What Drag Queens and Blackface Have in Common
We need to remember the names of those who today push for drag, with its hideous, male-dominated caricatures of femininity
Opinion
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Holiday Gift Guide for the Christian Nationalist on Your List
In this issue of A Public Witness, Brian Kaylor introduces us to 10 gifts the proud “Christian Nationalist” on your list will love. But please don’t buy these unless you want to end up on the naughty list (and make the baby Jesus cry). Instead, these gift suggestions show us what it can look like to merge Christian and American identities in problematic ways.
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Unsettling Advent 2022, Day 3
Andre Khudyakov, a Ukrainian Baptist pastor, reflects on how we tend to read the Bible as stories about what happened centuries ago as well as descriptions of events that will take place far in the future. So, we place ourselves in a “safe zone in the middle” and we become like observers and commentators of biblical events from the past and those in the future and we never allow our minds to embrace its relevance to our lifetime.
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As US Faces Iran in World Cup, This is Why Iran’s Protests Matter
Now I see the hijab as so many of my fellow Iranians see it a symbol of citizens unable to express themselves freely and make their own choices
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The Beauty of ‘Giving Tuesday’
Giving traditions such as these teach the truth to even the very young that it is better to give than to receive Giving to others indwells the giver with a unique joy that cannot be reproduced
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Me, Mother Teresa, and Her Profound Words about Abortion
Those who receive and protect a child s life are receiving Jesus, and those who deny the child by abortion are crucifying Him afresh
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There’s a crisis in Christian schools. Here’s how we fix it (part 2)
Young people must be taught more than the cold facts of Christianity They must be shown how those truths can set their lives on fire for Christ
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Meet Elisabeth, Forgotten Prophet of the Christmas Story
With Christmas approaching, Christine Trotter explores part of the story that is usually omitted: Mary travels from Nazareth to Judea to visit her relative Elisabeth, an older woman who speaks prophetically to Mary and informs her that she is pregnant with the Lord. Trotter outlines what else we know about Elisabeth, why her character is frequently left out of the Christmas story, and why she should be included as a prophetic voice.
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Unsettling Advent 2022, Day 2
For day 2 of our Unsettling Advent devotionals, Rob Schenck reflects on reading New Testament Advent story against its historical backdrop: An aggressively militant imperial occupier had invaded the ancient Levant, annexing it and subjugating various nations, bringing sorrow and suffering to countless peoples. Sound all too familiar?
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Americans don’t support the reality of gay marriage. Here’s proof
The most underreported problem with same-sex marriages is not merely that they lack scriptural mandate and partners complementarity, but that the underlying behaviors and expectations pervading those ...
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Dating is broken
The hurt, in turn, seems to have had a cooling effect on dating altogether In an ironic turn, sex can be had in abundance these days, but love is much harder to find
