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Weekly Roundup: Aug. 1

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a review of a new book on racism and a look at efforts to push back against false…

Aug 1 •

July 2025

The Bible According to the Department of Homeland Security

The social media feeds of the U.S.

Jul 31 •

Challenging Jefferson Lies

In 2011, Warren Throckmorton was a professor at a conservative Christian college when he started writing blog posts about conservative pseudo-historian…

Jul 30 •

Review & Giveaway: The Anti-Greed Gospel

When Brian Kaylor and I set out to write Baptizing America, I feared the book wouldn’t find an audience.

Jul 29 •

Weekly Roundup: July 25

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…

Jul 25 •

Canceling a Prophet

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

Jul 24 •

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Global Baptists Gather Down Under to Challenge Injustices and Nationalism

As thousands of Baptists from 130 nations gathered in Brisbane, Australia, for the opening of the Baptist World Congress earlier this month, a local…

Jul 22 •

Weekly Roundup: July 18

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…

Jul 18 •

When Conspiracies Backfire

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

Jul 17 •

United Church of Christ Brings a Still-Speaking God Into the Christian Nationalist Era

“It is hard to talk about the state of the church and not talk about what it means to be Christian in these times.

Jul 15 •

Weekly Roundup: July 11

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. This week, we published a report on the biennial mission summit of the American Baptist Churches USA.

Jul 11 •

American Baptists Confront Past and Present Injustices

A volunteer installing new shelving in a church closet in Massachusetts recently discovered a significant 178-year-old document previously lost for over…

Jul 10 •

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