One thing that has always amazed by about so many of the current splinter cults of the Armstrongite Church of God, is that while claiming to be commandment keepers they STEAL WCG/GCI owned works for their own use, or plagiarize it as much as they can while adding their own little twists and perverted interpretations.
The Self-anointed great Bawana Bob Thiel says he is going to do just that!
He reached out to Grace Communion International (former WCG) to see if he could use the old
Youth Bible Lessons aimed at the youth of the church. GCI, thankfully said NO!
No matter, Bawana Bob, just like the Kitchen clan, will steal their works anyway.
Youth Bible Lessons
After being told in writing by Grace Communion International that they would not make available for us to purchase, etc. the old Youth Bible Lessons from the old Worldwide Church of God, we have begun a program to look into republishing slightly edited versions of them.
So far, I have reviewed and tentatively approved about two dozen lessons, with minor edits (mainly additions of historical facts) in about half of them.
The intent is to produce the youth lessons in English and Spanish, and perhaps other languages.
We plan to make relevant announcements in one or more future letters.
Like any ACOG leader, practicing what one preaches is never a given. Bawana Bob cannot even heed the words that he writes later in his letter to his members:
Brotherly love involves caring for others and keeping the commandments–all of them! As the James wrote:
27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. (James 2:8-12)
Letter to the Brethren, March 21, 2019
