CHURCH OF GOD James Throgmorton, Pastor of The Churches of God
This Church of God site delves into the mysteries of the Bible and covers such subjects as the Sabbath, the truth, the Holy Days, and understanding prophecy.  

THE FIRST COMMANDMENT      "YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME"

Gems of Proverbs!

Tribe of Benjamin

Study To Be Quiet

The Bible

What is the End of the Age?

Was Christ the God of the Old Testament?

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The Hunt for the Lost Ten Tribes

The Truth about Hell

What the Bible
Teaches about Sunday

Archived Online .mp3 Sermons

Who is the Man of Sin?

Who Do You Worship?

The Two Witnesses

How to Change

Understanding Grace

Ancient Archaeologists

The Bible Ahead of It's Time

Is Christmas Pagan?

How to Keep the Sabbath

Things You Didn't Know Were in Your Bible

How to Stop Panic Attacks Forever!

Emotional Religion

Three Kinds of Sin

Holy Day Calendar 2010

Good Old Time Religion

 Bible STUDY TOOLS   

Are You Ready For The Return of Christ

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Chairman:  James E. Throgmorton

Assistant Chairman:  Keith Bailey

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Churches of God    Articles in Spanish  

 

 

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

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HOW OUR NATION CAN RETURN TO GOD

"If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land."

II Chronicles 8:14

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How much of what we do in religion actually does come from Jesus or from the Bible at all for that matter? If you think about it, the Bible really doesn’t say a whole lot about holy water, egg hunts, bunny rabbits and kids dressing up like demons. There is nothing from front to back, commanding us to bring a tree into the house in the wintertime....so where do all these and other religious traditions come from? Surprisingly, none of the holidays kept by modern churchianity are “commanded” in the Bible at all! Most people would be shocked to learn that many “Christian” customs were ritually performed by Pagans for thousands of years before the birth of Christ! Some of these beloved traditions actually have sinister origins when examined historically.  There is documentation that one of the most beloved holidays has it's roots in human sacrifice.  As we will cover. 

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THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH

(not heaven)

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Understanding Prophecy

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HOW TO KEEP THE SABBATH

A weekly cycle of rest

Time is important to God and He does many things in time cycles.  There is a once a year rest cycle where the leaves and foliage die and the world looks dead for several months.  Every night, we see another cycle of rest that lasts eight hours. 

There is also a weekly cycle of rest.  The fourth commandment says that we should remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy by not working on this day.  It is a time to rest and refresh ourselves from the daily grind.  Sounds good doesn't it?  If you are interested in obeying God and resting on the Sabbath, read on. 

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THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WERE IN YOUR BIBLE!

 1.  THE NAME GOD IS A FAMILY NAME

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”  Did you notice that it does not say Let me make man in my image."  It is the plural "us and ours."  Why?  Because, the word “God,” in this passage, is derived from the word “'Elohiym” which is a word denoting plurality.  It always means two or more. (Plural Gods!) Literally, the scripture should read, “Gods said, let us make man in our image and in our likeness.”

Since the plural word Elohiym, which should always be translated “Gods” did not “jive” with traditional thinking, the translators incorrectly “fixed the problem” by substituting the singular word "God."

They had to "fix the problem" over 2000 times because they didn't understand the truth about the God Family and their name.  God is a surname, no different than your own last name.

AND MANY MORE EXAMPLES!

 

New York Times says:

"Hispanics Uncovering Roots as Inquisition's 'Hidden' Jews"

THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN 

And the Latin connection .....

You must read this if you have Spanish Blood.  It explains why new DNA evidence backs this up!  If you have Latin heritage, you might be an Israelite and not know it.  Read on for more exciting and shocking details!  In our article, we have excerpts from the L.A. Times article (plus the DNA evidence) and there is a link to the New York Times piece that you can look at.

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         Bible FORENSICS!
       
WHO WAS THE PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS?

Did you know that Moses is not a Hebrew name?  It is connected to the Thut-Moses Pharonic line?  The image of the mummy to the left is most probably the face that Moses and Aaron dealt with!  So who is the mysterious Pharaoh of the Bible and how is he connected to Moses???  Read more to find out.

FACE OF THUT-MOSES III

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THE FUTURE

Many people want to know what the future holds.  Will global warming destroy the earth?  What is going to happen to the earth?  What is going to happen to all the people and animals on it.  God knows what the earths future is and He has put it down in a book.  The Bible tells the future of the earth and all it's  inhabitants.  And there are some interesting scriptures to look at. 

