Thursday, September 15, 2016

The COG Need For A Hyper-Masculine Jesus vs His Female Followers




Why is it so important to some COG leaders that Jesus MUST be a hyper-masculine man?  Apparently it's more important for him to be a "man's man" that it is to follow any of his teachings.

Rod Meredith has ranted for decades about how Jesus was a "man's man."  Rod's "jesus" was a  buff, hard working, carpenter who liked to sweat manly sweat.

Surprisingly the quote below is NOT from Meredith, it's from the hyperventalating scaremongers at ItstimeCOG.  
Chris was a MAN'S MAN, not some weak whining milk sop.  
He was a carpenter, a tradesman, a physically strong healthy man who said what He meant and meant what He said.   
The kind of guy that would sit with anyone and have a chat and share some wine over a good meal or have a few beer with the guys.  
There are places in the bible that describe Him doing that very thing.  
His first recorded miracle was when He made some wine at a wedding, so obviously he wasn't and isn't against the use of alcohol but all things in moderation.
This "man's man" that Meredith and others claim to follow was also the very man that all the MEN that were present at the crucifixion turned their back upon.  Who was there for Jesus?  The women!
The men didn’t get it. They betrayed, abandoned and hung him on a cross. Yet while he was there, who stayed with him? The women. They got it. They stayed at the cross. They returned to the tomb, and as a result, were the first to see the risen Christ. The crucifixion and resurrection stories do not have a “masculine feel.” Indeed, the whole life of Christ is decidedly opposed to the masculine norms of his day.
Well, Luke 8:1-3 adds even more depth to the women’s support:
Soon afterward, Jesus traveled through the cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of God’s kingdom. The Twelve were with him, along with some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses. Among them were Mary Magdalene (from whom seven demons had been thrown out), Joanna (the wife of Herod’s servant Chuza), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.
The women didn’t just support Jesus at the cross. They essentially bankrolled his and his disciples’ ministry. Whatever shape Christianity has, it wouldn’t have had any at all if not for the support provided by Christ’s faithful female disciples. From the Disoriented, Reoriented blog
Here we have the women supporting Jesus while the men cowered on the sidelines, just as most of the men leading various COG's today ignore the man.  Malm, Thiel, Meredith and others worship the law and elevate it to a higher level than any thing Jesus ever said or did. They all find Jesus embarrassing.



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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

James Malm and Bob Thiel: Sabbath Breakers


The Feast of Tabernacles In The Church of God...A Time of Disunity or Millennial Harmony?




In the Church of God the Feast of tabernacles always attempted to portray a foretaste of the Kingdom of God where everyone dwells in harmony.  Tens of thousands would gather at the larger sites with 8 days of sermons and fun.  There was unity unparalleled, as false as it was.

Now let's flash forward to 2016 and you will see how broken up and divided the Church of God has now become.   Look below at Branson Missouri.  Look at how many DIFFERENT Church of God's that will be meeting there.  Each one proclaiming that they and they alone are keeping the Feast right.  Some will publicly tell their members to NOT associate with any of the other COG's present.

It truly is a sad state of affairs in the church.  If they cannot get along now, how in the world will they all dwell peacefully together in Petra when the call comes out to flee there?

Missouri has the following Feast sites in its borders.
MissouriBranson: UCG, http://feast.ucg.org. 
Branson: CGWA, http://feast.cogwa.org. 
Branson: ICG, http://intercontinentalcog.org. 
Branson: Oct. 15-22, International Congregation of Yahweh, www. feastgoer.org/metamorph_spring/ branson16.html. 
Branson: CGMI, http://thecogmi.org. 
Branson: Sept. 14-21, Church of God in Truth, http://postponements.com. 
Eminence: Oct. 15-22, Congregation of Yahweh (Missouri), http://yahschosen.org. 
Greenville: Sept. 17-24, Yahweh’s Restoration Ministry, http://yrm. org/FOT2016. 
Lake of the Ozarks: Feast of the Nations, http://sukkot- fotn.org. 
Osage Beach: LCG, https://fot2016.lcg.org. 
Steelville: Sept. 17-24, EliYah, http://praiseyah.com.
And then there is the Sunshine state, as divided as ever.

