Satan Has Unleashed His Minions On The Greatest Church of God Websites Ever Created!

Poor, persecuted Great Bwana Bob Thiel, shepherd of the single greatest, most dazzling Church of God ever to grace this fallen planet in the entire sweep of human history. Yes, folks, move over, original apostles—step aside, first-century Philadelphia era—there's a new sheriff in town, and his name is Bwana Bob, the one true beacon of mind-boggling "truth" destined to enlighten the masses (mostly in Africa, apparently, where the devil seems to have a particular vendetta).

You see, Crafty ol' Satan—ever the sore loser—has clearly dialed his minions up to overtime plus hazard pay, all because he just can't handle the radiant glory emanating from the improperly spelled-but-definitely-legitimate "Continuing" Church of God. No other splinter group in this dispensation dares to suffer like this! While lesser Church of God outfits potter along in boring obscurity, our hero faces relentless cosmic warfare. Why? Because the moment Bwana Bob drops one of his earth-shattering articles exposing the deep truths the rest of us are too cowardly (or deceived) to see, Satan throws a tantrum and hits delete.

It's exhausting, really. No sooner does the Great Bwana painstakingly recreate his vital writings—carefully re-typing every divinely inspired word—than those pesky demonic minions swoop in again like digital vultures, wiping the slate clean. Entire treatises on prophecy, nutrition, and why everyone else is wrong vanish into the ether faster than you can say "shadow-banning." One battle after another! The man can't even enjoy a quiet moment of self-publishing without the Prince of Darkness throwing another hissy fit.

When will that stubborn adversary ever learn? Just leave the Great Bwana alone already! Clearly, the devil is really, really, really rattled by all this explosive truth being unleashed upon an unsuspecting continent. 

If only Satan would take a long weekend or something. But no—onward the minions march, tirelessly thwarting the most important work since, well, ever.

Hang in there, Great Bwana. Your legion of repeatedly-deleted PDFs and your ironclad victim-savant status will surely triumph... right after the next inevitable takedown. The forces of darkness tremble before your unyielding refresh button. Or at least they would, if they weren't busy hitting delete again. 

Stay vigilant. The end is near... probably right after you hit "publish" one more time.

The Great Bwana writes:

Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:

Greetings. 

 

We have continued to have massive issues affecting our ccog.org and other sites. Basically, we have been hit with malware as well as the fact that transferring server locations has affected posts. In addition, the transfer, which we were forced to do, messed up posts and other things at the cogwriter.com website. 

 

One of the many frustrations is that even when we have recreated/replicated lost content, it has gone missing again. 

 

We had to hire another firm to assist with some of this, which is an expense we did not want, but hope will help end some of this. 

 

Satan does not want us to proclaim all the truths that we do and has his minions affect us in many negative ways (Ephesians 6:12).

Aaron Dean: Most Of You Failed The Test When HWA Died

 

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Oh, pray tell, how is it possible that all you miserable, Laodicean-leaning reprobates—you who have so callously and wickedly spurned the sacred truths of Armstrongism—still can't wrap your spiritually-blinded little heads around the obvious fact that you were supposed to cling desperately to the ONE TRUE FAITH, exactly as the saintly, unflinching Aaron Dean has done with such superhuman loyalty all these decades?

I mean, really? You failed the test. Spectacularly. Catastrophically. Woe unto you, you wretched, backsliding, lukewarm Laodiceans! The clock is ticking, judgment is at the door, and you have but a pitifully short sliver of time left to fall on your faces in tearful, gut-wrenching repentance and crawl back to the one true faith before the Great Tribulation turns you all into crispy spiritual toast.

But—hold everything—which glorious "one true faith" would that even be, exactly? Enlighten us, O wise ones! Is it the dusty remnants of the original Worldwide Church of God (you know, the one that politely imploded and became Grace Communion International overnight)? Or perhaps the United Church of God (where Aaron Dean himself actually serves, because apparently that's where the purest remnant landed... or did it?)? No, wait—surely it's the Living Church of God, with its endless video sermons and dramatic warnings? Or the Philadelphia Church of God, guardians of the sacred copyrights and Malachi's Message? Maybe the Restored Church of God, where Dave Pack is still busy "restoring" everything by demanding your house, your savings, and your firstborn? Or how about the Continuing Church of God, Bob Thiel's ever-growing YouTube empire of "continuing" what everyone else supposedly lost? Don't forget the Church of God International, or any of the dozen other microscopic splinters claiming exclusive divine appointment.