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               I COME QUICKLY   Spanish version

"...and my Reward is with me."

Wait a minute! Do good people go to heaven?  Are all of Gods servants in heaven right now??? This might come as a shock, but these men are dead, awaiting the resurrection and they have not received their reward yet.  Hebrews 11 says that they have not yet received the promises! 

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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT

Digging for the hidden truths in parables

We have all read the parable of the pounds (in other places ?talents?) and we think, ?I should use my talents better. Maybe I should sing at church today, or maybe I should help more at church. And no doubt, an important principle exists in this parable, but is that what the parable is really about?   There are some ?unusual? scriptures in this parable that don?t fit that popular concept.

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THE BODY OF CHRIST       Spanish version

When the Bible talks about the body of Christ, what is it really talking about? 

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THE STONE THE BUILDERS REJECTED

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Lazarus and the Rich Man

We have all read the parable of Lazarus and the rich man.  Most people think that it is about what happens to bad people when they die, but if we look at the context, this parable may not be about that at all.  

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        FROM PASSOVER TO PASSOVER     Spanish

What is grace, and why do you need it to be saved?

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(Not What You Think!)

If someone said to you, "Let's go down to the House of God."  You might think, we are going to go to a building.  But you would be wrong.  If someone were to say to you, "Let's go to church."  You might think, "We are going to go to a building."  Again, you would be wrong.  Why? 

 

In Greece, they have found ancient grave sites where a mishmash of odd dinosaur bones have been loosely laid out in the shapes of men.  The head might be a mastodon, the arms and legs, put together from mixed dinosaur bones to form a weird extra tall, man shaped skeleton.  In Greece, there were fossils so thick that, in places 1000s of bones jutted from the hillsides.

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THE TWO WITNESSES

The Bible says that the Two Witnesses will come on the scene and work from the Jewish Temple, but in 70 A.D., the Romans came in like storm troupers, and wiped clean the whole Temple Mount and built a temple to Jupiter on top of it.  Today, the Dome of the Rock, an Arab holy site sits on the Temple Mount.  So, no one knows exactly where the Jewish temple once stood, or do they?   Read the fascinating new information...on this subject. 

 

 

What is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?

I know that most of what we think we know is dead...wrong.  For example, I watched a show called Myths of the Titanic.  Half of what we believe about this and every other subject in this world are lies.  We hear how women and children were the only ones let onto the boats, and that is partly true, but more men from first class made it out alive than children in third class.  The good Captain...

 
 

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    Churches of God  SERMONS (Archives of streaming sermons)

    Church of God Newest Online Sermons  

    CHURCH OF GOD SERMONS

     Click on title to listen to streaming sermons 

     SALVATION OF MAN      K. Bailey      download

     COMMANDS AT HOREB     J. Throgmorton    download

       DESTRUCTION OF TRUTH   J. Throgmorton     download

      DEFEATING EVIL    J. Throgmorton     download

      GOD'S LAW   Don't Add or Take Away    J. Throgmorton     download

      THE MARK OF GOD       J. Throgmorton   download

      END TIME PROPHETS   J. Throgmorton    download

      DECEPTION      Keith Bailey         download

      JUDGMENT     J. Throgmorton     download

      CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE   J. Throgmorton    download   

      GOD IS IN CONTROL     J. Throgmorton               download

       KINGDOM OF GOD     J. Throgmorton                   download

       KINGDOM OF GOD, PART 2    J. Throgmorton     download

       AGE LASTING CALENDAR    J. Throgmorton     download    Holy Day Calendar 2010

       RULER OF THIS WORLD             download

       LEAVENING                                      download         

      JUDGMENT                                        download

      GOD IS IN CONTROL                     download

   

 

    ARCHIVED SERMONS

       FEED MY SHEEP... James Throgmorton   download

     Return of Christ (Part Two)  James Throgmorton    download

     Return of Christ (Part One)  Keith Bailey      download

     Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth      James Throgmorton

     Salvation  Keith Bailey 

     The Forgotten and Ignored Focal Point of the Bible  

      Part  One  James Throgmorton

     The Forgotten and Ignored Focal Point of the Bible   Part Two

     Fallacy of Pauline Theology  James Throgmorton

     Obedience  Keith Bailey

     Money Changers in the House of God

     God and Repentance

     THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

       GOD AND REPENTANCE                                        Download

        THE TWO LIES...                                                      Download

       THE TWO LIES  PART TWO                                  Download

        TRUMPETS...                                                             Download

        RECONCILIATION AND ATONEMENT             Download

        DOCTRINE                                                                 Download

