueddeutsche article points out). In addition I can tell you that in a German TV news clip reporting on that conference, the head of the whole German Protestant Church Heinrich Bedford-Strohm actually stated: &#8220;All world religions need to come to the understanding that they can be partially flawed and sometimes they are more part of the problem than part of the solution&#8221; (referring to religious violence and\/or wars). The head of the German Catholic Church Reinhard Marx was also shown to be present and he argued similarly. This is certainly something one would not have thought several years ago that major religious leaders would be willing to state so publicly, but it shows what the wider public in Europe &#8220;expects&#8221; religious leaders to say on such occasions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, all world religions (as opposed to the true religion) are flawed. And we are seeing more emphasis on interfaith cooperation around the world, but particularly in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style181\">As far as truth goes, consider that Jesus said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style181\">23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:23-24)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"style181\">While peace is a fine goal, the interfaith agenda and teachings bring the following words Jesus cited to mind:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"style181\">&#8220;Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? &#8230; 6 &#8230; you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:<\/p>\n<p class=\"style181\">8 &#8220;These people draw near to Me with their mouth,<br \/>\nAnd honor Me with their lips,<br \/>\nBut their heart is far from Me.<br \/>\n9 And in vain they worship Me,<br \/>\nTeaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'&#8221; (Matthew 15:3, 6-9)<\/p>\n<p>1 Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. (Ecclesiastes 5:1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just because religious leaders indicate things are the same or fine, does not mean that the Bible endorses human doctrines.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible opposes the interfaith agenda:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"v-14\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\">14<\/span> <span class=\"verse-14\"> Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? <\/span><span class=\"verse-number\">15<\/span> <span class=\"verse-15\"> And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? <\/span><span class=\"verse-number\">16<\/span> <span class=\"verse-16\"> And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse font-helvetica\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"verse-16\">\u201cI will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-17\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><span class=\"verse-number\">17<\/span> <span class=\"verse-17\"> Therefore <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"verse font-helvetica\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"verse-17\">\u201cCome out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.\u201d (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Real Christians are NOT to support the interfaith plans.<\/p>\n<p>Notice also:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, &#8220;Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.&#8221; (Revelation 18:2-3)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice some warnings about what will happen from Roman Catholic sources:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Nun Anna-Katarina Emmerick<\/em> (19th century): I saw again a new and odd-looking Church which they were trying to build. There was nothing holy about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Yves Dupont<\/em>\u00a0(writer interpreting A. Emmerick above), They wanted to make a new Church, a Church of human manufacture, but God had other designs&#8230;(Dupont, pp. 115,116)<\/p>\n<p><em>Pope Gregory the Great<\/em> (died 604): In those days, near the end, hardly a Bishop, but an army of priests and two-thirds of the Christians will join the Schism. (Culleton, R. Gerald. The Reign of Antichrist, Reprint TAN Books, Rockford, IL, 1974, p. 122)<\/p>\n<p><em>St. Francis of Assisi<\/em>\u00a0(died 1226): There will be an uncanonically elected pope who will cause a great Schism, there will be divers thoughts preached which will cause many, even those in the different orders to doubt, yea even agree with the heretics, which will cause my Order to divide. (Culleton, R. Gerald. The Reign of Antichrist, p. 130)<\/p>\n<p><em>Priest H. Kramer<\/em> (20th century): In the vision of the Seer now appears a second beast rising out of the earth, having two horns like a lamb but speaking like a dragon&#8230;In other places he is called the false prophet&#8230;This prophet may re-establish the pagan Roman Empire\u00a0and build the &#8220;Great Harlot&#8221;, Babylon\u2026 The False Prophet&#8230;will persuade all infidels, apostates and apostate nations to worship and adore him&#8230;Antichrist\u00a0&#8220;sitteth in the temple of God&#8221; (I Thes. II. 4). This is not the ancient Temple in Jerusalem&#8230;this temple is shown to be a Catholic Church\u2026The False Prophet will proclaim the resurrection of the Roman Empire. (Kramer H., p. 318,320-323)<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5\"><em>Priest Paul Kramer (21st century):<\/em> <strong>The errors of Orthodoxy