FloridaDestin: Church of God Big Sandy, http://churchofgodbigsandy.com, David Havir III, (903) 714-3007.  
Fort Myers: CGWA, http://feast.cogwa.org. 
Fort Walton Beach: Common Faith Network, www.commonfaithnetwork.org, (513) 755-0040. 
Fort Walton Beach: CGI, http://cgi.org/feast-of-tabernacles. 
Fort Walton Beach: CGMI, http://thecogmi.org. 
Lantana: Christian Church of God, Neville Gilbert, jancgil@aol.com, (561) 547- 4952. 
Melrose: Community of YHVH, http://fallfeast.com. 
Panama City Beach: LCG, https://fot2016.lcg.org. 
Panama City Beach: UCG, http://feast.ucg.org. 
Panama City Beach: ICG, http://intercontinen- talcog.org. 
Panama City Beach: CGI, http://cgi.org/feast-of-tabernacles. 
St. Petersburg: COG in Miami, http://godschurch.org. 
  

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Rod Meredith Says Time Is Short...For The One Millionth Time



For over 60 years now we have had the unfortunate pleasure of having to listen to Rod Meredith run off at the mouth that the world is coming to an end, that time is short, and that it is time to step up the game and preach a forceful message.  Like Bob Thiel, James Malm, Gerald Flurry and Dave Pack, its been one lie after another. Endless false prophecies and wildly absurd speculations.

Meredith knows that the old guard are quickly dying off and that his life is soon to come to an end while his kingdom still has not come.  As his life winds down he still feels the need to get a "forceful" message out to the world.  In other words, since time is short, it is the duty of the members to send in all the money they can so the greatest work ever can get its final message out.

Dave Pack his own version of an end time message that has failed for three years in a row now.  Bob Thiel has a bastardized Catholic/Mayan version.  James Malm, the professional Judaizer, pretends that the knows the date of the end, Gerald Flurry is ready to dig up the Ark of the Covenant so he can get his final word out.  Don Billingsley is so crazy that he has become the laughing stock of the church due to his absurd ads in The Journal. Which end time version is the correct one?

With literally thousands of failed prophecies uttered by Church of God leaders over the decades the church has lost all credibility, except in the eyes of a few die-hard believers.  Unfortunately we may soon see some of these die-hards do horrendous things in order to bring in the end times they fervently desire.  Or, they may suffer horrendous abuse at the hands of certain leaders.  Mass deaths and suicides may be on the horizon.

How many more lies will these men need to proclaim till people wake up?

Frankly, brethren, I deeply feel that the next two to three years of your life will see big changes—perhaps more than any we have seen in modern times. It looks like many massive changes are beginning to come together in our society—new leaders with drastically different ideas taking over the United States, big changes coming in Europe and a possible disintegration of the entire European Union, along with increasingly dangerous threats from China and the Far East. We need to realize that more and more reports are coming out almost every month about the threat of the Zika virus and a “new” virus against which there are apparently no defenses! So it is possible that the massive disease epidemics prophesied in the Bible are slowly beginning to develop. Also, bigger upsets and natural disasters than ever before will occur, including powerful storms, fires, earthquakes and other events of increasingly unprecedented magnitude.
All of this certainly indicates the need for us to “step up our game” and have a real impacton this terribly deceived world while we have the opportunity. It means each of us whom God has called needs to realize that our lives are short and we need to act to do God’s Work while we have the opportunity. As you know, many of our older ministers and brethren are dying. Each of us still living needs to truly go “all out” to seek God like never before, as the final years of this society close in upon us. Are you, personally, truly seeking God and His power? I know that most of us are sincere, and are attending Sabbath services and tithing regularly. But, in many of our personal habits and ways of life, are we just drifting rather than powerfully growing and “crying out” to God for all of us to have a much bigger impact on this sick world?