Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for May 22, 2026. In today’s top stories, we’re seeing some interesting shifts in the U.S. political landscape. Within the Republican party, some in Congress are pushing back against President Trump on issues like a new settlement fund, potentially complicating the path forward for the administration’s priorities. […]

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142 BCE (23rd of Iyar): Simon
the Hasmonean drove the Syrians and their allies out the citadel which was
their last stronghold in Jerusalem.

1059 :Coronation of Philip I, King of France
who passed away in 1108.   Philip’s l…

Glory Fellowship Church And Orphanage In Kisii Kenya were told no by The Gideons, and now turn to us for Bibles We had a couple stop into the Bookstore a few weeks ago, they’re connected to The Gideons, and they told us of a pastor in Kenya who had reached out in need of Bibles […]

The post After The Gideons Said No, Pastor Dancan Of Glory Fellowship Church And Orphanage In Kisii Kenya Has Reached Out And Asked Us To Supply Them With Bibles appeared first on Now The End Begins.

Congregations that want to move forward and live more missionally need to understand and embody four key characteristics, says F. Douglas Powe, director of the Lewis Center and the James C. Logan Chair in Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) …