and of Protestantism will be embraced by that false church, it will be an ecumenical church because the Anti-Pope will be recognized by the world<\/strong>\u2014not by the faithful, but by the world\u2014by the secular world and the secular governments. (Kramer P. The Imminent Chastisement\u00a0for Not Fulfilling Our Lady\u2019s Request. An edited transcript of a speech given at the Ambassadors of Jesus\u00a0and Mary\u00a0Seminar in Glendale, California, September 24, 2004.THE FATIMA CRUSADER Issue 80, Summer 2005, pp. 32-45 http:\/\/www.fatimacrusader.com\/cr80\/cr80pg32.asp viewed 4\/15\/08)<\/p>\n<p><em>Priest Paul Kramer (21st century): <\/em>The Anti-Pope will be recognized as the legitimate Pope of the \u201cchurch,\u201d and the legitimate head of the Vatican\u00a0State. <strong>That \u201cchurch\u201d will be united with all the false religions<\/strong>. They will be united together under the universality of the Masonic umbrella. In that motley ecumenical union will be the established religion of the so-called civilized world. This is how we will get into the time of great persecution\u00a0such as the world has never seen. (Priest Kramer. As cited by Mario Derksen&#8217;s article The Blind Leading the Blind Memo to Chris Ferrara, Father Nicholas Gruner and Father Paul Kramer: Please, please take off the blindfolds! in TRADITIONAL INSIGHTS October 7, 2005 Volume 16, no. 250; http:\/\/www.dailycatholic.org\/issue\/05Oct\/oct7mdi.htm 10\/10\/07)<\/p>\n<p>Soon to be Saint Blessed\u00a0Cardinal John Henry Newman once commented that <em>\u201ctrue development occurs when Christianity is able to assimilate the surrounding environment, informing and changing its culture, whereas corruption happens when its instead the environment that assimilates Christianity to itself.\u201d<\/em> 08\/19\/19 <a href=\"https:\/\/knowingisdoing.org\/blog\/what-happens-when-christian-dialogue-ignores-creed\">https:\/\/knowingisdoing.org\/blog\/what-happens-when-christian-dialogue-ignores-creed<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"style5\">Some of those warnings seem to be consistent with an Orthodox understanding of the last false religious power coming from Rome:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"style5\"><p><em>Bishop Gerasimos of Abydos<\/em>\u00a0(20th century): The army of Antichrist\u00a0is made up of the worldly powers, mainly the Roman Empire, symbolized by the two beasts and the harlot woman (Rev. 11:7; 13:1-17; cf. Dan. 7:11-12)\u2026 The final confrontation with evil is presented in chapters 19 and 20\u2026The war is waged by the beast and the false prophet. <strong>Both of these are organs of Satan, representing the political and religious authority of Rome<\/strong>\u00a0(Rev. 13:1-18). (Gerasimos, Bishop.\u00a0 At the End of Time: The Eschatological Expectations of the Church.\u00a0 Holy Cross Orthodox\u00a0Press. October 5, 2004, pp. 28-29)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Bible itself warns against a coming ecumenical unity&#8211;Satan the devil&#8217;s unity&#8211;which it teaches will be successful as far as many in the world are concerned:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>4 They prostrated themselves in front of the dragon because he had given the beast his authority; and they prostrated themselves in front of the beast, saying, &#8216;Who can compare with the beast? Who can fight against it?&#8217; 5 The beast was allowed to mouth its boasts and blasphemies and to be active for forty-two months; 6 and it mouthed its blasphemies against God, against his name, his heavenly Tent and all those who are sheltered there. 7 It was allowed to make war against the saints and conquer them, and given power over every race, people, language and nation; 8 and all people of the world will worship it, that is, everybody whose name has not been written down since the foundation of the world in the sacrificial Lamb&#8217;s book of life. 9 Let anyone who can hear, listen: 10 Those for captivity to captivity; those for death by the sword to death by the sword. This is why the saints must have perseverance and faith. (Revelation 13:4-10, NJB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8216;dragon&#8217; listed above is Satan, the devil (cf. Revelation 12:9, 20:2). Here is something from the late <a href=\"\/herbertwarmstrong.htm\">Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> on the coming worship:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"font_text\">Notice a Bible definition of worship in Rev. 13:4 &#8220;how men worship the &#8220;beast&#8221; \u2014 the Roman Empire \u2014 by saying, &#8220;Who is like unto the Roman Empire? Who is able to make war with it?&#8221; Such words constitute worship \u2014 &#8220;and they worshipped the beast.&#8221; (Armstrong HW. <span class=\"font_title2\">The Mystery of MELCHIZEDEK Solved!. Plain Truth, June 1956)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We ha<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/interfaith.htm\">Will the Interfaith Movement Lead to Peace or Sudden Destruction?<\/a> Is the interfaith movement going to lead to lasting peace or is it warned against? A video sermon of related interest is: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Will the Interfaith Movement lead to World War III?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W9ZhbS9S_js\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=-xOIVfbsLdaGqQXzh77gDA&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CCYQvxs\">Will the Interfaith Movement lead to World War III?