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Five Reasons Jesus Must Return to Earth | LHT Presents The Bible doesn’t just tell us that Jesus Christ WILL one day return to the earth—it tells us why He MUST.Joel Meeker explores five reasons the Bible provide...

Tragedies we are dealing with in a world held captive in these latter days. 🥲

A 12-year-old girl is accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin over an iPhone A security camera recorded the killing inside the bedroom they shared on July 15 in Humboldt, Tennessee, the county prosecutor said.

Two dead in multistate listeria outbreak linked with sliced deli meat, CDC says | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Friday about a deadly multistate listeria outbreak connected to deli meat.

COGWA Ambassadorial plans to include a variety of news items from its sister site to keep you informed of those weathervane events that emphasize the "The Hourglass" times we are living in.

In Accord July 18, 2024

This week, Britton Taylor gives his financial update as well as highlights other noteworthy news items.

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I got 37 reactions and 3 replies on my recent top post! Thank you all for your continued support. I could not have done it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

Acres of Diamonds - Jim Franks We preach the gospel to the world, but what are we doing to develop our young people who sit among us each and every Sabbath? The classic story “Acres of Diamonds”…

Meditate on These Things: “Whatever Things Are Just” As the Philippians 4:8 list continues, we are told to meditate on what is just. In the face of divergent definitions of justice, how are we to apply this?

LHT Presents

Is the Rapture Real? | LHT Presents Some believe that Jesus Christ will secretly gather His people up into heaven before the events of the Great Tribulation—but is this what the Bible teaches?P...

In Accord July Update on Media Developments 2024
July 11, 2024

In this week’s In Accord, media operation manager Clyde Kilough reports on Hurricane Beryl, the death of Richard Ames, and a variety of news items from the media department.

view here: https://members.cogwa.org/news/in-accord/july-update-on-media-developments-2024

Meditate on These Things: “Whatever Things Are True” This begins a series on what Philippians 4:8 tells us to meditate on. In this post, we’ll examine what it means to meditate on “whatever things are true.”

The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever” is a phrase found at the conclusion of Jesus’ model prayer. What does it mean for us today?

July 2024 Member Letter
July 3, 2024

"In reviewing the modern history of the Church, we can clearly see that the spiritual health of the Church is at its best when there are dedicated pastors who have a passion for the truth and a genuine love for the brethren. If you take a small slice of our history, beginning in 1933 with the inception of the Radio Church of God and going forward 20 years, you will find a lot of people tuning in to The World Tomorrow program and many thousands of subscribers to The Plain Truth magazine but the Church was still primarily a radio ministry, even after 20 years. In 1953 there were only a handful of congregations in the northwestern part of the U.S., and none outside the United States. But in the next 20 years—from 1953 to 1973—things changed dramatically. The attendance at the Feast went from less than 1,000 in Big Sandy in 1953 to almost 100,000 in multiple sites in 1973. What changed? In 1952 the first graduates from Ambassador College began to be sent to the congregations, serving a year or two as ministerial assistants and elders before becoming pastors."

view here: https://members.cogwa.org/news/july-2024-member-letter/

This week, Americans celebrate the Fourth of July amid growing concerns about democracy’s future. Our latest post encourages sober reflection on the legacy and challenges facing the governance system America has practiced and promoted for the last 235 years.

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Can the United Nations Be Reformed? Has the United Nations failed to meet its original purpose? Some believe so and are calling for reform. But can the United Nations be reformed?

In Accord Young Adult Leadership Weekend 2024
June 27, 2024

In this week’s In Accord, Ministerial Services operation manager Dave Myers gives more details on the upcoming Young Adult Leadership Weekend and provides an update on his recent travels.

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From Affliction to Sincerity and Truth - Peter Gabriel - 4/27/2024 Unleavened Bread is the bread of Affliction, also the bread of Sincerity and Truth. We take our affliction and suffering, let them affect the purging process...

Road to Damascus: A Bible Contradiction? Two descriptions of Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus—in the same book—do not agree! How can we understand this apparent Bible contradiction?

In Accord Pentecost and Summer Camps 2024
June 20, 2024

The day of Pentecost is one of God’s annual holy days that has a lot to say about the Church. In this week’s In Accord, COGWA president Jim Franks discusses this spring holy day and ushers in this year’s summer camp season.

view here: https://members.cogwa.org/news/in-accord/pentecost-and-summer-camps-2024

⁉️Does the Bible Make you Uncomfortable?
The Bible is a bestseller, and many look to it for encouragement. But it also gives correction, and that can make it controversial—and uncomfortable!

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COGWA Sermon Archive: Acres of Diamonds
given by Jim Franks

We preach the gospel to the world, but what are we doing to develop our young people who sit among us each and every Sabbath? The classic story “Acres of Diamonds” presents this case very well. The story expresses how often we look outside for diamonds without realizing we have them sitting among us. God describes His children as jewels, diamonds, if you will, that need to be polished and refined. Our young people are like that. What should we do to help them?

Acres of Diamonds - Jim Franks We preach the gospel to the world, but what are we doing to develop our young people who sit among us each and every Sabbath? The classic story “Acres of Diamonds”…

In Accord Financial and News Update June 2024
June 13, 2024

This week on In Accord, treasurer Britton Taylor gives his financial update and other upcoming news of the Church.

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Discern Magazine May/June 2024 Issue

Clinging to the Anchor of Hope

view here:https://s3.amazonaws.com/cogwa-media/discern/2024_3/Discern_May-June2024-web.pdf

In Accord FOI Projects–Interviews and Experiences
June 6, 2024

Each year, FOI sponsors service projects around the world. One highlight project is teaching English to members in rural areas in Africa. This week’s In Accord highlights comments from both volunteers and their parents on the value of these wonderful service projects.

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LHT Presents

Should the Bible Make You Uncomfortable? | LHT Presents The Bible is filled with encouraging and uplifting passages that fill people with hope and sustain them through life’s challenges. But it also deals with dif...

June 2024 Member Letter
June 6, 2024

"In this letter I want to look beyond the chaos and evil all around us and focus on the future of the Church and the work of preaching the gospel. In recent months we have seen some extraordinary results from our Media efforts. Our subscribers to Discern magazine have risen to more than 45,000 in the past few months. One of our Life, Hope & Truth Presents programs has over 300,000 views when we combine the figures from our YouTube channel and our Life, Hope & Truth website. This is an amazing number, the likes of which we have never seen before.

And as a result of our advertising, the downloads of two of our booklets (The Book of Revelation and Change Your Life) have risen to a total of more than 250,000 in recent months. Our Personal Correspondence Department has set new records each month, going from an average of 17 messages per day in January 2023 to 112 per day in May 2024. These are just a few of the encouraging statistics that we have seen in the past few months."

view here: https://members.cogwa.org/news/june-2024-member-letter/

Pastoral Travel Blog (April 2024)
Joel Meeker

joelmeeker's Trip: French Africa Spring 2024 View the journal, photographs, and videos for joelmeeker's trip: French Africa Spring 2024

In Accord French Pastoral Trip of April 2024
May 30, 2024

Regional director Joel Meeker gives an update on his recent pastoral trip through French-speaking Africa.

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One Accord May/June 2024 Issue

Sharpening Iron: The Tests of Truth

view here:https://cdn.cogwa.org/one_accord/OA_2024_May-Jun-web2.pdf