2019 Hong Kong Protesters (Hf9631) COGwriter Protests have continued in Hong Kong: Hong Kong: Chaos ensues as fresh protests kick off 28 July 2019 Hong Kong police on Sunday charged at demonstrators and fired several rounds of tear gas as thousands of people occupied a major street near a police station and Beijing’s liaison office. Television […]
Month: July 2019
Photo Album: Continuing Church of God 2018 and 2019 Feast of Tabernacles
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to recommend the following ‘photo album’ presentation from its ContinuingCOG channel: 14:05 Continuing Church of God 2018 and 2019 Feast of Tabernacles The Continuing Church of God invites you to share our light-hearted and somewhat humorous photo album of our 2018 Feast of Tabernacles obserance as put […]
Americans failing to meet exercise guidelines
Estimated obesity rates in USA by state, 2017 (StateofObesity.org) COGwriter Despite government warnings and guidelines, few American follow exercise suggestions: Americans Are Not Getting the Message About Exercising More and Sitting Less Doctors and public health officials have been urging Americans to get more active and try to exercise at least 150 minutes per week […]
BBC: US and UK working on major trade deal; MT: Boris Johnson will deliver Brexit and a blow to the EU economy
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson (Wikipedia) COGwriter The BBC reported the following: 27 July 2019 US President Donald Trump has said talks about a “very substantial” trade deal with the UK are under way. He said a bilateral post-Brexit deal could lead to a “three to four, five times” increase in current trade. There […]
Sermon: Can God Save Your Relatives?
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermon from its ContinuingCOG channel: 1:21:36 Can God Save Your Relatives? Can God save your dead ancestors? What about your ungodly relatives? Does God’s mercy endure forever? Will all the earth worship God? Is there false religion? Does the Bible ever tie in Sabbath-keeping […]
Temple Institute: “The heads of the tribes of the children of Israel” COGwriter: Where are their descendants now? Are they mainly black?
Mosaic of the 12 Tribes and Genesis 49 from Givat Mordechai Etz Yosef synagogue in Jerusalem (Ori229) COGwriter The Temple Institute had the following in its latest newsletter: “The heads of the tribes of the children of Israel” (Numbers 30:2) Tammuz 23, 5779/July 26, 2019 “Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the […]
BBC: ‘Abbas: Palestinians to halt agreements with Israel” after Palestinian apartments demolished
(Pixabay) COGwriter Tensions have been greatly raised between Israel and the Palestinians: Abbas: Palestinians to halt agreements with Israel 26 July 2019 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will no longer abide by previous agreements made with Israel. His announcement followed an emergency meeting after Israel razed Palestinian buildings it said were illegally built […]
Ignatius, the Sabbath, and the Didache
Old manuscript mentioning the Didache COGwriter Did early Christians keep Saturday or Sunday? While there are various opinions about this, some of those opinions are not based upon biblical or historical fact. The Bible Sabbath Association, which is not a Church of God group (though it has members that are in the COGs, as well […]
Old Silk Road, USA called a Parasite, Africa & China
First Silk Road in Roman Times (Benutzer:Alexander.stohr) COGwriter Here is a historical perspective on the old ‘Silk Road’ and new China’s ‘Silk Road Project’ (also known as the Belt and Road Initiative) from Russia Insider: The old Silk Road was an ancient trade route that tied together the Roman Empire and China, where silk came […]
Boris Johnson promises golden age and Brexit, but . . .
Boris Johnson (Wikipedia) COGwriter UK’s new Prime Minister laid out some of his goals: 25 July 2019 Boris Johnson has promised the “beginning of a new golden age”, as he made his first Commons statement as PM. … On Brexit, he told MPs, minister Michael Gove would make planning for a no-deal Brexit a “top […]