False leaders with their false ideas and those who follow them are always sucked in by arrogance, ignorance or both. The King and Queen of Hearts hold court to determine who stole the tarts, one of the legendary stories perhaps based upon the foibles of bad leadership. Altered and scaled…
Roundup of tidbits related to recent postings and/or of interest within the COG community Holidays and Holy Days Are Upon Us The past year, I’ve attempted to get out of the habit of regurgitating the same old things when it comes to holidays and holy days (unlike some other…
Some train wrecks are epic fails Like other forms of evangelical Protestantism, Pentecostalism adheres to the inerrancy of scripture and the necessity of accepting Christ as personal Lord and Savior. It is distinguished by belief in the baptism with the Holy Spirit as an experience separate from conversion that…
Do spiritual gifts come in a box? Scott Ashley presented the first keynote of the 2013 General Conference of Elders titled “Edifying the Body Through Spiritual Gifts.” Mr. Ashley stated that Dennis and LeeAnn Luker are partly responsible for this topic being discussed…. Mr. Ashley wrote a detailed study paper…
[Updated 18:17: I forgot the link for The Father’s Call.] Feast or famine, drought or flood. Such is the case of a writer, it seems. I have a friend going through a really tough time right now, and that has consumed a bit of my time as well trying…
There are a couple of things that January is known for in the COG community. The first is 16 January 1986, the death of Herbert W Armstrong. He re-discovered many lost truths after his conversion, formed the Radio Church of God, which later became the Worldwide Church of God, and…
Photo of Pope Benedict XVI, 2007 by Valter Campanato 24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called…
Well, I don’t know if any of you have had time off of work or not this week. A few of you are at one of the winter family weekend events, I’m sure. I’ve been busy reformatting my hard drive, and while it is operational now, the restore of data…
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. ~ Ps 119:105 The Church of God, a Worldwide Association has announced a new schedule for reading the Bible through in a year, something I’m a big proponent of. Zondervan Corporation has given COGWA…
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech, 8 Dec 1941 COG Update I received an email that Herb Vierra, one of the board members of Legacy Foundation in Thailand (that oversees Legacy Institute, the school) has been released from the hospital. He was admitted with a bad case…