What Price VICTORY?
R.O. Covey, White Wing Messenger, June 24, 1967 THE CHURCH OF GOD is, and has always been, in a conquest. In other words, we are at war. Conquest is defined thus: The act or process of conquering. To conquer means: To gain the mastery over someone or something by...
FIELDS OF THE WOOD
The following quote is from the book, FIELDS OF THE WOOD by former Church Historian, C. T. Davidson: One Sunday morning following the 35th Assembly, 1940, after he had assumed his pastorate at Cleveland, Tennessee, Grady R. Kent was preaching a powerful message upon...
Arise and Shine
June 13, 1903: “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee” (Isa. 60:1,...
HOW THINGS HAVE COME ABOUT
By Oscar Pimentel, General Overseer, The Church of God 2018 CHANGE OF VENUE “…I would like to make everyone aware that the change in venue was not by choice or due to our desire. “Many of you know that during the last twelve years or so, from time to time, we have...
The Trinity
General Overseer M. A. Tomlinson referenced the subject of the Trinity in his Annual Address to the 65th Assembly in 1970. A few excerpts follow: “The doctrine of the Trinity has always been readily accepted by the Church from the beginning, and is believed by...
DIVINE REVELATION
Stephen E. Smith, former General Overseer at the 107th Annual Address, 2012 Some said they would never leave her. They embraced her doctrine and rejoiced in the theocratic government. They felt that special safety that exists only in the fold, and labored with us to...
THE “THIRD PART” MUST GET IT RIGHT
By Robert J. Pruitt, former General Overseer, 92nd Annual Address, 1997 …after the Solemn Assembly of 1993, we are the “third part” mentioned in Zechariah 13:8, 9, which states: “And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall...
THE ONE CHURCH OF PROPHECY
By M. A. Tomlinson, former General Overseer. 72nd Annual Address, 1977 It is a matter for concern today that there are some in the Church, by covenant, who do not accept the truth that they are in the One Church of the Bible. One time the Lord spoke to the prophet...
THE CHURCH OF TODAY
By A. J. Tomlinson, former General Overseer, 12th Annual Address, 1922 That this is the Church of God has been proven over and over so many times by a great cloud of witnesses that there can scarcely be any room for doubts among those who have traced its history...
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD PART II: Ichabod–The Glory Is Departed
By E. Roger Ammons, Communications Minister. After wandering in the wilderness for forty years, the Israelites crossed the Jordan and set up the Tabernacle at Shiloh (Joshua 18:1). Eli was the high priest at Shiloh for forty years (1 Sam. 4:18). His sons were sons of...