Fake COG Prophet Still Irritated That No One Recognizes Him As A True Prophet

Self-appointed prophets have come and gone in Armstrongism over the decades. Every one of them has been abject failures and outright liars.  This doesn't matter though to the current cabal of liars claiming they are the rightful true prophets of the church.  They even go as afar to acknowledge the other fake prophets in the COG today, but somehow miss that they are just as sick and perverted as the others are.

It is always fun to see our resident fake prophet from Arroyo Grande continually whine about constantly being dissed by COG members and groups.  Bwana Bob Thiel feels he is the most significantly important man the church has had in this turbulent end times.  He even goes as far as to use Norm Edwards as proof of his prophethood.  One self-appointed group leader telling another self-appointed group leader how important they are.  Seriously?  While Norm may have done some good works in the years he has run his own personality cult, he is still in the same category as Bwana Bob, Pack, Flurry, Weston, Kubik and the rest of the heretical COG splinter leaders.

...that many who are in or claim to be in the Church of God (COG) wrongly do not accept that God has any prophets today. We also agree that most have severe difficulty to identify one who really is a prophet because of various unscriptural biases and improper criteria that they have.

Because of false prophets in a couple of COG-related groups and a disbelief in prophets by most of the COG groups, the non-Philadelphian COGs have a lot of severe prophetic misunderstandings.

As Norman Edward’s article points out, it is scriptural to now have prophets according to the New Testament. But many who truly believe that they live by the word of God have discounted or overlooked what the Bible actually teaches and/or have been influenced by others who have done the same or worse. The COG has at least one demonstrably true prophet today, yet most in the greater COG world seem to be able to ignore the truth about that, like most ignored John the Baptist and others in their day.

Bwana Bob also makes this idiotic statement as further proof he is is a prophet:

Norman Edwards runs Nashville Christian Media and has been the editor for Shepherd’s Voice magazine. He is not part of the Continuing Church of God, where, I function as its human leader (and am an ordained prophet; the only known such prophet in any legitimate Church of God group). 

Could Bobby Thiel Be the One True Prophet in the Church Today? Possibly Not True.

"I function as its human leader (and am an ordained prophet; the only known such prophet in any legitimate Church of God group)."

Prophet Robert Thiel

"I" is a non-stop storyteller, spinning tales
of the past, the present and the future -
constantly editing, interpreting
and directing this inner movie.
- Josh Baran

Living Church of God Hypocrisy: Taking Care of the Disallowed

For over two decades we have watched as various Church of God's denigrated those who are not part of their system. They preach from their pulpit demanding that families cast out family members, relatives, and friends who are no longer part of their group.  They do not care how much damage this causes or the lives destroyed.

They mock Christians outside the insular circle of Armstrongism as "fake" or "so-called", all the while they act in the most unchristian manner imaginable.

Who can forget the PCG story of the family who was told to take their mentally challenged child to the mall and drop it off so the government could take care of it!  After all, the church needed the money being spent on that challenged child more than the child did.

Then there was Rod McNair claiming elderly people in nursing homes were demon-possessed.

Facebook is filled with stories of people who have had their parents tell them they are no longer allowed to talk to them or see their grandchildren because they are not PCG members.  Talk about being disallowed!  Children, parents and former members of LCG also share their horror stories on how nasty and demeaning the ministry is at times.

For some reason, Gerald Weston thought it was a good thing to publish this article on how to "reach out to a troubled world." Given the horrendous track record of abuses in the WCG, GCG, and LCG under Meredith it is obvious they do not practice what they preach.

The Disallowed

The disallowed are those who are prohibited, restrained, or hampered—those refused and not accepted.

Many problems in the world are the result of discrimination based on race, ethnicity or national origin. God anticipated this problem and gave specific instructions for dealing with it. “One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you” (Exodus 12:49). The stranger or foreigner had to obey the rules, but there was only “one law.” God did not want the Israelites ever to forget that they had been oppressed in Egypt for centuries. “You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 22:21).

God knew the human proclivity to “disallow” or discriminate against others, so He emphasized His instruction on the subject. There is no misunderstanding this plain statement: “And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:33–34). The Israelites were not merely to tolerate foreigners—they were to love them. There was also instruction to remember the “stranger” during the Festival seasons (Deuteronomy 16:11, 14), as well as to be fair in employment practices and to remember the poor (Deuteronomy 24:14,17–22). 

Foreigners or strangers have their part to do, but they are to be given an opportunity. The core of the message was that no one should be left out. “Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully observe all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 31:12).

God’s instructions make it clear that we should not scheme against those who are vulnerable. He inspired Zechariah to write, “Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother” (Zechariah 7:9–10).

James gave a stinging rebuke to those who showed partiality to the wealthy but showed disdain for the poor, whose clothing revealed their poverty. He summed up his rebuke with these words: “If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do well; but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors” (James 2:8–9). Paul put it succinctly, “For there is no partiality with God” (Romans 2:11).

 We do well to remember the “disallowed,” assisting them, including them, and meeting their needs as we are able. No one will be disallowed in the Kingdom.  Reaching Out to a Troubled World