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A private eastern Iowa college has announced it will remove a statue of the school’s founder after officials there learned new details about his slave-owning past. Read full piece

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Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Cohen Links Falwell’s 2016 Endorsement to Suppression of Racy Photos

September 8, 2020

author: Reuters (Curated)

Michael Cohen, the former fixer for U.S. President Donald Trump, ties for the first time the 2016 presidential endorsement of Trump by American evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr to Cohen’s own role in helping to keep racy “personal” photographs of the Falwells from becoming public. Read

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A Rural Church Reimagines the Lord’s Supper as a Farm Stand

September 8, 2020

author: Baptist News Global (Curated)

“Just go there and find a new way to keep telling the Jesus story.” The “Take It Or Leave It” farm stand that sits on the property of the United Church of Lincoln is one of those “new ways.” Read full piece

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Don’t Snuff Out the Light Online

September 6, 2020

author: Kansas City Star (Curated)

The Kansas City Star ran an excerpt in the Sunday print edition of Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor’s latest editorial. Read full piece

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Digging Stopped in Ancient Biblical Cities

September 5, 2020

author: Christianity Today (Curated)

Major archaeological discoveries will have to wait until next year, at least. Read full piece

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Evangelicals Need to Address the QAnoners in Our Midst

September 5, 2020

author: USA Today (Curated)

QAnon has been making headlines but Evangelical Christians should not be swept up in the bizarre movement. Read full piece

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Why Should I Reparate?

September 5, 2020

author: Red Letter Christians (Curated)

I didn’t eat the fruit. There is no way I would have eaten the fruit. Everyone says the same thing when it comes to slavery. Read full piece

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White Christians Grapple With Their Faith’s Racist Past — & Present

September 3, 2020

author: 1A (Curated)

How are white supremacy and white Christianity entangled? And what work is being done today, by Christians inside and outside the church, to break those ties? Listen to the conversation on 1A — including comment by Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor (at the 14:12 mark) Listen to

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Q&A with Richard Wilson on Applying Ebola Lessons to COVID-19

September 2, 2020

author: Baptist News Global (Curated)

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t Richard Wilson’s first go-around with a deadly virus outbreak. He served as president of the Liberian Baptist Theological Seminary from 2014 to 2016 — a tenure nearly coinciding with the West African nation’s Ebola outbreak. Read full piece

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The Roots of the Black Prophetic Voice

September 2, 2020

author: Christianity Today (Curated)

Why the Exodus must remain central to the African American church. Read full piece

142. Christa Brown on Baptistland

Christa Brown talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her forthcoming book Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation. She also discusses advocacy for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, family estrangement, and when denominational leaders do not care. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make…
141. Trey Ferguson on Theologizin' Bigger

Trey Ferguson, a minister and writer, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly. He also discusses biblical interpretation, inerrancy, and Black Panther. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and…
140. Derek Kubilus on Holy Hell

Derek Kubilus, a Methodist pastor in Ohio, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his book Holy Hell: A Case against Eternal Damnation. He also discusses translation issues, Wesleyan teachings, and Star Wars. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and politics.
139. Jim Wallis, Brian Kaylor, & Angela Denker on Christian Nationalism

Angela Denker, a journalist and Lutheran minister, moderates a discussion with Jim Wallis of the Georgetown Center on Faith and Justice and Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about Christian Nationalism and other issues of faith and politics. A written version of this conversation was previously published at A Public Witness. Denker, author of Red State Christians: A…

Iowa Catholic College to Remove Statue of its Bishop Founder over Slavery

Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Cohen Links Falwell’s 2016 Endorsement to Suppression of Racy Photos

A Rural Church Reimagines the Lord’s Supper as a Farm Stand

Don’t Snuff Out the Light Online

Digging Stopped in Ancient Biblical Cities

Evangelicals Need to Address the QAnoners in Our Midst

Why Should I Reparate?

White Christians Grapple With Their Faith’s Racist Past — & Present

Q&A with Richard Wilson on Applying Ebola Lessons to COVID-19

The Roots of the Black Prophetic Voice

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