UCG's Latest Creepy Video

"All of their "worldy" friends on FB are looking at the video and thinking, "WTF?"?

This latest video by United Church of God is downright creepy.  Do they expect the public to be impressed by a retro dude trying to look cool as he takes care of his vintage car in a well kept neighborhood?   Is UCG trying to bring back the nostalgia of the glory days of WCG when strife and division had not pried the church apart?  How many families had to travel to the Feast in that kind of car in the 60's and 70's because the parents were giving all their money to the  church and all they had to drive was an old used car like that?

I feel sorry for the little kids that have to listen to this drivel and the subtle brainwashing it is attempting to do.  There is nothing wrong with believing in a future time when the world will be at peace.  I think that's the hope and desire for the vast majority of humanity.  The problem lies in the teaching that this is something people are required to do in order to make God love them and maybe make them kings of some distant planet.  Kolob, perhaps?

One person on Facebook said that the voice of the creepy puppet reminds him of the voice of the pedophile on Family Guy.


Let's all song together about "...riding me a bottle nose dolphin in the kingdom..." ...and meeting "famous men." Obviously famous women are too stupid to talk to. Besides, just who are these famous men?  COGers through history or real famous men through the ages of time?  Buddha?  Muhammad? Constantine? Charlemagne?  According to COG teaching these men won't be in the first 1,000 years of that kingdom anyway.  Only the resurrected saints and those remaining alive after the Catholic Church is through killing true believers and nuclear war is over will be in the kingdom.  Those famous dudes won
t be there but will pop up on the scene later on.

Obviously their marketing guru's think this series of videos is the next best thing to hot buttered biscuits.  But really, WHO is watching these videos other than UCGer's who are told to click the "Like" button as often as possible to give these videos a higher ranking.

My favorite comment was this: "All of their "worldy" friends on FB are looking at the video and thinking, "WTF?"?

Dale Schurter: When Will He Grow A Pair?

Dale Schurter has a long history being part of the Church of God.  He was looked upon by many as a guru on natural farming and other "green" activities before they were cool.  Others worshiped the man as a minister.  He could preach no wrong and his tapes were widely distributed.

Then Dale made the mind numbing switch over to the Restored Church of God claiming it was the ONLY COG on the face of the earth and in human history to be doing an earth shattering "work."

A reader sent in a little blurb to me today about Dale's latest chameleon changes.  Dale seems to have a reputation on changing colors to suit his latest endeavor.

Dave Pack has been having orgasmic fits over LCG's new teaching on the "wedding supper" and where it will be. Dave is spitting fire right now that LCG are apostates for teaching such a heresy.

The only problem is this so called "new teaching" is not new and was first brought to light by WCG pastor Harold Smith in 1981.  Smith started teaching that the "wedding feast" would be in heaven.  The interesting thing is that when Smith preached this one of the first to jump on the same band wagon was Dale Schurter.  Dale was a firm believer in this "new" teaching and taught it.

Jump ahead to 2012 and Dale is has joined up with his new guru Dave. Obviously Dale needs to be told what to believe, where to do it and how.  Hence, Mr. No Balls.

 Dave hates that teaching and says it is heresy.  Dale Schurter, in his typical ball-less fashion now has changed his beliefs and says it is wrong.  How many more times can this king of waffling change his mind?  When Dave kicks him out of RCG? When some other "new and improved" teacher comes along?

Why doesn't Dale get a pair and stand up for something and stick to it?

A Fine Example On How The Church of God Regarded It's Members

Here is example of how the Worldwide Church of God treated it's members and how it lusted after money. 
This is a truly a disgusting story that was on Facebook this week. 

This is not the first time that the WCG did this to members and families of the deceased.  It was standard practice. There are many documented cases over the decades of the WCG suing family members to get money that the church believed they deserved. There are even instances of families left destitute because the WCG took all the money.

This is not something left to the old dusty bin of WCG history. It still goes on in every large splinter group out there today.  Beware of putting the COG in your will at the expense of your family!

My father was an elder for 30 some years with no pay. Dad died at age 62. Leaving my mother a widow. A church member who my parents took care of for years left my mother his money. WWC took my mother to court and got part of it. They then asked my mother and my brother for the rest of it. And My Brother FD who was an elder got up in front of the church and resigned and left the wwc church. My mother owned the church building that they were meeting in. Headquarters Pasadena [was] a bunch of crooks!

By the way the mans body wasn't even cold yet. The same day of his funeral the lawyers called my mother and I into a meeting. And across the table was you guessed it. [A]World Wide Church of God minister and headquarters on the phone guiding them all the way.

E. W. King: My Prophecy Has Come True

Yet again, we have another COG minister who claims prophetic insight into world events.  God apparently is speaking directly to him and not to any of the other COG leaders around the world.  EeeeeW King thinks he predicted the assassination of the U.S. Ambassador to Syria.

