Venezuela and ‘Socialism’s false promise’

Old USSR flag COGwriter Cal Thomas wrote the following last year: May 7, 2016 Given its track record, one wonders why socialism is gaining in popularity in the U.S. and what appeal it has to a generation that, apparently, knows little about it.A recent survey from Harvard University has found that 51 percent of young […]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the latest items we received: Book of Miracles’? End: May 15, 2017? Malm: Great Tribulation 2019? ¿El Fin según el ‘Libro de Milagros’: Mayo 15: 2017? Malm: ¿Gran Tribulación 2019?http://www.cdlidd.es/el-fin-segun-el-libro-de-milagros-mayo-15-2017-malm-gran-tribulacion-2019/ Pentecost is June 4, 2017Pentecostés […]

Trump meets Pope and expects to push NATO to spend

COGwriter There are growing issues with Donald Trump, NATO, and Europe: May 24, 2017 Trump arrived in Brussels Wednesday afternoon following talks with the pope at the Vatican in Rome. Trump said on Twitter after the meeting he is “more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world.” Aboard Air Force One, on the […]

Could the ‘mark of the beast’ include some type of cross?

Labarum Cross COGwriter Many people have pointed to various aspects of modern technology as being related to the ‘mark of the beast’ of Revelation. And while the final Beast power will utilize technology, could something as familiar as a cross be a mark of the beast? Yesterday, I saw a statue of Emperor Constantine’s mother […]

Israel’s Jerusalem Day–Before and After Donald Trump’s visit

Jerusalem COGwriter US President Donald Trump was in Israel, but did not do what some hoped he would: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government wanted to hear Donald Trump announce he’s moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinians would have liked Trump to publicly back their aspiration to statehood. While it was Israel […]

‘Make Believe Money’

Diocletian Antoninianus (Photo by Sosius11) COGwriter Charles Butler of the Daily Reckoning posted the following: Make Believe Money … Speaking of “make believe”… I’m going to borrow a quote from my friend, James Powell, who had this to say in his latest letter: The Fed has been pumping huge amounts of make believe money into […]

Might Satan’s throne be the ‘Cathedra Petri’?

‘Satan’s Throne’ (Photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter Numerous times, my wife Joyce and I have been able to see and visit what could be ‘Satan’s throne,’ if the devil does in fact have a physical throne on the earth. The first time we saw it was back in 1987 on a tour of Saint Peter’s […]

Most will misunderstand the Antichrist’s ‘mark’–will you?

COGwriter Many wonder what ‘mark’ or marks may be associated with the final Antichrist. But few understand who the final Antichrist can be, let alone his mark. And relatively few will properly perceive it. The terms ‘antichrist’ and ‘antichrists’ are only used in the Bible five times (four and one respectively), and are only found […]

Was ‘Freedom of the Press’ and its loss prophesied?

COGwriter Was freedom of the press and its demise prophesied? The old Worldwide Church of God correctly pointed out that it was: THE MOST important work in the world cannot be done without freedom of the press! What is that work? It is the work of announcing that God will restore His Government to the […]

WND again promoting view that Mystery Babylon the Great is Mecca

Radio Church of God portrayal of the Beast of the Sea COGwriter World Net Daily (WND) is again promoting Protestant prophecy writer Joel Richardson’s views about Mecca and ‘Mystery Babylon’: One of the most prominent Christian apologists, author Joel Richardson who wrote the bestselling “The Islamic Antichrist” and the new “Mystery Babylon,” believes that Mecca, […]