       ORGANIZATIONAL REPENTANCE                     Download

       THE RELEVANCY OF PROPHECY!                       Download

       DON'T COMPROMISE...beware of wolves!           Download

       THE EVIL SERVANT OF MATTHEW 24              Download

       THE CHURCH...REFLECTIONS AND PERCEPTIONS     Download

        YOUR SPIRITUAL BIRTHRIGHT                         Download

        RELIGIOUS LEADERS PAST AND PRESENT   Download

       FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT                                           Download

       FEAST OF WEEKS, DAY OF FIRSTFRUITS   (streaming)       

        GOD IS NOT A RESPECTER OF PERSONS    download here

        THE FINAL TIME OF JACOBS TROUBLE (streaming)   download here

      IMMORALITY BY OSMOSIS (streaming)       *download here 

      Lessons From Ephesus (streaming)                  *download here

      Idolatry and the Christmas Tree (streaming)  *download here

 

Churches of God Articles on the Sabbath

         WHAT IS THE SABBATH A TYPE OF?    

         A Shadow of things to come...

       Should You Keep the Sabbath?

IS THE SABBATH MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE Bible?  SOME SAY NO!  BUT WHAT DOES THE Bible SAY?

"The other day, I was reading some inflammatory statements on a website that supposedly "proved" that we should not keep the Sabbath.  Their major "proof" of this, is that the Sabbath is not mentioned as one of the Ten Commandments in the New Testament.  But is this right???

I wasn't specifically looking, but not 3 days later, I ran across a place in Luke where the Sabbath is called a commandment!  Christ was laying in His tomb and the women waited until after the Sabbath to apply spices to His body.  This is proof that they obviously didn't think the Sabbath was done away!  And the scripture actually says that they rested on the Sabbath day according to the commandment!

Luke 23:55-24:1
55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.

56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." 

After the Sabbath, they went down to the tomb to apply the spices, but He was already resurrected when they got there.  Jesus was a man  they loved dearly.  Some Christians became martyrs for Him in the following years.  Some had left everything and lost everything to follow Him---YET, it was more important to these followers in Luke 23:56 to keep the Saturday Sabbath as mentioned in the Ten Commandments.  They chose to show their faithfulness to Jesus by obeying God.  Keeping the Sabbath had a higher priority than applying spices to this man that they had left all for.  That says something.

This is solid proof that the Sabbath was not done away with.  Especially in light of the fact that it was 400 plus years after the death of Christ before Sunday was much kept...  Yes, many do not know that Sunday was adopted 400 years later for the purpose of  bringing in the masses of sun worshippers and their "wallets" into a now large apostate Christian church. 

This was the same swelling apostasy that the early Christians had resisted.  Even though the apostate churches became larger and larger due to bringing the pagans in, the faithful followers of Christ were not obliterated. 

The book of Revelation speaks of these faithful followers of the true Jesus. "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."  The commandments are not done away in the book of Revelation!  From the first part of the New Testament in Luke, to the last part of the New Testament in Revelation, true followers of the true God, keep the commandments, according to the Bible!   Who do you believe?  What you have been taught by men, or what the Bible says?

THE TREASURY OF THE SNOW

In Job 38:22, God asked Job, if he had seen the treasuries of the snow.  And of course, Job couldn't have known it then, but there certainly is a beautiful treasury.  Each crystal flake of snow is completely different from the next.  We know this now, but back then, no one could have known such a thing but God, the creator. 

Now, we are able to see with our own eyes some of the "treasuries of the snow."  Job couldn't understand what God meant, but we can.

Click on the link below and see for yourself the intricate beauty of God's creation. 

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

 

 

HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE

You've probably heard people make the comment, "I've read the Bible but I just don't understand it."  The word of God tells us how God says to understand the Bible.  There is a very important starting position that we need to have first.

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THE Bible

AHEAD OF IT'S TIME?

Spanish version

Up until 500 years ago, many people thought the earth was flat.  Just 500 years ago, some people believed that you would fall off the earth if you traveled to the edge of it. Not only that, they believed the earth was the center of the universe.  Men were tortured and died for teaching that the distant stars were suns.  "Giordano Bruno was burned alive for asserting that the stars were distant suns with planets orbiting around them."  That was heresy, according to the church.

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WHAT IS "OUTER DARKNESS"

WHO IS THE RULER OF THIS WORLD?

