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With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
It would be refreshing for a change if one of these guys actually pointed to Jesus Christ as our leader, rather than constantly pointing to themselves and pointing fingers at others, within their own movement. Frankly, I am tired as others are of the whole everyone else is Laodicean so therefore you should follow me mantra. It smacks of the very attitude God criticizes in that passage. "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing."(Revelation 3:17) In other words, "I" alone am righteous." "I" alone have complete understanding, the purest doctrines, the most godly "church government" etc. Fill in the blank. The truth is these men expose themselves as an emperor with no clothes. They are poor. They are blind. They are miserable. And they are naked.
Their focus is on promoting their own name, their own imagined ecclesiastical authority, their own church, in an effort to attract or control their own "members." There is no love for one another in their writings. There is no humility of spirit. There is no thought process that perhaps they don't know as much as they think they might, and maybe they could learn a thing or two from someone else. There is no effort among any to work to come to any unity of the faith, but instead to cast blame, point fingers, and justify one's own position, or church group.
Even efforts to preach a gospel are done almost solely as a "warning" and with the idea of self-promotion or preservation, rather than compassion or care for those who might be reached with such a message. If the motivation is skewed, the message won't be effective. You can scream all day about how you are the best, greatest, most mistreated, most persecuted, most favored by God, whatever. You might even attract a few people with grandiose statements of righteousness, claimed unique prophetic knowledge, etc. but if you aren't truly motivated by a love for God and a love for your fellow humans, your efforts will ultimately come to nothing, because God won't honor them, and unless God is building the house, your efforts are useless. (Psalm 127:1)
UPDATE:Iradophilly corrected the name of the church group with the Westboro Baptist style protest. The protest was actually done by members of Key of David Christian Center. Apparently they have done several protests at colleges for the past few years typically around Pride Week.
This is the statement that PCG sent to them:
Correction* 04/12/21 - This group was previously identified as the identified as the Philadelphia Church of God based in Edmond, OK. In a statement sent to iradiophilly, "The Edmond, Oklahoma-based Philadelphia Church of God, Inc. is in NO WAY associated with this group... The Philadelphia Church of God condemns the repugnant behavior ascribed to us. Our members, located in over 60 countries worldwide, have never engaged in such behavior."
That has to be the most hypocritical nonsense that the Philadelphia Church of God has published considering how antigay they are. Almost every single week there is some antigay comment from them. They constantly claim that LGBT people are responsible for floods, tornadoes, forest fires, droughts, and much much more, their behavior IS REPUGNANT and totally deceptive!
This strange news story came across my newsfeed this morning. Apparently, the Philadelphia Church of God is expanding its preaching of the gospel to now harass women and LGBT people.
Part of me wants to say they got their church ID mixed up with another group, but there is nothing that the PCG does anymore that surprises me
A Ursinus College student was arrested on Friday night, 4/9, supposedly after confronting Collegeville Police about the officers' lack of wearing masks in public. The exact details leading up to his arrest are not clear. The contentious arrest was caught on video by another student and posted on Instagram (see below). It showed the male student struggling with two officers on the ground as they tried to handcuff him. He is yelling profanities and makes numerous requests of the officers to make sure his mask is kept on. Ursinus College officials say they are working with police to determine what happened. "Our focus is on his well-being, and we are working hard to support a quick resolution to this matter that is least disruptive to our student and his future," said a statement from the college.
This happened just off-campus around 7 p.m. on Main Street. Students had gathered to counter-protest an anti-LGBT 'church' hate group that was protesting outside campus. The group, identified as the Philadelphia Church of God based in Edmond, OK, was yelling disparaging remarks at women as well as LGBT slurs. This past week was Pride Week at Ursinus. Students say that this group demonstrates at the school once or twice a year. iradiophilly: Ursinus Student Arrested During Anti-Hate Protest
Women have never been a high priority in the PCG so I can see them disparaging women, but considering the number of gay men on the Edmond Campus I am surprised to hear them protesting LGBT people. In light of that, PCG needs to be protesting figs.
Doubly-blessed, Elijah, Elisha, Joshua, Amos, Bwana Bob Thiel,
the GREAT Savior of Africa, and 299 Caucasians,
receiving Herbert Armstrong's mantle.
It's been a few days or is it a few hours since we heard from our resident crackpot prophet in the Church of God. He is back and he is letting every single COG member out there know that He and ONLY He is the one true end-time leader of the Church of God. Even though this sad little man is only able to garner 299 white members out of 197 nations on the planet, and 3,000 - 4,000 church-hopping Africans, he believes he has the mantle Herbert Armstrong passed on when he died. Since Joseph Tkach Sr. refused to wear it and Rod Meredith was unworthy to wear it because he failed to implement all the changes Bob Thiel was asking him to do, it is only rightful that Bwana Bob inherits it, as there is no other man in the entire Church of God network more worthy, perfect, and righteous than he.
I can state for a fact that HWA would never have passed his "mantle" to Bwana Bob Thiel. To claim so makes Bwana Bob an even bigger liar than he already is.
HWA would have kicked Bob's ass out the door so fast his holistic buckwheat hull pillows would never have been able to absorb the shock as he hit the curb.
Notice that Herbert Armstrong believed that God mainly worked through the leadership of one man at a time to lead various phases of the work. Scripture, shows for example, that the mantle passed from Elijah to Elisha (2 Kings 2:9-15). The ‘mantle’ would currently be with the person/group that truly functioned as the ‘pillar and ground of truth’ (1 Timothy 3:15).