<\/a> and three video sermonette are also available: <a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"Pope Francis signs 'one world religion' document!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OBXH6-jg0a8\" aria-label=\"Pope Francis signs 'one world religion' document! by BibleNewsProphecy 26 minutes ago 15 minutes 11 views\">Pope Francis signs \u2018one world religion\u2019 document!<\/a> and <a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELnNG_FZCmo\" aria-label=\"The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement by BibleNewsProphecy 5 days ago 20 minutes 318 views\">The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement<\/a> and <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Do You Know That Babylon is Forming?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DaWZ-EegXkI\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CI0CEL8b&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=NQrFVO-yO4nY-APY24HoCw\">Do You Know That Babylon is Forming?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cross.htm\">What is the Origin of the Cross as a \u2018Christian\u2019 Symbol?<\/a> Was the cross used as a venerated symbol by the early Church? Three related YouTube videos would be <a id=\"video-title28\" title=\"Beware of the 'Ecumenical Cross'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tMiEhrPcFzo\" aria-label=\"Beware of the 'Ecumenical Cross' by BibleNewsProphecy 3 hours ago 17 minutes 31 views\">Beware of the \u2018Ecumenical Cross\u2019<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title\" class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-grid-video-renderer\" title=\"The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ELnNG_FZCmo\" aria-label=\"The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement by BibleNewsProphecy 5 days ago 20 minutes 318 views\">The Chrislam Cross and the Interfaith Movement<\/a>, and <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Origin of the Cross\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jsrqDYCduAE\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=ipAHU9LJDeXQ8wG-mYDYBQ&amp;ved=CBEQvxs\"><span data-original-html=\"Origin of the Cross \">Origin of the Cross<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/catholic.htm\">Which Is Faithful: The Roman Catholic Church or the <em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God?<\/a> Do you know that both groups shared a lot of the earliest teachings? Do you know which church changed? Do you know which group is most faithful to the teachings of the apostolic church? Which group best represents true Christianity? This documented article answers those questions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/orthodox.htm\">Some Similarities and Differences Between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the <em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> Both groups claim to be the original church, but both groups have differing ways to claim it. Both groups have some amazing similarities and some major differences. Do you know what they are?<br \/>\n<a title=\"Permanent Link: Orthodox Must Reject Unity with the Roman Catholics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/orthodox-must-reject-unity-with-the-roman-catholics\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Orthodox Must Reject Unity with the Roman Catholics<\/a> Unity between these groups will put them in position to be part of the final end time Babylon that the Bible warns against as well as require improper compromise.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cogwriter.com\/united-nations.htm\">United Nations: Humankind\u2019s Last Hope or New World Order?<\/a> Is the UN the last hope for humanity? Or might its goals end up with sinister results? A related video would be <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"United Nations and Vatican Are Planning the New World Order\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_X80EYP9YZk\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=drhyU9rLHIPI-QOM1oGwCw&amp;ved=CCIQvxs\">United Nations and Vatican Are Planning the New World Order<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/american-catholics-should-fear-unity-with-greek-orthodox.htm\">Why Should American Catholics Fear Unity with the Orthodox?<\/a> Are the current ecumenical meetings a good thing or will they result in disaster? Is doctrinal compromise good? Here is a link to a related video <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Should you be concerned abou the ecumenical movement?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qTGcoa2vaH4\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=71yzUrj1PMPZsQfi4IGIBQ&amp;ved=CAwQvxs&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Should you be concerned about the ecumenical movement? <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/protestant-ecumenism.htm\">Beware: Protestants Going Towards Ecumenical Destruction!<\/a> What is going on in the Protestant world? Are Protestants turning back to their \u2018mother church\u2019 in Rome? Does the Bible warn about this? What are Catholic plans and prophecies related to this? Is Protestantism doomed? watch the video <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Charismatic Kenneth Copeland and Anglican Tony Palmer Protestants Beware!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WalDQEqiFLk\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=ekkOU7zsOMnT8wHe-oCYDA&amp;ved=CCgQvxs\">Charismatic Kenneth Copeland and Anglican Tony Palmer: Protestants Beware!