1 Thessalonians & the Return of Jesus

In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes through each and every verse of the Apostle Paul's Letter to the Thessalonians. He also gives background on the history of Thessaloniki. He notes that Paul's epistle starts out with what could be considered to be a binitarian formula. He mentioned that Paul wrote that Christians were called and predestined and states that people are not predestined to be lost. He mentions Romans 11 and the late Herbert W. Armstrong's position on the fullness of Gentiles coming …

Thankful or Complainer?

Are you grateful for what you have or are you mainly a grumbler? Are you a thankful person or mainly a complainer? Do you give thanks to God? Does the Bible actually say to do that? What about trials and difficulties? Does the Bible say anything about people who are not thankful? What did the late evangelist Dibar Apartian write was 'the most common sin'? Should you be giving thanks to God?. …

5 Ways Christians Can Biblically Celebrate Halloween?

A recent article at Christianity.com was titled '5 Ways Christians Can Biblically Celebrate Halloween.' Is that the case? What were the "five ways"? What were the scriptures given? What were many scriptures that were overlooked? What about witches, costumes, trick-or-treating, and other things associated with Halloween? Are 'All Saints Day' and 'All Souls Day' Christian holidays? Should Christians pray to dead saints to intervene? Is the 'Washington Post' correct that Halloween is a Christian, not pagan holiday? What about the influence of Druids, Celts, and Samhein? Protestant Pastor Alan Rudnik's ...

Last Great Day: God is Love

This was a message for the biblical holy day the Jews call Shemini Azeret, but those in the Churches of God normally refer to as the Last Great Day. In i …t Dr. Thiel explains that the all knowing, all wise, all powerful God of love, does have a plan of salvation that will result in nearly all being saved. He cites scriptures as well as historical writings to show that this is a biblical concept. Will God truly offer salvation to all?

Overcome Preconceptions And Give

James Martenet says we should be careful about preconceived ideas. As the Apostle Paul wrote, he says there is one Spirit, but a variety of gifts. Biases can get us to overlook/ignore facts. Real Christians are the persecuted, not the the persecutors. God has a purpose for you if you do not turn away--but if you do, God will replace you. We need to be concerned about pride and hypocrisy. We need to watch our attitudes. In this sermon, James Martenet went over a list of 12 different forms of intelligence and stated that people have different measures …

Little Things can Kill!

Chad Branton gives a message that he updated that was originally given by the late CCOG deacon Richard Close. He mentions that God's Holy Spirit helps us to change. Do we, like a doomed airplane pilot, make errors we do not realize? Do we ever ignore the signs, spiritually? Are we to watch, pray, and bring every thought into captivity? Chad Branton addresses these matters.

Who Is Your Watchman?

This message is by Louis Rubin. In it, he mentions that people all around sense that there are things that are not right. He goes over passages in the Book of Ezekiel about a watchman. Louis Rubin states that God only has one function at a time as the watchman for God. He brings up prophetic matters such as the King of the North Beast as well as the Antichrist. He also mentions the two witnesses. He mentions that the Bible says God will speak to a true prophet in dreams. He goes over some false prophecies and names various false prophets. Louis Rubin declares that Bob Thiel is a prophet and a watchman. He recommends people go to www.cogwriter.com to keep up with biblical matters …