Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 26, 2026. Today in U.S. news, Opening Day for baseball reminds us of the sport’s power to unite across boundaries, while a concerning report reveals a rise in domestic terror threats coinciding with a drop in public notification. Social media giants Meta and YouTube are […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 25, 2026. We start with today’s headlines. In U.S. news, juries in California and New Mexico have found that social media platforms are indeed harming teens’ health by creating addictive feeds, though Meta and YouTube plan to appeal. On a lighter note, parts of Boston […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 24, 2026. Today in U.S. news, ICE personnel have arrived at over a dozen U.S. airports as TSA staffers continue to work without pay, leading to persistent long security lines. The Supreme Court is currently deliberating a crucial mail-in ballot case that could significantly impact […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for March 23, 2026. Today, a key Supreme Court case regarding mail-in ballots could reshape the 2026 midterm elections by restricting the counting of late-arriving votes. Meanwhile, the ongoing situation with Iran continues to dominate headlines. President Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the […]

Dony K. Donev William Seymour was expelled from the Santa Fe Mission on March 4, 1906, after preaching that speaking in tongues constitutes the…

In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul indicates that he prefers to pray both in (or with) the Spirit and in (or with) the mind.

τί οὖν ἐστίν; προσεύξομαι τῷ πνεύματι, προσεύξομαι δὲ καὶ τῷ νοΐ· ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ τῷ…

Western journalism, even in the days before the pastors’ trial, widely covered the event in the reactionary press, making an unsuccessful attempt to present…