Word&Way

@wordandway.bsky.social

780 Followers 465 Following

Creating better Christian conversations since 1896. We produce an award-winning magazine, podcast, website, & more. Editor-in-Chief: @briankaylor.bsky.social Website: https://wordandway.org Substack: https://publicwitness.wordandway.org

From Pulp Fiction: “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides By the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill Shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children And I will strike down upon thee With great vengeance and furious anger Those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers And you will know my name is the Lord WHEN 1 LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE”
The Jerusalem Cross (left) and “Deus Vult” (right) on Pete Hegseth’s olive green leather Bible. (from the Instagram account of Rock Wall Bibles)
The Jerusalem Cross (left) and “Deus Vult” (right) on Pete Hegseth’s olive green leather Bible. (from the Instagram account of Rock Wall Bibles)
The Jerusalem Cross (left) and “Deus Vult” (right) on Pete Hegseth’s olive green leather Bible. (from the Instagram account of Rock Wall Bibles)
Lawmakers are actually mandating a gerrymandered version, as the image on the left shows. The parts in yellow are to be kept on the posters, the parts in red must be deleted, and the parts in green are to be added into the required text. This includes replacing “ass” with “cattle.” Or, if you’d rather think about it in terms of redacting like with the Epstein files, the image below on the right shows what the bills do to Exodus 20 by removing nearly two-thirds of the text.
“Take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day and, having done everything, to stand firm. Stand, therefore, with the gas mask of truth. Put on your hi-vis vest of righteousness. As for your shoes, make sure they are snow boots with yak tracks on them; whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of this, make sure that you have your phone so you can record the truth and stand up to the lies that are being told. Take the whistle of salvation. Take the sword that is your love, that no ICE agent can ever take away from you. For these things are yours,” he offered. “Pray for one another so that when we speak, a message may be given to the rest of this nation and this world that what we are making known with boldness is the mystery of the gospel for which we are ambassadors under occupation.”
A map of the U.S. showing that public school "chaplain" bills have been introduced in at least 23 states in 2025 and have passed in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Missouri.
Map of the U.S. showing legislation mandating that the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms passed in Louisiana — and similar bills have copped up in Texas, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.