Various Church of God leaders have loved to claim that they are being persecuted. That persecution can come within from rebellious members, bitter, angry, grumpy Laodicean ex-members, and the government. Whining about things seems to be the character of these men. Instead of following an all powerful God who stands behind their work, they whine and moan incessantly about their intense persecution. Never has the church seen a more persecuted man that Bwana Bob Thiel
God's greatest gift to the church and God's doubly blessed and most important mouthpiece is back whining once again. Poor little thing!
Today is observed in the USA to mark its official Declaration of Independence 243 years ago.
When our older sons lived with us, for a couple of years, I read through parts of what was in the Declaration of Independence and explained how 21st century America treated its citizens worse than some of what was complained about in the Declaration of Independence.
Since then, although the economy of the USA has held up, many things have worsened.
The USA now has less freedom of speech and less freedom of religion. But instead of the government doing most the direct censoring, much of the news media and the big tech internet companies do that. And much more than would have been imagined in 1776.
The fact that the government cannot seem to define a male vs. female is also a development that would not have been imagined in 1776.
That being said, the CCOG has still been able to function with its USA office, despite us taking steps related to censorship (like not making live certain videos on Vimeo–but that we do still make live on the YouTube and Brighteon platforms). But the time will come when the ‘famine of the word’ (Amos 8:11-12) will hit.
Even in what has been called “the land of the free.”There is only one reason these fools claim to be persecuted. By playing the martyr in the eyes of their followers they can demand more money and the dumb sheep will give it.