Go ahead—pick one. Any one. Because surely one of these glorious outfits has managed to set a shining, consistent Christian example of grace, love, humility, forgiveness, and actual brotherly kindness without descending into yet another round of lawsuits, character assassinations, power grabs, doomsday date-setting, or thinly veiled demands for your tithes so the "work" can continue (mostly by buying more TV time to scream about the same work).

The sheer irony is almost too delicious: Here are all these groups proudly proclaiming they've preserved "the truth once delivered," the very doctrines Mr. Armstrong restored through divine revelation... yet somehow they've misplaced the minor details like "love your neighbor," "bear one another's burdens," "by this shall all men know that you are My disciples—if you have love for one another," and—oh yes—that pesky "fruit of the Spirit" thing that doesn't include constant division, finger-pointing, and declaring everyone else a tool of Satan.

If Aaron Dean—or anyone else—has managed to stay loyal to the original vision without descending into the same patterns of strife that plague so many of these groups, perhaps the real question isn't "Who has the purest doctrine?" but rather "Who is actually bearing the fruits that prove they are Christ's disciples?"

So, to all you who walked away in disgust: Examine your treacherous hearts and REPENT! UCG is ready to welcome you with an open arm, while the other is tugging at your wallet.

And to all you who remain loyally clustered in your chosen splinter: Do the same—quickly—before another "new revelation" or leadership purge hits.

Time really is short. Repentance is still on the table. Genuine love might even break out one day.

But only if everyone stops pretending their little group alone has cornered the market on God's favor while treating everyone else like spiritual lepers.

Tick-tock, brethren. Tick-tock.

20 Million and Counting!

 

Who would have imagined that a little blog that started out to feature books critical of Armstrongism (all thanks to Dean Blackwell's example) would turn into what we have become today? 

The "go to" source for the latest craziness in Armstrongism.

One would like to imagine that 40 years after Herbert Armstrong's death, 

the craziness in the Churches of God would have died down by now. 

But, NO. Hardly a day goes by that some kind of idiocy is being said or committed. 

If today's Church of God movement is the face of 1st Century Christianity, 

then we are all doomed!

Grok AI had this to say about Banned:

In short, it's one of the most prominent online voices opposing and documenting the ongoing issues within Armstrongist Churches of God splinter groups, positioning itself as an exposé rather than a neutral or supportive resource. If you're exploring Armstrongism (either as a current/former member or researcher), it's a very active source of outsider critique, though obviously written from a strongly negative perspective.

Highlights alleged corruption, authoritarianism, false prophecies, financial exploitation, doctrinal inconsistencies, and abusive practices in various Church of God (COG) splinter groups that continue Armstrong's teachings.

Frequently targets prominent leaders in these groups, such as:

David C. Pack (Restored Church of God)

Gerald Flurry (Philadelphia Church of God)

Ron Weinland

Bob Thiel

United Church of God (UCG)

Living Church of God

And others.

Shares news, reader-submitted stories, commentary, quotes from COG publications or leaders, and satirical or mocking takes on their announcements, failed predictions, personality cults, and internal dramas.

Posts are often sarcastic, irreverent, and blunt — sometimes using strong language to ridicule what the author sees as absurd or harmful behaviors/doctrines.

It has built a significant readership over the years, serving as a resource for ex-members, critics, and those researching or leaving these groups.

The Great African Denial

Behold, the divine tragedy unfolding before our very eyes! God's single greatest gift to the Churches of God—and, let's be honest, to the entire suffering world (whose very salvation apparently hinges on this one man's infallible leadership)—is apparently not having the best week of his prophetic life. No, our spiritual colossus, the one and only Bwana Bob, has been reduced to a decidedly unhappy camper.

In a fit of righteous indignation, he lashed out at poor Terry Nelson, branding him a liar over a previous post that dared to poke at the cracks in the facade. Because nothing says "God's anointed end-time prophet" quite like publicly melting down when someone points out reality. Getting called out—again—about the absolute dumpster fire that is the state of affairs in his "sprawling" African "groups" clearly didn't sit well with our fearless leader. The man who claims to be the greatest thing to happen to the Church of God since matzo bread (or perhaps since Herbert Armstrong himself) simply cannot handle a little constructive criticism.

