The opposite of being a person after God’s own heart. Imagine you were destined to arise to a position of prominence. There is only one problem: That position is occupied, and the person occupying it has no intention of letting it go. Now, imagine that this person hounds you for…
Recent events and topics have had me thinking a lot about Mt 18. I don’t even have to mention the verses, do I? Well, at any rate, I’ll quote them all the same. 11For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 12How think ye? if…
“Blow the dust off your Bible and prove it for yourself. Don’t believe me, believe the Bible.” ~ HWA, at various times and places In a shameless display of vulturism, David C Pack, head of The Restored Church of God (RCG), has put out yet another open letter to pick…
It should be obvious by now that there are more than two sides to this whole mess. Good luck finding the “right side”, the one unstained by mistakes. However, later this week, we might reconsider something a little different than the noise. Here is my understanding of the sequence of…
Rumors are flying around all over, but UCG has not yet done much to squelch them. To be charitable, their efforts have been ineffective. In fact, some of the things they have said over time have only made things worse. Questions to ask: 1. Why the appearance of transparency but…
As Seen on Twitter: “if not true, then false”. “New truth”, how I hate the term! Some of you probably dislike it even more than I do. Frankly, even before the 90s, I could never understand how the “truth” could be “new”! Bethel Church of God (BCG) apparently teaches a…
If I were a schoolteacher, I’d probably hand out zeroes to some COG organizations because they did not complete the assignment. In addition, some of the others would receive either an ‘F’ or a ‘D’. However, at least United Church of God posted a commentary the other day that I…
People can ask why so many would get turned off by religion and, in particular, the Church of God. However, the plain, honest truth is that different people leave for different reasons. In some cases, though, it becomes quite clear why someone might leave. How many false prophets, false apostles…
I have written before about church divisions and why I believe God allowed, or perhaps caused, the splits around 1995. Just to recap, the old WCG often had all the answers, or so we thought. We were often arrogant towards “the world’s churches” and sometimes even others within the Church…
Dr Robert Thiel, aka “COGWriter”, wrote a truism on his blog, Church of God News recently wrote in relation to false prophet Ronald Weinland: Because of false prophets, people seem less willing to believe the true predictions of God’s word as explained by His servants. But whether people believe the…