In my fascination with church signs I came across this one at a CoG today. It meets the need to be brief, only three words with big letters, easy to read driving by. While I have no criticism I do wonder why these words were chosen and how other christians from nearby churches react to […]

The story of a Church of God minister, Randy White. is the co-founder of Without Walls International Church, a large, influential, non-denominational, charismatic church with in

When old fashion holiness hating COG people talk about holiness this is their image! This was posted on Accelerate.com by someone who calls himself “old fashion country preacher”. It is mockery of those who preach holiness as the COG onced used to preach. He mocks her as “sis Beulah gettin ready to preach a holiness […]

Most of us growing up in the CoG had a special view of the world around us that was formed both by our spiritual experiences and by the natural world around us; mostly rural and country. Our vision of the world was clear and simple, single-layered and orderly. Evil we knew existed, but friends and […]

Church of God General Overseer Paul Laverne Walker was born in Minot ND on January 23, 1932. His parents and grandparents had been Church of God pioneers in the Northwest, and he modeled a “pioneer spirit” as his Atlanta congregation opened their hearts to hippies and Charismatic Christians in the 1960s. When elected to the […]

When I was drafted in to the US Army in 1966 the discussion of going to war was discussed. I heard about it in sermons. I was convinced that our wars were just and we had an obligation to serve our time. However there was a pacifism that was ingrained into my parents. I think […]

WHAT WAS MISSING. The next time you listen to a CoG sermon, I challenge you to listen for what is missing. Get your pencil out and a sheet of paper and lay it in your bible as if you are taking notes. Here is a quote from an old western story that illustrates what I […]