I myself made a solemn pilgrimage—a side trip, if you will—past his magnificent world headquarters while cruising up Highway 1 this past week. Let me tell you, the atmosphere was as gloomy and foreboding as ever. One can almost feel the weight of divine disappointment hanging in the air like fog rolling off the Pacific. Truly inspiring stuff.

But denial? Oh, denial is the name of the game when it comes to our boy Bwana Bob. How could the single greatest Church of God leader in the entire history of humanity—nay, the universe—possibly have any issues with his church-hopping "evangelists" over in Africa? Especially the very same Sosten, that paragon of loyalty and stability, whom Wade Cox (yes, that Wade Cox of the Christian Churches of God) proudly announced just a couple of weeks ago had given his enthusiastic approval and was itching to jump ship and join forces with him instead.

Imagine the sheer audacity: one of Bob's prized African coordinators apparently deciding the grass might be greener (or the offerings more forthcoming) elsewhere. But surely this is all just a vicious rumor spread by liars and haters, right? Because nothing could possibly tarnish the spotless record of the fastest-shrinking-yet-somehow-still-the-most-important remnant in COG history. Perish the thought.

Truly, we are blessed to witness such flawless leadership in action. The world trembles, the critics seethe, and the prophet... well, he pouts. What a time to be alive.

Terry Nelson writes:

Let's go over these absurd rebuttals. Fact, Sosten L. can't be trusted - Bob admitted in his sermon on Hierarchical Governance and Corruption that Sosten L. is an adulterer and skimmed money from the CCOG. He's definitely a Muzungu church hunter. The statement from Wade Cox was past 2017, which makes Sosten a liar- also, I know for a fact that he double or triple dips. I have his emails, which I'll release later. So Bob, you're in the Dark again...... 

CCOG did fund Bradox boy in his 2 political runs. Bob was shown all the evidence, but as usual, believes fantasy over facts. I mean, Bob's on record publicly saying someone put Bradox's name on the ballot-that's why he's on the official Kenyan Documents. So wrong again, Bob ...... 

Evans Ocheing and Radson Mulowzoa have been proven to be adulterers. The last 2 years on Banned - video testament - written statements, pictures, catfish sting operations have been featured. 

Bob, what are you thinking....... Evans and Radson have to pay to play, witchdoctors spells, - again, major evidence last 2 years on Banned. So now Bob, your past strike 3.....

The case where Bob paid Radson to arrest me on false statements was thrown out over a year ago I showed the lawyers all of Radsons Childrens video testimony and all the other evidence - they told Radson he's guilty and threw it out. 

Bob breaks his own Philadelphia Governence by giving Radson money to take me to court. Bob your not practicing what you preach. No leader that I talked to in Hope said anything against me to Dr Bobby... He must be dreaming this one. Send me the email, Bob.....Bob doesn't have anything from Radson in Malawi-- maybe a few hundred with Church hopping-Sosten. Bob, you need pictures to prove these thousands. I've been there 5 times. Nothing......So to wind up this shim sham African sand dance, the CCOG never got past the fake numbers. Maybe a thousand in Kenya? That's what all the Kenyan CCOG leadership tells me is maybe a possibility ...So in Reality maybe Bob has 1500 worldwide. I wouldn't call that growth, especially in Africa. Unless you're on the ground there like I've been, Bob would be better off believing he can get a deal on oceanfront property in Arizona......Those Witchdoctors are sure working overtime on Bob.....

Bob didn't deny my spot on knowledge of the CCOG not owning any land or church buildings. All properties are in Evans and Radson's name. His Church double-dipping con men sure milked CCOG of millions.  Big red flags for the Russian agent, Bubba Thiel

The Great Bwana Bob's denials:

Because of Proverbs 26:4, I do not respond to most of the lies and false accusations at the Banned By HWA site, but because of Proverbs 26:5, I sometimes will.

The anti-COG Banned by HWA website has a post with a lot of false and improper accusations against the Continuing Church of God, myself, and several CCOG leaders in Africa.