<\/a> and <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ArRHlq7NUU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=ttSNVM65JYf2qAWQoIHADg&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CBkQvxs\">World Council of Churches Peace Plan<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/catholicprophecyantichrist.htm\">Do Certain Catholic Prophecies About Antichrist Warn Against Jesus?<\/a> Will the final \u201cAnti-Christ\u201d be Jewish, insist on Saturday, be opposed to the trinity, and bring in the millennium? Certain Catholic writings indicate this, while others take a different view, but what does the Bible show? A related sermon is <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Will Jesus Christ be called Antichrist?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3uYNtADAcwU\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ei=776RVpC5OcSwqQWN2InIDQ&amp;ved=CEgQvxsiEwjQ7OK9lp7KAhVEWKoKHQ1sAtkomxw\">Will Jesus Christ be called the Antichrist?<\/a><br \/>\n<a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Laudato Si: Pope's Agenda or Kingdom of God?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IwbatlzDb0I\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CEYQvxs&amp;ei=EKCSVayvHtHIqAX_65TQCg&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Laudato Si: Pope\u2019s Agenda or Kingdom of God?<\/a> Pope Francis\u2019 2nd encyclical is titled \u2018Laudato Si.\u2019 In it, he goes over his views related to environmental, economic, social, moral, agricultural, and spiritual issues. He advocates international cooperation to solve various problems he believes are affecting humanity. Is that Pope\u2019s agenda the solution? What about the Kingdom of God? does the Bible teach? Two related articles include <a title=\"Permanent Link to Laudato Si: Will Pope Francis\u2019 economic actions match his words?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/religious-news\/laudato-si-will-pope-francis-economic-actions-match-his-words\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Laudato Si: Will Pope Francis\u2019 economic actions match his words?<\/a> and <a title=\"Permanent Link to Laudato Si: A call for a one-world government?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/laudato-si-a-call-for-a-one-world-government\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Laudato Si: A call for a one-world government?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/islam.htm\">Differences Between Islam and the <em>Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> What are some of the main differences? Are there any similarities? A video of related interest is titled: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Islam: Any Christian Concerns or Similarities?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aDJbMnabajk\" data-sessionlink=\"ved=CDUQvxs&amp;ei=kTPSVbuwBNbFqQX16qHoBg&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Islam: Any Christian Concerns or Similarities?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ChristianAmbassadors.pdf\">Christians: Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God, Biblical instructions on living as a Christian<\/a> This is a scripture-filled booklet for those wishing to live as a real Christian. A related sermon is also available: <a id=\"video-title49\" title=\"Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPS9iYpXA3c&amp;t=1s\" aria-label=\"Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God by ContinuingCoG 2 weeks ago 1 hour, 22 minutes 54 views\">Christians are Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/GospeloftheKingdomofGod.pdf\">The Gospel of the Kingdom of God<\/a> This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. Here are links to three related sermons: <a title=\"The World's False Gospel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49-Ceoj6vxc\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=S_wEWLWDD8umc--SiugK&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CCgQ0h4YACITCPXUzJWh4s8CFUvTHAodb4kCrSibHA\">The World\u2019s False Gospel<\/a>, <a title=\"The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HkR3WO-Gfxw\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=AGsGWPDAMoSictucsJgC&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CC8Q0h4YACITCPDA9fH-5M8CFQSRHAodWw4MIyibHA\">The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments<\/a>, and <a title=\"The Kingdom of God is the Solution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ggfT_8W7oyU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=FbUHWL2iG9GScvO9lNAB&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CDkQ0h4YACITCP2A-ta5588CFVGJHAod8x4FGiibHA\">The Kingdom of God is the Solution<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/WhereistheTrueChristianChurchToday.pdf\">Where is the True Christian Church Today?<\/a> This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Where is the True Christian Church?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=adMl1PWrg_Q&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ei=7KwLVLmCKtOp-AP--oDwCw&amp;ved=CBoQvxs\">Where is the True Christian Church? <\/a>Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: <a title=\"\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/donde-esta-la-verdadera-iglesia-cristiana-de-hoy\/\">\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy?<\/a> Here is a link in the German language: <a title=\"WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE?