Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 3, 2025. In today’s top stories, a government shutdown looms large in the U.S., with Washington’s wrangling over Medicaid deeply affecting rural communities like Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where hospitals are struggling. This shutdown is further complicated by President Trump’s threat of mass layoffs, raising […]
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610: Heraclius attacked
Constantinople, overthrew the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaimed
himself Emperor. The Christian Emperor attacked his Persian neighbors to the
east with disastrous results. In 614, the advancing Per…
In a post-information and internet age, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sift truth from lies. You can find anything online to affirm, or deny, your feelings, your theology, and even your motives. With so many competing voices and endless truth…
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“They [messengers of the Gospel] must not fear men. Men can do them no harm, for the power of men …
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