Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for December 5, 2025. Globally, in Japan, the new Prime Minister’s dedication to ‘work, work, work’ is surprisingly sparking a national debate about the dangers of overwork, a country that even has its own term for ‘death from overworking.’ Meanwhile, in Pakistan, an unexpected source of national […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for December 4, 2025. In today’s top stories, Ukrainians remain wary as U.S. and Russian negotiators meet to discuss their future, firmly stating their willingness to compromise but not to surrender. Domestically, an unusual alliance has formed in Arizona, where a Democrat and a Republican are working […]

I understand that the ordering of words in Greek does not impact the meaning as much as it does in English. But given that ordering (and commas) does matter in English, consider the following two renderings.

Rather, speaking the truth in …

2 Samuel 13:12-14 NASB
12 But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful sin! 13 As for me, where could I [f]get rid of my shame? And as for you, you will be like…

In response to the query on why Jesus’ disciples did not fast like those of John the Baptist, Jesus tells the parable of New Wine in Old Wineskins in the Gospels viz. Matthew 9:14–17, Mark 2:21–22, and Luke 5:33–39.
Interestingly, Luke ad…

Ephesians 4:9

SBLGNT:

τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;

KJV

(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

ESV

(In saying, “He …

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for December 3, 2025. In today’s top stories, a “second strike” by the U.S. military on a suspected drug boat is drawing bipartisan scrutiny, with legal experts questioning if it violated rules of war, especially after reports of killing survivors. Meanwhile, social media continues to be a […]