\" href=\"http:\/\/ccog.eu\/wo-ist-die-wahre-christliche-kirche-heute\/\">WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE?<\/a> Here is a link in the French language: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/WhereistheTrueChristianChurchTodayFrancais.pdf\">O\u00f9 est la vraie \u00c9glise Chr\u00e9tienne aujourd\u2019hui?<\/a> Here is a link to a short animation: <b> <\/b><a id=\"video-title79\" title=\"Which Church would Jesus Choose?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kr460BB6H8g\" aria-label=\"Which Church would Jesus Choose? by CCOG Animations 2 days ago 9 minutes, 17 seconds 17 views\">Which Church would Jesus Choose?<\/a><b><br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/continuing-history-of-the-church-of-god.pdf\">Continuing History of the Church of God<\/a> This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PXCPA0iYaJo&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=nmUzU7WvGNWq-QO4g4D4Aw&amp;feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ved=CBEQvxs\"><span data-original-html=\"Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D. \">Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D<\/span><\/a>. and <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d5NhF3soRNc&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-915637\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=tDaQVJWkEsuQqgW364CwDQ&amp;ved=CBEQvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview-u\">Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries<\/a> and <a title=\"Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bqJj1he1CYY\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=ZoZTV5LVO8vC-wPVn6TwDQ&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CEUQ0h4YACITCJKgw-zjj80CFUvhfgod1Q8J3iibHA\">Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries<\/a>. The booklet is available in Spanish: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/HistoryChurch-SpanishFinal.pdf\">Continuaci\u00f3n de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios<\/a>, German: <a href=\"http:\/\/ccog.eu\/kontinuierliche-geschichte-der-kirche-gottes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes<\/a>, French: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/histoire-continue-de-lglise-de-dieu-french.pdf\">L \u0019Histoire <em>Continue<\/em> de l \u0019\u00c9glise de Dieu<\/a> and Ekegusii <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/ChurchHistory-Ekegusii.pdf\">Omogano Bw\u2019ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span class=\"style182\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/great-monarch.htm\">The Great Monarch: Biblical and Catholic Prophecies<\/a><\/span> Is the &#8216;Great Monarch&#8217; of Catholic prophecies endorsed or condemned by the Bible? <span class=\"style182\">Two sermons of related interest are also available: <a id=\"video-title51\" title=\"Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=psnUATTp9Do\">Great Monarch: Messiah or False Christ?<\/a><\/span> and <a id=\"video-title53\" title=\"Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z5pDCeLEHXk\" aria-label=\"Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies by ContinuingCoG 1 hour ago 1 hour, 17 minutes 13 views\">Great Monarch in 50+ Beast Prophecies<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/six_thousand_year_plan_6000.htm\">Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?<\/a> Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2027 or 20xx? There is also a video titled <a id=\"video-title10\" title=\"6000 Years: When will God's Kingdom Come?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4NVvtlrQZXg\" aria-label=\"6000 Years: When will God's Kingdom Come? by ContinuingCoG 1 hour ago 1 hour, 11 minutes 4 views\">6000 Years: When will God&#8217;s Kingdom Come?<\/a> Here is a link to the article in Spanish:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/tiene-dios-un-plan-de-6000-anos\/\"> \u00bfTiene Dios un plan de 6,000 a\u00f1os?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/when-will-the-great-tribulation-begin.htm\">When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2019, 2020, or 2021?<\/a> Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the &#8220;beginning of sorrows&#8221;? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? Here is a version of the article in the Spanish language:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/puede-comenzar-la-gran-tribulacion-en-2018-o-2019-es-el-tiempo-de-los-gentiles\/\"> \u00bfPuede comenzar la Gran Tribulaci\u00f3n en 2018 o 2019? \u00bfEs el Tiempo de los Gentiles?<\/a> You can also see the English language sermon videos: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Great Tribulation from the Mount of Olives\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cd-2nwJGpuQ&amp;list=UUOuL5Q2Xi9HZqU6GivhxveQ\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=gxwrU4PFJ86X-gO-soKQCQ&amp;ved=CCQQvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview-u\">The Great Tribulation from the Mount of Olives<\/a> and <a title=\"Can the Great Tribulation begin before 2020?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IpLRv6wXpLE\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=HFN4V73UMJHg-QP80Kz4Cg&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CDsQ0h4YACITCL3SyJH81c0CFRFwfgodfCgLryibHA\">Can the Great Tribulation begin before 2020?<\/a> A shorter and newer video is: <a id=\"video-title18\" title=\"Might the Great Tribulation start in 2019?