Here is one assertion in that post:

Sosten caught Church hopping with Wade Cox.

I asked Sosten Libugwa about the posted accusation suggesting that he was now with Wade Cox. Here is what he emailed me about that:

in 2016 I wrote to the group of this church but not Wade but Jean Alphonso who was Church secretary at that time,we worked together from 2016 to 2017,after I discovered their teachings fully,I see that there is no truth in the church,they did not believe in Jesus Christ divinity and others,because of different teachings I see in this church I decided to moved away from this church,if you can check about letters I wrote to you in 2017 to  2020 I told you more about this people,ask Terry to give you email for Wade Cox then you asked if he is working with me he will tell you the truth,he is going to tell you that Sosten is ex CCG for so many years now,now I have no records for this group since from 2017 till this date,

So, no, Sosten Libungwa is not with Wade Cox and while years ago, he had an affiliation, he left when he learned they were actually unitarian. 

Let me simply make the following rebuttals and comments related to the rest of the posted accusations:

• The CCOG did not fund any political campaigns in Kenya.
• Accusing Evans Ochieng and Radson Mulozowa of adultery is wrong and libelous.
• Accusing CCOG leaders of involvement with prostitution and witch doctors is wrong and libelous.
• It is my understanding that the accuser is subject to facing legal charges in Malawi for such statements.
• A leader in 'Hope of Israel' recently sent me an email confirming that the accuser is wrongly making improper statements.
• The posted assertions that "Bob has nothing in Malawi. 3 or 4 thousand disappeared" are false. We have thousands in Malawi in the CCOG.
• The CCOG is not shrinking. We even gained congregations in Africa and South America within the last 6 months.
• The CCOG has 9000 congregants in Africa.
• The CCOG remains the fastest growing x-WCG related group in the 21st century.
• Jesus said, "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you" (Matthew 5:11-12) "and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you" (Matthew 5:44). 

Those who post falsehoods and believe lies at the Banned by HWA site remain in my prayers.

 

Is Bob Thiel A Russian Agent Sent To Deceive The Church?

 

Bob Thiel has been having a huge meltdown lately, claiming his prophecies are coming true with recent things Trump has said here in the US and in Davos. It is a literal wet dream come true for Bob. Of course, there is NOTHING he predicted that is unusual or sent by God to his amazing brain. Everything he says he has predicted is drawn straight from news stories and other conservative news aggregators that he reads that fit his narrative. Everything single thing he has "predicted" has been things discussed by people all over the world.

Are all of his mental contortions actually just a Russian disinformation act to deceive Church of God members? Facebook seems to think so:

Dave Pack: March 18, 2026. It is IMPOSSIBLE It Is Wrong!

 

Ponderings on HWA, Leaving LCG and Todays Political Climate and the Church

The story below is from Facebook and is also by a former writer who posted here occasionally. It is his take on joining the Living Church of God at age 19, waking up and recognizing the dissonance, and leaving it and Armstrongism behind. He also wonders about how Herbert Armstrong would be reacting to todays political climate.

I exited a doomsday bible cult almost six years ago. Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of the founder of that cult. His name was Herbert W. Armstrong, and his cult was called the Worldwide Church of God.

I joined this cult when I was 19, just dropped out of college, emotionally vulnerable, confused, obviously scared, and full of anxiety and undealt with childhood stuff.

Nevertheless, it provided the safe space I needed; an alternative reality - a bubble. A place that said the world is so messed up and unfixable because of Satan, the devil, and there was nothing to do but sit back and wait for Jesus to return in (always 3-5 years) to fix everything. All I had to do was pray, pay, stay, and obey.

And that is what I did for 20 years. But then, I started acknowledging the cognitive dissonance that was growing inside my mind. I started challenging the doctrines and could see many of the teachings did not align with the scriptures. I learned the difference between eisegesis and exegesis.

I've expressed this before, but it was learning that Jesus as the Word (Greek: logos) in John 1:1, which means "rational thought," that gave me the green light to question without fear.

By now, the internet was fully developed. The Information Age was here. I studied the character of the now-dead founder. And what I found was a man remarkably similar to Donald J. Trump.

