Sitting United Church of God Council Members Are Actively Teaching Against Official Doctrine The United Church of God, an International Association (UCG) has very specific doctrinal teachings that may be found at the website ucg.org/members/study-papers. This web page contains thirty-eight official study papers concerning doctrines, ranging in dates from 1996 to May 2019—now including the […]
Category: 101: Sabbath and Calendar
The Biblical New Year and 2019 Report
12 Mar: Brian Convery has had to back track from his posting of pictures without a proper explanation, implying that the grain in those pictures was barley. Brian has now posted the picture again, this time with the explanation [not given the first time]: “What a beautiful picture above demonstrating what we had given […]
114 Determining the New Year
God set the new year in Egypt at the Passover month in which Israel came out from Egypt. Since then the biblical new year begins with the same month [in the same season of the year] that God established in Egypt. Later the command regarding the Wave Offering once they began to cultivate the promised land came into play, and gave […]
113 Principles for the Biblical Calendar
In the beginning a perfect system of 12 thirty day months making a 360 day year was established and all nations used a 360 day year calendar. The new moon began after the end of every thirty days. During the reign of Hezekiah the cycle was disturbed making careful observation necessary to establish the new […]
Rod Meredith Supported New Moon Observance!
Few in LCG realize that no less a person than Roderick C Meredith supported new moon observance. The only reason why LCG did not adopt holding bible studies each month on the new moons was because of the overwhelming objections of the evangelists and senior leaders. Herbert Armstrong had observed the new moons with […]
The Radio Church of God Observed the New Moons!
The Radio Church of God observed the new moons as reported from Jerusalem with Bible Studies each month. Later HWA turned aside from this truth due to the insistence of the ministry who wanted a monthly bible study on a set day of the week as a matter of convenience. This is an explanation of […]
COGWA Response to Calendar Paper
CHURCH of GOD A WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. Box 1009 Allen, TX 75013-0017 November 12, 2014 Dear Mr. Henderson Your paper is based on a flawed premise and incorrect interpretation of Scripture (Genesis 1:14; Psalm 104:19). Genesis 1:14 states that the “lights” (sun and moon) are to be used as “signs for seasons, and for […]
A Case for the Biblical Calendar
This paper was presented to COGWA in 2014, resulting in the disfellowshipment of the author for daring to submit such a paper for study by their Doctrinal Committee. Paper: A Case For The Biblical Calendar Andrew J. Henderson March 2014 To the reader: This paper is divided into 3 distinct parts. Section I-V covers the […]
A Defense of the Biblical Calendar Doctrinal Paper
In a virtual repeat of the Biblical Calendar presentation to COGWA this Paper was presented to the UCG elder Scott Ashley [at Scott’s request] by its two UCG member authors [I understand the Paper was submitted under one name only] for vetting before being sent to the UCG Doctrinal committee. In the initial interview Scott said that the Paper “had […]
Herbert Armstrong on the Biblical Calendar
The Biblical Calendar and even the history of the Rabbinic Calendar is really very simple, but some people try to confuse the brethren with a massive landslide of false statements. I teach exactly the same thing on the Calendar as the Radio Church of God and Herbert W Armstrong taught; with one difference. […]
112: The Biblical Festival Calendar: Part 3
A History of Today’s Rabbinic Calendar God’s Biblical Calendar is very simple; When the sun sets the day ends and a new day begins; every seventh day is the Sabbath and after the Sabbath a new cycle of seven begins making the week; each new month begins with the first visible light of the new […]
111: The Biblical Festival Calendar: Part 2
New Moons in Ancient Israel 1 Samuel 20:5 And David said to Jonathan, Behold, the new moon is tomorrow. And sitting I should certainly sit with the king to eat. And you shall send me away, and I shall be hidden in the field until the third evening. 1 Samuel 20:18 And Jonathan said to […]
110: The Biblical Festival Calendar: Part 1
In the beginning God established a method of calculating time and identifying seasons by using the sun and moon. God said that men should use the setting sun to end the previous day and begin a new day; while the moon was intended to establish months and the sun was intended to establish years, even […]
109: God’s Biblical Sabbath or Sunday
The Eternal Almighty God created mankind and then he created the weekly Sabbath to be observed forever for all of humanity. Later when God called Israel out of Egypt God reminded Israel concerning the Sabbath as one of the Ten Commandments. Mankind is commanded to forgo our own activities and devote the seventh day – Friday sunset to Saturday sunset […]
108: Instructions and Questions on the Sabbath
What does God want us to do on His Sabbaths? Isaiah 58:13 Those who make the seventh day Sabbath [Friday sunset to Saturday sunset] their delight and are zealous to keep it in its full sanctity; those who reject doing their own pleasure, like participating in sin by buying food and services in restaurants; those who do […]
107: The Biblical Sabbath and Humanity
Genesis 1 shows that the universe was created and later all the work of preparing the earth for humanity, from the time that the earth was covered with water, was completed in six days. Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. The Creator then rested from […]
106: Legitimate Ministerial Authority
The Mosaic priesthood was to be the moral leaders of the physical nation, and today the ministry are to be the moral leaders of the brethren, the spiritual nation. The very first responsibility of the ministry or priesthood is to set a proper godly example by living by every Word of God themselves. Their second […]
105: The Primacy of Peter
Since the most ancient of times, great empires and even small kingdoms had the problem of controlling their people, at the same time every kind of people followed their own gods. Rulers quickly learned that it was a big help to have oneself also declared a god; which would be accepted by most people because after all […]
104: Discerning Good From Evil
In this confusing world, how are we to know who is a true servant of the Living God and who is not? The answer to this question is given to us in Matthew 7, Deuteronomy 13 and Deuteronomy 18:20-22. While the term prophets is used, this instruction is equally applicable to anyone who claims to be […]
102: The Law and the Covenants
The Law Pre-existed the Covenants and Was Not a Part of the Mosaic Covenant When we marry, the bride commits to obey her husband and the husband commits to care for, provide for and love his wife; that is the marriage covenant. There is no list of the husband’s wishes in the Marriage Covenant, exactly […]