EeeeeW King writes:

It is interesting to note here the fact that I stated in my April 9^th 2012 prophetic forecast the following:

“And last but not least I have stated that I believe that an attack on a world leader is coming soon. I do not have all the details about why I believe this, I just do. Egypt seems to be getting restless. Egypt would like to see Israel invaded. This world is like a giant storm floating in space. As we watch world events stay close to God. Pray often. Study the Bible often. Share with others as often as you can about the coming Kingdom of God.” (To read the whole prophecy forecast for 2012 click here)

Did you notice that I put it in the context of Egypt? Many have noticed that my prophecy forecasts have come true. People who have received my first book will note these statements and that I stated them way back when the book was published. I am not a prophet. However, I do know that God has given me clarity in regards to watching prophetic events. I still believe that (unfortunately) yet another assassination of a leading figure will soon occur. I do not take pleasure in these prophetic forecasts. I simply try and listen to God and honor Him in all that I do and say.

An ambassador represents a world leader; he or she is the speaker of the leader. The recent attack on the American ambassador was an act of war!

*To read more about my prophetic forecasts and their fulfillments click here.

E.W.King

   “Christian Reality…the spin stops here!”

 

The Rats Are Jumping Off Ron Weinland's Felonious Ship

Ever since Church of God Preaching the Kingdom pastor Ron Weinland was convicted in court a month or so ago he has had members leaving his sinking ship.  With members leaving, money goes out the door too.

Today, Dave Pack is gloating once again that he has scored more jumpers from Church of God Preaching the Kingdom.  These are men who care more about continuing to receive a paycheck than actually being men of integrity and speaking out against Ron and the rest of the fraudulent COG leaders who continue to fleece the flock.

A second former PKG leader—also in New Zealand—has become a member of The Restored Church of God. A number of former PKG members from that country have come with Restored, and we have heard from others in PKG, both in New Zealand and around the world, who are looking into RCG.

Obviously these men are not as important as they thought they were because Dave has not released their names.  Or, maybe they are being sent immediately to Dave's reeducation camp so that they don't make complete asses of themselves like Schurter, Gray, Zhorne and Wachuku did.

The Churches of God: Truth In Advertising?

There is a great post on another blog that has an entry today about "Truth in Advertising for Churches.

We all know it.
It’s a fact we all live with.
The food that we see on all of the fast food advertisements never look like what’s lurking inside that cardboard box.
The following images present them side-by-side, thus showing the contrast between advertising and reality.
Let’s make sure our Church websites and media doesn’t do the same thing.

The posting ends with the comment below which describes most of the Churches of God.  The outward appearance in many cases is sharp and impressive, but once you are inculcated into the experience it's another story.  Appearances are deceiving.

There’s a fine-line between putting your best foot forward, and bearing false witness.

How many of  the COG's are bearing false witness?

Mormons Excited About UCG's Drift Towards LDS Teachings

World News Daily (red flags should go up immediately) has an article up about Jerold Aust interviewing Joe Kovacs for UCG's their Good News magazine on humans becoming god's.

Mormon Dialogue

Christian Author: God Is Having Offspring (For entire article click on link)

The author of the No. 1 inspirational book in America, “The Divine Secret,” claims God is having literal offspring, and the phrase “children of God” that fills the New Testament means exactly what it says.

Joe Kovacs, a Bible-believing Christian, was just interviewed by the Good News magazine, and was asked by reporter Jerold Aust, “Who are the children of God? What makes them so, or is this simply in-house religious talk?”

Kovacs responded, “If you just look at the natural world around us, you realize that everything reproduces. They have children or offspring after their own kind. I mean, the children of giraffes are giraffes. The children of cats are cats. And what are the children of God? You know people have to come to that conclusion: we’re not here for no good reason. The Bible calls us ‘the OFFSPRING of God.’ (Acts 17:29) It uses the word offspring.

“God is having offspring. And countless times, you will see the phrase ‘children of God’ or ‘sons of God’ in the Bible. In fact, in the famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.’ Paul says in Romans 8:14, ‘For as many are as led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.’ I show you many more verses in ‘The Divine Secret’ but over and over again, the Bible calls us ‘sons of God,’ ‘children of God.’ He (God) says ‘I will be your Father and you will be my sons and daughters,’ (2 Corinthians 6:18), so Jesus is not the only son of God. He’s the only begotten Son of God from the way He came into the Earth, but God wants all of us to be sons of God and children of God.”
Aust noted, “The thing that struck me when I read that again, this could seem a rather bold statement for your readers to consider: How can infallible, puny human beings who need nourishment, who need sleep, how can they even be considered to be equal with angels eventually, or be angels, let alone to be born into the divinity of God, to be divine?”

Where the Worldwide Church of God abandoned this teaching years ago, UCG seems to be moving closer and closer to LDS doctrine. Mormons are happy that UCG is moving towards "the truth."  Ah, there it is, that favorite catch word that disenfranchises most of humanity.  Only certain people  have the "truth" and the rest of the dumb schmucks in the world are lost.

LDS responses to the article include:

Sounds almost straight from an LDS manual.  

A lot of Evangelicals are coming around to understanding the TRUTH. 

I increasingly find evangelicals behavior towards the LDS like the French do towards Americans.  They continue to ask "How can we be more like them without being them?"  

One wise person noted:

It appears that the author, Joe Kovac has been influenced by Herbert W. Armstrong or the teachings of the Church of God, which would make since given his statements. Not an evangelical.

Then another person obliviously chimes in

It's always good to hear of other Christians making progress on Biblical interpretation whatever their faults may be.