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hehGaWNxDwg\" aria-label=\"Might the Great Tribulation start in 2019? by BibleNewsProphecy 38 minutes ago 19 minutes 27 views\">Might the Great Tribulation start in 2019?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cogwriter.com\/time-of-the-gentiles.htm\">The Times of the Gentiles<\/a> Has there been more than one time of the Gentiles? Are we in it now or in the time of Anglo-America? What will the final time of the Gentiles be like? <span class=\"style182\">A related sermon is available and is titled: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Times of the Gentiles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=63vVm95WbDo\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-222576\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=hTSkWdXGBcHIDqOoquAK&amp;feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CDUQ-SUYACITCJWdj5Od-tUCFUGkAwodI5QKrCibHA\">The Times of the Gentiles<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/armageddon.htm\">Armageddon<\/a> Who is involved and when will this gathering happen? Here is also a video from Dr. Thiel, from Tel Megiddo in Israel: <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Armageddon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UXRBlWtC9j8\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-153214\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=NIS1VLzAJ4L7qAWu4oGYDA&amp;ved=CCAQvxs&amp;feature=c4-feed-u\">Armageddon<\/a>. Other videos include: <a id=\"video-title89\" title=\"Armageddon Will it come on Trump's watch?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BUofNKdWmtk\" aria-label=\"Armageddon Will it come on Trump's watch? by BibleNewsProphecy 6 hours ago 16 minutes 81 views\">Armageddon Will it come on Trump&#8217;s watch?<\/a>, <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Iraq, Armageddon, &amp; Prophecy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K7boD_l9qOQ\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ei=UbqdU6e5HcPJ-QODxIDIAQ&amp;ved=CCAQvxs\">Iraq, Armageddon, &amp; Prophecy<\/a>, <a id=\"video-title90\" title=\"Freemasonry, Armageddon, and Rome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4yAI7jgyEMw\" aria-label=\"Freemasonry, Armageddon, and Rome by ContinuingCoG 19 minutes ago 1 hour, 16 minutes 7 views\">Freemasonry, Armageddon, and Rome<\/a>, <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Is China paving roads to Armageddon?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KuZ5fZ3-AOo\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=4loYWbqtO8H9ugLKlIDoDQ&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=COMBEKYeIhMIuqbHhr7v0wIVwb5OCh1KCgDdKJsc\">Is China paving roads to Armageddon?<\/a>, and <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Jordan, Petra, and Armaggedon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4-4vj-0q6X8\" aria-describedby=\"description-id-403491\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=mAbZVICYIZPzqAW0oIDoBw&amp;feature=c4-feed-u&amp;ved=CDoQvxs\">Jordan, Petra, and Armageddon<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/germany-in-the-bible.htm\">Germany&#8217;s Assyrian Roots Throughout History<\/a> Are the Germanic peoples descended from Asshur of the Bible? Have there been real Christians in Germanic history? What about the &#8220;Holy Roman Empire&#8221;? There is also a You-Tube video sermon on this titled <span data-context-item-views=\"144 views\" data-context-item-time=\"1:11:28\" data-context-item-title=\"Germany's Biblical Origins\" data-context-item-user=\"ContinuingCoG\" data-context-item-type=\"video\" data-context-item-id=\"qUMWLfT5tKU\"><a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Germany's Biblical Origins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qUMWLfT5tKU\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=aLjAUcrhDMaahgHfwIDYAw&amp;feature=c4-overview-u&amp;ved=CDwQ-SUoCw\">Germany&#8217;s Biblical Origins. <\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/germany-in-prophecy.htm\">Germany in Biblical and Catholic Prophecy<\/a> Does Assyria in the Bible equate to an end time power inhabiting the area of the old Roman Empire? What does prophecy say Germany will do and what does it say will happen to most of the German people? Here is a version of the article in the Spanish language: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdlidd.es\/alemania-en-la-profecia-biblica\/\">Alemania en la profec\u00eda b\u00edblic<\/a>. Here are links to two English language sermon videos <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Germany in Bible Prophecy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kh25NrqVW7w\" data-sessionlink=\"feature=c4-overview&amp;ved=CAcQvxs&amp;ei=UostVcayMdLvqAWcvYHIBw\">Germany in Bible Prophecy<\/a> and <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"The Rise of the Germanic Beast Power of Prophecy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zct6VETdLIY\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=z-wyVeD7GZaEqgWutYG4DQ&amp;ved=CC0Qvxs&amp;feature=c4-overview-u\">The Rise of the Germanic Beast Power of Prophecy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interfaith slogan (Pixabay) COGwriter The German news source, Deutsche Welle reported the following: 21 August 2019 Delegates from around the world are attending the inter-faith meeting Religions for Peace in the southern German town of Lindau. 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