33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33, King James Version) What is a “kingdom”? I once heard GTA explain that a kingdom is a nation that has grown large, a nation is a tribe that…
Idolatry in the Church of God? How can that be? Well, it exists, my friends. It isn’t all that hard to find, either. Sooner or later, you trip up on someone’s sacred cow, and that is when it all goes downhill. It’s actually not that hard to tell when it…
"Then the man who had received the one talent came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See,…
Well, today is supposed to be a day about “love”, but is it really? Dr Bob Thiel (aka, COGWriter) recently wrote about the “Pagan Origins of Valentine’s Day” and today responds to a Christianity Today article on the topic in “CT: Worldly ‘Christianity’ and Valentine’s Day”. Not only should we…
James Malm keeps saying that the major COG groups teach “that the King of the South would be a more extreme Islamic Caliphate, or Mahdi based Islamic Extremist Confederation.” When I asked him about this on his blog The Shining Light Blog, he answered (in part): If you would prefer…
Rev 2:5: “…except thou repent.” v 16: “Repent…” v 21: "And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not." v 22: "Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds."…
I had to go look for this one, as I thought FB would alert me (I had a tip-off). Peter Hawkins of the UK United Church of God (UCG), an International Association resigned Monday from the ministry of UCG. He somewhat addresses the continued question of why the ministry did…
COGWriter, Dr Robert Thiel, wrote in “King of the South in Prophecy”: Today, I was asked a question about the King of the South in prophecy as James Malm improperly posted something about me that was not correct. So, here is what I sent James Malm about it: Dear James:…
On Inside United: Realtime, United Church of God (UCG) has posted “Update From Victor Kubik“, where he gives thanks for prayers for his health, lists new hires into the ministry, covers elder retention and other matters. For those asking, I have made a very good recovery from my accident in…
Someone forwarded to me a notice that the Southwest Missouri congregations of Church of God, a Worldwide Association are putting together a special weekend in Branson, MO for those interested in attending. Normally, this isn’t the type of thing I’d post here, but since more official COGWA communications channels are…