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Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness! You will find a report on a Christian gathering in Australia, a look at...
07/25/2025

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness!

You will find a report on a Christian gathering in Australia, a look at Stephen Colbert’s prophetic critiques and Christian faith, and much more.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on a Christian gathering in Australia that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at Stephen Colbert’s prophetic critiques and Christian faith.

Colbert’s status as the leading comedic critic of Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. Long before criticizing Paramount an...
07/25/2025

Colbert’s status as the leading comedic critic of Trump didn’t come out of nowhere. Long before criticizing Paramount and Trump, Colbert had already developed a reputation as one who would boldly speak truth to power.

Usually when a comedian is performing and the audience boos, it’s because the material — or the delivery — is coming up short.

Unfortunately, the cancellation of The Late Show and the “big fat bribe” are not happening in isolation. They represent ...
07/24/2025

Unfortunately, the cancellation of The Late Show and the “big fat bribe” are not happening in isolation. They represent yet another troubling sign of the times for corporate media. Colbert himself will surely be fine, but many institutions are on much shakier ground.

Usually when a comedian is performing and the audience boos, it’s because the material — or the delivery — is coming up short.

Today’s issue of A Public Witness explores what the ending of a significant comedy institution means in light of the fac...
07/24/2025

Today’s issue of A Public Witness explores what the ending of a significant comedy institution means in light of the fact that Stephen Colbert is one of the most prominent Christians in popular culture today.

Usually when a comedian is performing and the audience boos, it’s because the material — or the delivery — is coming up short.

For our latest Voices piece, contributing writer Sarah Blosser Blackwell reflects on the connections between jazz, supp...
07/23/2025

For our latest Voices piece, contributing writer Sarah Blosser Blackwell reflects on the connections between jazz, supporting young people, church life, and the kingdom of God.

Contributing writer Sarah Blackwell reflects on the connections between jazz, supporting young people, church life, and the kingdom of God.

“Maybe the church needs to repent from serving as a repository of handouts for the poor rather than an advocate for the ...
07/23/2025

“Maybe the church needs to repent from serving as a repository of handouts for the poor rather than an advocate for the justice systems that liberate those on the margins. Maybe the church needs to repent for preaching a gospel of salvation while omitting the mandate to do justice and to demonstrate the compassion for the least of these.”
-Rev. Marsha Scipio, director of Baptist World Aid

As thousands of Baptists from 130 nations gathered in Brisbane, Australia, for the opening of the Baptist World Congress earlier this month, a local leader offered an acknowledgment that the land the city was built on previously belonged to the Jagera and Turrbal peoples.

During the time in Brisbane, the BWA unveiled a “Global Covenant on Freedom of Religion and Conscience,” with the goal o...
07/23/2025

During the time in Brisbane, the BWA unveiled a “Global Covenant on Freedom of Religion and Conscience,” with the goal of eventually getting a million people to sign it.

In the statement, people pledge to defend religious liberty for all, “stand against religious persecution” regardless of who is the target, and “reject all forms of religious nationalism, stereotyping, slander, and scapegoating, and instead seek to build friendships of mutuality and peace.”

As thousands of Baptists from 130 nations gathered in Brisbane, Australia, for the opening of the Baptist World Congress earlier this month, a local leader offered an acknowledgment that the land the city was built on previously belonged to the Jagera and Turrbal peoples.

Today’s issue of A Public Witness heads to Australia to offer highlights from Baptist World Alliance’s Baptist World Con...
07/22/2025

Today’s issue of A Public Witness heads to Australia to offer highlights from Baptist World Alliance’s Baptist World Congress, where Christians from 130 nations came to worship, fellowship, dialogue, learn, and strategize together.

As thousands of Baptists from 130 nations gathered in Brisbane, Australia, for the opening of the Baptist World Congress earlier this month, a local leader offered an acknowledgment that the land the city was built on previously belonged to the Jagera and Turrbal peoples.

Our latest review from Bob Cornwall covers the early Church’s profound thinking about Christ as explored in Brian E. Dal...
07/22/2025

Our latest review from Bob Cornwall covers the early Church’s profound thinking about Christ as explored in Brian E. Daley’s “Christology in Early Christianity” (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company).

“As the Christian Community observes the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea (some more enthusiastically than others), it is helpful to engage with scholars who have a good handle on that period.”

In this collection of essays, leading historical theologian Brian E. Daley, SJ, surveys the early Church’s profound thinking about Christ.

Like with the QAnon conspiracies, rightwing Christian figures have peddled Epstein conspiracies for years to frame thems...
07/21/2025

Like with the QAnon conspiracies, rightwing Christian figures have peddled Epstein conspiracies for years to frame themselves as righteous warriors combating child trafficking.

The tragedy is they weaponized these conspiracies to support a friend of Epstein who since returning to the White House has cut programs that actually combat child trafficking.

President Donald Trump wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and s*x trafficker who killed himself in 2019.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. You will find original reports from both the United Church of Christ an...
07/18/2025

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness.

You will find original reports from both the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denominational gatherings, a look at some MAGA Christians pushing Epstein conspiracies, and much more.

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report from the United Church of Christ’s general synod that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received a look at some MAGA Christians pushing Epstein conspiracies.

The crusading to burst open the Epstein files particularly helped Trump-backing preachers and political activists frame ...
07/18/2025

The crusading to burst open the Epstein files particularly helped Trump-backing preachers and political activists frame themselves as righteous justice warriors and cast Democrats as demonic pedophiles.

President Donald Trump wants people to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and s*x trafficker who killed himself in 2019.

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