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Here’s the top news of the week from Word&Way. In addition to a report on the “worship” service with Donald Trump on Sunday at First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Public Witness received an essay looking at political efforts to eliminate the biblical teaching to turn the other cheek (with exclusive comments from Kristin Du Mez, Peter Manseau, and John Fea).

A Public Witness
New Trump Version of the Bible
Donald Trump Jr. would like to suggest an edit. To the Bible. Speaking on Sunday (Dec. 19) at a conference in Arizona he claimed that while liberals are “playing hardball,” conservatives stay nice and are just “playing tee-ball” (though just because Junior still needs the tee doesn’t mean others haven’t figured out how to throw some spin). Thus, he urged the crowd of activists at the event sponsored by Turning Point USA, a conservative political group created by Charlie Kirk, to “band together” and fight back against an alleged “cancel culture…
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Top 5 at wordandway.org

  1. Forgetting the War on Christmas. Rodney Kennedy urges Christians to forego seasonal whining to instead unleash a magnificent supply of Christmas practices that bear witness to the presence of Jesus.

  2. ‘Mary Did You Know’ Writer Mark Lowry Good-Natured Over Song’s Controversy. The comedian and songwriter has long wondered what it was like for Mary raising Jesus: “What was it like to give him a haircut? Did she ever walk into his room and say, ‘clean this mess up’?”

  3. Captive Missionaries in Haiti Made Daring Escape. Peter Smith reported on the dash to safety by 12 U.S. missionaries after two months of captivity.

  4. Across U.S., Houses of Worship Struggle to Rebuild Attendance. David Crary reports on how church attendance still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels.

  5. Wary of Omicron, Churches Shift Christmas Services Online. Jack Jenkins reports on a wave of churches canceling in-person Christmas services, especially in the Washington, D.C., area that has the nation’s highest COVID-19 rates.

Unsettling Advent

Our Advent series continued this week, with devotionals by Joy Martinez-Marshall, Greg Mamula, Sophie Day, Terrell Carter, Lauren Graeber, Jeremy Fuzy, and Brian Kaylor.

You can read the full archive of daily devotionals: Unsettling Advent.

Other News of Note

  • The Tennessean put out its list of most-read columns for the year. Coming in at number 10 was Brian Kaylor’s column in June about Paige Patterson and the Southern Baptist Convention.

  • Ken Sehested penned a Good Faith Media column on “Considering Advent’s Insurrectionary Promise.”

  • Baptist News Global reported on a Brazilian Baptist pastor receiving death threats for officiating a same-sex wedding.

  • The New York Times reported on Christian persecution in India.

  • Christianity Today recounted the top 10 biggest biblical archaeology discoveries of 2021.

  • The Atlantic explored “Why Evangelicals are Early Adopters of New Tech.” This includes some churches celebrating Christmas in the “metaverse” for years.

Dangerous Dogma

This week: Bruce Chilton on the Herods

Photo of the Week

Walker Baker, 5, visits with Santa Claus, portrayed by volunteer Wayne Hutzell, during Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree event for children of the incarcerated on Dec. 19, 2021 at Hub City Vineyard church in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Steve Ruark/Associated Press)

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