For fifty years in the second century, according to Herbert W. Armstrong, that man was Polycarp:
It is significant that after his release John trained Polycarp elder of Smyrna, a city near Ephesus in the province of Asia. … At neighboring Smyrna, Polycarp presided over the Church of God for half a century after John’s death. Polycarp stood up boldly for the truth while many fell away and began having fellowship with the Catholic bishops of Rome. History relates that following the example of Peter, Paul and John, Polycarp wrote many letters to congregations and individuals, though all these have perished, save one in an edited version. (Armstrong HW. The Church They Couldn’t Destroy. Good News, December 1981)
For over 50 years in the 20th century, it was Herbert W. Armstrong.
No, he wasn't.
And in the 21st century, that one man is not in any of the independent or more structures Laodicean groups.
299 guesses as to just WHO that "one man" is?
It's that little "man/boy" who threw a temper tantrum when Rod Meredith rejected him and so he started his own little group. He lied about having dreams and double blessings and self-appointed himself as a minister, prophet, and leader of one of the most pathetic COG's to ever exist.
Support the remnant of the Philadephian era and God’s work today.
By all means support any independent COG that is taking care of their neighbor, helping the poor, widows, and orphans but please don't support liars like Bwana Bob.
Cover the cleavage women so that you do not cause our men to sin.
It's your fault when you dress improperly and cause lust in men's eyes.
The Flurry cult is getting ready to send out Feast of Tabernacles registration forms to its dwindling membership. The cult has always felt the need to control every aspect of its member's lives and is cracking down even more on its members this year.
Some letters have come into Exit and Support Network detailing the demands of the Flurry cult in its members this year.
Members are expected to pay extra money for all lunches, dinners, and events that PCG puts on which will be recorded on the back of the name tags required of all attending the Feast. This helps the cult keep track of members and stops any outsider or Laodicean COG member from another group from slipping in to see friends or family, or God forbid hear a cult sermon.
The cult is also following in Worldwide Church of God's footsteps and relegating families with small children to the basement of the Herbie Armstrong Auditorium during services. WCG did this in the Ambassador Auditorium because they did not want kids distracting the holy ministers, or even worse, make a mess in the royal purple carpet in God's House. God would not be happy.
The PCG cult is always looking for ways to portray its self as the perfect church and to do this they cannot have imperfect people on screen if the camera pans the audience. This year, seniors (or anyone) in wheelchairs, those hard of hearing wearing hearing aids that occasionally squeal, or those needing sign language interpretation, must sit in the balcony, out of sight, out of mind.
April 10, 2020 Members with small children are to be seated in the basement of Armstrong Auditorium during Feast services. If you are in a wheelchair, are hard of hearing, or have translation needs, you are to sit in the balcony. (Taken from “Important Instructions” for PCG members attending or not attending the FOT). –[name withheld] Exit and Support Network
And, as usual, the women in the cult take the brunt of the rules due to the fact that some pervie ministers and male members can't control their roving eyes and lust in their hearts when they see females at church or at the beach who show some cleavage. It's never the men getting lectured on learning to control their lust, but always the women. If they forced the men to do that, half of PCG's ministry would be found guilty!
Females must wear one-piece swimsuits. One-piece swimsuits are the standard for females. The cut should not run too high up the thigh. A safe guideline would be for it to approximately follow the natural crease in the groin. Also, be sure it completely covers the buttocks. Tankinis are unacceptable unless the two pieces are sewn or tacked together so that they don’t come apart and expose the midsection. Swimsuits can be worn with skirts or shorts over them, but this is not required of our ladies. Lastly, as with shirts, no cleavage should be exposed. (Comment: We do not want our young men (or especially any of our ministers) gawking at the ladies and getting wrong ideas [as if they don’t have enough]. Read: What Happened At Robber’s Cave?) Exit and Support Network
The Destruction of the Temple and Possible Signs of the End Times
And Bobus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Possibly I tell you, could it be one stone here will be left on another; every one possibly will be thrown down?.”
3 As Bobus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
4 Bobus answered: “Could you possibly be deceived?5 Could many come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and possibly deceive many?6 Will you hear of wars and rumors of wars? Might you be alarmed? Such things could very possibly happen, but is the end is still to come? 7 Could Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom? There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.8 Is this the beginning of birth pains?.
9 “Is it possible you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and be hated by all nations because of me?10 Willmany will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other?11 Is it possible many false prophets will appear and deceive many people?12 Because of the increase of wickedness, could the love of most will grow cold?13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.14 And , who knows, but this gospel of the kingdom could possibly be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then, might the end will come?
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the possible abomination that causes desolation,’[a] possibly spoken of through the prophet Daniel—could the reader understand? —16 Might possibly those who are in Judea flee to the mountains?17 Will those on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house?18 Could possibly those in the field go back to get their cloak?19 Could it possibly be that in those days it could get dreadful for pregnant women and nursing mothers?20 Should Christians pray their flight not be in winter or on the Sabbath? 21 For then, quite possibly there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and possibly never to be equaled again.
22 “Will , If those days had not been cut short, anyone survive?, Will you be among the elect for whom the days will be shortened?23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ should you believe it?24 For there is a strong possibility that false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.25 Might I be the only prophet telling you all this?.
26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ should you go out? or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ should believe it? 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, might this possibly be a sign of my coming?.28 Wherever there is a carcass, might the vultures gather?
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days
“‘Will the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken?
30 “Then could there appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.? 31 Will he send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other?
32 “Is there a lesson from the fig tree? As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.33 Even so, when you see all these things, you might it be that it[e] is near, right at the door.?34 Could this generation possibly not pass away until all these things have happened?35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but is it possible my words will never pass away?
The Day and Hour Unknown
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father.37 Could it be we are in the days of Noah, like at the coming of the Son of Man? 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. Might this possibly be how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man?40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left?
42 “Therefore keep watch, because, let's face it, you do not know on what day your Lord will come.43 But might this be something to consider: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.44 Could the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him?