His own father described him as stupid and lazy. He spent his life up to his 40's grifting in sales positions and failing even when it was hard to do in the 1920's. Then he found religion during the Great Depression and managed to preach his way into a pastoral position in the Church of God, Seventh Day.

Arguing he could not preach what one man commanded in the church's hierarchy, he set out to start his own religion based on two key doctrines the Seventh Day Church refused to teach:

1. British-Israelism, a soft version of white supremacy.

2. Commanded observance of annual holy days outlined in the Old Covenant with the ancient nation of Israel.

For a decade, he built an audience using the power of radio out of Pasadena CA. Also during this time, he was commuting to Pasadena, taking his daughter, Dorothy, with him while his wife and sons were left behind, starving most of the time. From the time Dorothy was 13 till she married at 23, HWA was having a sexual relationship...excuse me, HWA was raping her.

HWA learned that grifting religious fear on the radio was making him a lot of money. He eventually opened a college to train young boys, whom he would send all over the country to start churches. These young boys were taught to teach only and exactly what he said.

By the 1960's, he had quite a money-making machine that required members to send 10% of their pre-tax income to him. Another 10% was required to pay for annual holy day meetings and conventions. And another 10% to be sent to Headquarters every 3rd and 6th year of 7-year cycles, to "help the poor and widows" in the cult. In addition, letters would regularly be sent out, frightening (already shit-poor) people into sending in offerings for buildings and additional pet projects. Always with urgency to "finish the Work."

He took his fear-mongering to television, becoming what was really the model for TV evangelism that followed after him. He claimed he was an end-time Apostle sent by Jesus Himself to restore the true teachings of the bible to the last generation. He said he was the prophet, Elijah, prophesied about by Jesus. He set 1975 as the year Jesus would return.

Just as 1975 came and went, so did scandal after scandal concerning sexual promiscuity and crimes, including money laundering and theft. Despite all that, his cult continued to grow, reaching over 150,000 members and raking in over 200 million dollars a year by his death in 1986.

With no strong leader to follow him up, the cult collapsed by 1993. It was at this time that pastors and evangelists were starting their own competing continuation of HWA's teachings. It has been estimated that there are still over 300 factions started since. The four largest groups today being:

1. The United Church of God

2. The Philadelphia Church of God

3. Church of God, A Worldwide Association

4. The Living Church of God

I stumbled across the Living Church of God in 1992 (originally the Global Church of God, 1992-1998). The imploding of the Worldwide Church of God at the time was brilliantly explained away using prophesy, saying the "falling away" from the true teachings of the true end-time church had to happen first, then Jesus would return and fix everything. And this would, of course, happen in just 3-5 years.

I watched 3-5 years go by for two decades before it started being clear to me that these cults have no idea what they are talking about.

I remember in 2016, as Trump bullied his way to the top of the Republican ticket, members of the cult and even the leadership subtly supported him. This was a problem because one of the core doctrines of the cult was that we do not participate in the "politics of the world." I even preached against supporting Trump one Sabbath. But from that year on, siding with the political conservative climate was more obvious in the writings of the cult and in conversations with fellow members.

These cults, sometimes quietly, sometimes openly, support the MAGA movement right along with the rest of Evangelical churches in America. Some of those members who would argue with me regularly on social media all the way to Trump's 2nd inauguration have oddly disappeared from social media.

I say stay away from all Christian churches in America today unless they are Progressive Christian churches.

If Herbert W. Armstrong was alive today, he would undoubtedly be a Trump supporter and would most likely had been a guest at the Inauguration, as he spent the waning years of his life flying around in a personal jet giving expensive gifts to heads of state and royalty.

Both grifters. Both pedophiles. Both are malignant narcissists. Both low IQ. Both lazy. Both bipolar. Both I would be deeply ashamed to have ever followed. I gave over six figures of my hard-earned income over a 20 year period to one of them (by extension of copy-cat cults following his death).

But I thank Donald J Trump because he helped me to "see" Herbert W. Armstrong. So I left that religious cult and avoided joining a political cult. I am free now because that is what the truth does. But it comes at a steep price the longer you fight against it.

For the love of all things good and decent, stay away from any groups that claim they are right about everything, have everything figured out, demonize (other) people who disagree with them, use fear to grow, label the core teachings of Jesus, "toxic empathy," and value obedience over morality.

EDB