Greetings to all of you from the Five Cities region of California.
Trinitarian Sermon
Last July (see Letter to the Brethren: July 23, 2026), I mentioned that I was supposed to be a guest on a Confessional Lutheran’s podcast. The host then delayed that to better prepare himself to read more of my writings, and he set up for us to discuss the trinity on his podcast. So, I agreed and that was scheduled. But he backed out without informing us or responding to emails from our team.
In my opinion, he probably could not handle the truth and was afraid his audience would have trouble with the truth about the trinity.
The fact is that I do NOT believe that one can have a rational scriptural discussion about the beliefs of the original Christians and conclude the Church was trinitarian if one can accept the plain truth on that subject.
I speculate that the host may have seen that he did not have valid arguments against the scriptures and historical facts related to the Godhead.
Below is a drawing that trinitarians use to explain their faulty view, which logic shows contradicts itself:
(Public Domain via Wikipedia)
Anyway, partially because of the podcast host’s non-brave approach to cancelling, this motivated me to add some more to my COGwriter.com articles on the trinity, add updates to the free eBook Mysteries of God. What is God?, and decide to give one or more future sermons on the trinity.
And one of those sermons is what I recorded several days ago.
And now you also have a background story on its development.
Brazil
After I wrote the above related to the trinity matters, I received the following from Adao de Amorim from Brazil (his words are machine-translated into English after the original Portuguese he wrote it in):
Bom dia pastor Bob como está espero que esteja com saúde segue um pequeno relatório do trabalho da igreja no Brasil, estamos distribuindo o livro o evangelho do Reino pras pessoas interessadas e visitantes tem sido bem aceito. uma vez por mês visito novos irmãos levo sermões Estudos traduzido para o portugues pra estudar aos sábados, ao todo estamos dando assistência há 36 irmãos eu estava pensando de traduzir um livro seu sobre dízimos e ofertas pra ensinar pros irmãos qual você indica
Quanto a minha saúde e situação financeira para sobreviver de saúde estou bem fiz o Tratamento da coluna , quanto ao trabalho secular consegui um pra trabalhar no mercado livre com a moto fazendo entrega, to com uma moto alugada mas lutando pra compra uma usada custa mais ou menos 7.500,..quero manter minha família com o meu trabalho e com a ajuda que você me envia mensal investir na igreja continuada de Deus no brasil somos muito grato pelo seu apoio conosco aqui no Brasil, sem mas por enquanto agradeço por tudo, ah antes que me esqueça você já terminou de escrever o Novo livro sobre a trindade…..
Good morning, Pastor Bob. How are you? I hope you are in good health. Here is a brief report on the church’s work in Brazil. We have been distributing the book *The Gospel of the Kingdom* to interested individuals and visitors, and it has been well received. Once a month, I visit new brothers and sisters, bringing them sermons and studies translated into Portuguese for them to go over on Saturdays. In total, we are providing support to 36 brothers and sisters. I was thinking of translating one of your books—perhaps one on tithes and offerings—to teach them; which one would you recommend?
Regarding my health and financial situation: my health is good—I completed treatment for my spine. As for secular work, I managed to get a job with Mercado Livre, making deliveries on a motorcycle. I am currently renting one, but I am striving to buy a used bike; they cost around 7,500 [reais]. My goal is to support my family through my own work, while using the monthly help you send to invest in the ongoing work of God’s church here in Brazil. We are very grateful for your support. That is all for now—thank you for everything! Oh, and before I forget: have you finished writing your new book on the trinity?
It is great that we have interest in Brazil.
Since we do not have a book on tithes and offerings (maybe we will in the future), I sent Adao de Amorim links to three articles at COGwriter.com.
Here is a suggested Sabbath day service for our scattered brethren and other interested people:
2-3 hymns (our songbook, The Bible Hymnal, contains the materials from the 1974 Bible Hymnal from the old WCG with new covers, plus ten additional hymns; there is also some Choral Accompaniment online).
Note: If you have a slow internet connection, you can watch these by starting the video, then below it (and towards the right) look for an outline of a gear–if you click on that, it will allow the YouTube video to be played with lower video quality, but at least it will not stop often–you can select a quality as low as 144p. If your internet connection is still too slow (as my home one is) and/or you prefer audio messages to audio-visuals ones, go to the YouTube link for the message, click on SHOW MORE related to the description. You will then see something that says, “Download MP3.” Below that is a link to an MP3 file. Most computers (and even some cellular telephones) will allow MP3 files to be downloaded and played. This is an option we have made available (but we are also looking into ways to improve that as well)–and, of course, we have written article options. Some people have found that if their internet connections are not fast enough, that they can simply listen to the messages that are found at the Bible News Prophecy online radio channel.
IN CASE YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A ‘LETTER TO THE BRETHREN’ FOR ANY WEEK, REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE MANY SERMON MESSAGES ON THE ContinuingCOG channel AND MANY SERMONETTE MESSAGES ON THE Bible News Prophecy channel. There are also some messages at the CCOGAfrica channel. There are also messages in the Spanish language at the CDLIDDSermones channel.
Martin Armstrong (not to be confused with any Church of God Armstrongs) points to total chaos to hit the USA because of the election results and differences (see Martin Armstrong: ‘Socrates’ points to total chaos after USA election). Troubles are expected as part of the beginning of sorrows (Mark 13:37) and some, then much more, “chaos” will hit the USA.