 

      

HOW TO STOP PANIC

 ATTACKS FOREVER

If you know anyone who has severe anxiety or panic attacks, have them read this article immediately!

You might be surprised to find out how many people have suffered with this condition. It strikes when one least expects it, and really, even though it may seem to be a mental health issue, it certainly is not. It is a physical problem that may have a simple physical solution...that is in your kitchen right now.

God's Master Plan 

(part one)

The Sting....

If you are old enough, you may remember a movie called The Sting, which was a popular movie made in the 70s, featuring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. They play out the con of all cons against an evil crime boss named Lonnegan. In the end, they use Lonnegan's evil nature to accomplish their own goal. This booklet is about the same principal using evil against itself! Truth be told, this booklet is about the greatest sting operation ever pulled. Get an inside look at the trick God is pulling on Satan....

God's Master Plan Part 2

 

 

 

  

THE HUNT FOR THE
LOST TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL!
Part one

Megaliths used in the worship of Baal in Tel Gezer, Israel. These match the 40,000 similar megaliths found across Europe... Read the Bible forensics behind the search for the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel! 
Many books and articles have been written on this mysterious subject, but this booklet has a very different, yet simple approach to proving the identity of the modern lost tribes of Israel.
 
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   Churches of God

   HOLY DAYS

    Holy Day Calendar 2010

    SUNSET CALCULATOR

    HOLY DAY ARTICLES

    Why should we keep the Hebrew  Calendar?

    THE SECOND PASSOVER EXPLAINED

    HOW TO COUNT PENTECOST

    

     MORE BIBLE STUDY ARTICLES

     FOR SERIOUS STUDENTS OF THE BIBLE...

All Israel Will Be Saved

THE SINS OF THE FATHERS

KEEP THE FAITH

CHRISTIAN LOVE

WHAT IS THE END OF THE AGE?

What is the Body of Christ?

Are You Ready For The Return of Christ

WHO IS THE RULER OF THIS WORLD?

Do You Have Emotional Religion?

 

JESUS, KING OF THE MILLENNIUM

A grandmother of 11 explained that it was a financial hardship on her to keep Christmas.  She said she could not afford to buy gifts for everyone because she was on a fixed income.  I took opportunity to explain that the concept of buying a gift for everyone you know at Christmas is not taught in the Bible.  I had her attention.  The reason Christ received expensive gifts of gold, Frankincense and Myrrh was because He was a King.  A King that had not yet received His Kingdom.  The birth of Christ is about the birth of a King that will replace Satan as ruler (king) of this world! 

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IS CHRISTMAS PAGAN?   

Spanish version

Does Christmas have pagan roots?

I don't think you will find many Satan worshippers interested in worshipping God, in fact they don't want anything to do with Jesus Christ as a little baby or a grown man....so why do we find them decorating their trees and keeping every trapping of Christmas? The answer just might shock you.

        

Understanding Prophecy (part two)

THINK ON THESE THINGS

COMING OUT OF EGYPT

The Spiritual Priesthood of Melchizedek

WHAT IS THE WAY?

INTERESTING FACTS

Good and Evil

The Few, the Proud, the Condemned

A MYSTERY

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK

 
 
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 The

Better

Resurrection 

 

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Was Christ the God of

 the Old Testament?

 
 
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HOW TO CHANGE

Whether it be to repent of sin, or to change bad habits. This article might help!

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Photos of the beauty of God's Creation...

Enjoy!~

 *PHOTO OF THE TEN SPECIFIC COMMANDS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

 

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 MORE ARTICLES!

CAN YOU REPENT?

Three Kinds of Sin

What is the Truth?

Hard to Understand Bible Words

THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT...

What is the Excuse used by Law Breakers

HOW TO OVERCOME

Gems of Proverbs!

Overview of Prophecy (part one)

 
 
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Do Away With The Law?

 

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What is God's System?

 

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 Spiritual Identity Theft

...WHO DO YOU WORSHIP?

 
 
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   LOVE

There are 4 words for love in the Greek, but we want to look at "Agape," which is the kind of love required by all Christians...even for their enemies. According to Christ, this special kind of love brings spiritual reward.  What is Agape?  It is unconditional love...not based on whether it is deserved."

 
 
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 How to Have Eternal Life

This is the first place in the Bible that "eternal life" is used. And a young Jewish man asked Christ the question, that we all want to know the answer to! What did Christ say?

 

 

The Weightier Matters of the Law

THE CONFLICT

THE JUDGMENT OF ANGELS