A major international climate summit was held in Turkey called COP31. The World Council of Churches (WCC) wanted major results (see COP31, the World Council of Churches, and the Bible on the climate), but we have not yet heard reports of any significant breakthroughs for this year’s conference. This is similar, in that respect, to several previous ones.
Some in the WCC are pushing a false gospel on the climate and we did a video on that some time ago (watch A Different False Gospel). We also made a sermonette video related to a previous related climate conference where we did lay out the biblical way to solve climate matters (watch COP 27 and Solving Climate Change).
“We Have Come To Annihilate You”: Bomb Threats Empty Hundreds Of Schools Across Europe
November 12, 2026
“We have come to annihilate you. We will carry out a genocide against the Italians” (translated), the email read, according to Il Sole 24 Ore. It claimed a “powerful device” (translated) had been left in a plastic bag “with a remote detonator” (translated), and another line claimed a bomb had been planted in the engine of the prime minister’s car. It was signed “Mikhail Antropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan” (translated), a name Italian reports also spell Andropov.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media that “no element has emerged that would suggest a concrete danger” (translated), and said the alerts “seem attributable to a strategy” to generate alarm and concern (translated). …
Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara put the count of affected schools at 312 and said “the concrete risk is practically non-existent” (translated), adding that the sheer number of schools involved showed the threat’s “low credibility” (translated). Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said the threats aimed “to spread fear and create anxiety,” Reuters reported, while cautioning that the senders could be attention-seekers rather than a hostile state. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said it was “premature to speak of a common direction” (translated). …
Reuters reported that the same purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent Friday to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria. Its count of Italian schools that received the warning ran to about 6,300.
In Ireland, about 400 schools across Munster got the email Wednesday morning, along with schools in Dublin, …
About 470 schools in Scotland received the threat, …
On Oct. 19, Northern Ireland Education Minister Paul Givan said a threat emailed to 160 schools that morning was signed off “Allah Akbar” and appeared to come “from Islamists threatening that Sharia law will be brought into our country,” Euronews reported. Police in Northern Ireland and Scotland treated that wave as a hoax as well.
Now signing off with “Allah Akbar” suggests the hoaxer is Islamic or wants people to think that he/she is.
The threats bring to mind Leviticus 26:17 (NKJV), which includes the following as one of the curses for disobedience:
“I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.”
There is also a related passage in Leviticus 26:36 (NKJV):
“And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee; they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.”
Notice also the following:
5 They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. … 25 The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within (Deuteronomy 32:5,25)
12 “Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh. (Ezekiel 21:12)
25 Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke, 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, 27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. (Proverbs 1:25-27)
6 You have forsaken Me,” says the Lord, “You have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting! 7 And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children; I will destroy My people, Since they do not return from their ways. 8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer at noonday; I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them suddenly. (Jeremiah 15:6-8)
The idea of “terror within” shows terror will occur within the borders, and suggests also that some of the terrorists are residents.
While Europe and other parts of the world are experiencing terrorism and terroristic threats, one day Europe will take bold actions–people who fear annihilation will support “strong” leadership.
The Bible specifically shows that a reorganization will come to Europe and power will be given to a dictator:
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)
Revelation 17:13 is clearly talking about a dictator–one the Bible calls the beast.
21 And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. 22 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. 23 And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. (Daniel 11:21-23, NKJV)
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:25, KJV).
But he will, as alluded to in Daniel 8:25 and as stated in Revelation 13:3-4, be a man of war.
He will push out Islam (cf. Daniel 11:40-43) and lead a powerful European military (cf. Revelation 13:3-4; Daniel 11:39-43)! This will reduce terroristic threats in Europe.
Related to Islam’s future in Europe, we made the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
On June 8, 2018, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the closing of seven Islamic mosques in an effort to reduce “political Islam.” In the past several years, at least 6 European nations have banned the wearing of a commonly used garment by Islamic females. Heinz-Christian Strache (later Vice Chancellor of Austria) has declared that Islam has no place in Europe. Did Germany’s Angela Merkel call multiculturalism a failure? Will there be deals between the Muslims and the Europeans? Will a European Beast leader rise up after a reorganization that will eliminate nationalism? Will Europe push out Islam? What does Catholic prophecy teach? What does the Bible teach in Daniel and Revelation? Is Islam prophesied to be pushed out of Europe? Dr. Thiel addresses these issues and more.
The Europeans do not like what is happening and change there is clearly prophesied.
Concluding Comments
Jesus told someone who claimed to worship the true God:
22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:22-24)
Brethren, the trinitarians try to worship what they do not know.
The truth of scripture, as well as writings associated with early church history, show that early Christians were NOT trinitarians.
It is partially because of this that they label groups like the Continuing Church of God a cult. And it is a major reason that groups like the World Council of Churches (officially composed of many Protestant and Orthodox Catholic groups) and the Roman Catholic Church do not want us.
Of course, the Apostle Paul wrote that we are to “be separate” and “not touch what is unclean” (2 Corinthians 6:17), hence we cannot have real fellowship with them: “For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? (2 Corinthians 6:14).
Despite what those of the worlds’ religions believe, we are to continue and obey the God of the Bible.
