Brian Kaylor

CT has updated our story w/ a note about Marshall appearing on stage at a CREC congregation, pastored by Kyle Lammott, and that links to @briankaylor.bsky.social's coverage. Also, I followed-up with Lammott about this. Thanks again, Brian & @jackjenkins.me. www.christianitytoday.com/2026/10/midt...

CREC pastor told CT he wasn't interested in putting Sen. Marshall on stage at church & telling people to vote for him, but Marshall was literally on stage Sunday night at that church! My report on service (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/sunday-nig...) is quite the chaser to this shot from Liam:

ICYMI: Sen. Roger Marshall & other GOP officials in Kansas attended a partisan church service Sunday night focused on attacking the faith of Marshall's opponent, Rev. Adam Hamilton. I've written the only report on the event: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/sunday-nig...

As the Sunday night service relitigated the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy of the last century, rightwing evangelical preachers called on Roger Marshall’s Democratic opponent, Rev. Adam Hamilton, to repent — while also praising President Donald Trump.

My report on a Sunday evening rally at church in Wichita that featured GOP candidates & lots of rightwing preachers attacking faith of Rev. Adam Hamilton (while also supporting Trump): publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/sunday-nig...

I've watched lots of prayers at Trump rallies (& wrote about them in 2024: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/prayers-of...) so it's surprising to see Catholic priest (albeit retired) pray at rally in Florida today. Usually evangelical or Pentecostal pastor (or politician). As usual, prayer was partisan

As usual, I was only reporter to watch & report yesterday on Hegseth's monthly worship service at the Pentagon: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseths-p... Such #ChristianNationalism deserves more attention, so subscribe to A Public Witness to find coverage you won't find elsewhere!

Episcopal Bishop Mark Edington of the American Cathedral in Paris criticized "how little the vice president knows about France" in Sunday's service after J.D. Vance blamed immigration for unrest in France. Edington also defended concerns of students protesting & criticized "idolatry" of AI companies

Today's Pentagon worship service marked the fourth time in 18 monthly services that the sermon was preached by Brooks Potteiger, a member of Doug Wilson's denomination who leads a new church plant in Washington, D.C., that Pete Hegseth often attends.

My report on today's worship service at the Pentagon: Hegseth's Pastor Tells Pentagon Leaders 'God Has Providentially Placed You' There 'For Such a Time As This' publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseths-p...

"Providence" is the elastic doctrine of choice for sanctifying all kinds of crimes. Lots of good theological work on this from many folks, chief among them Willie Jennings. Also MAtt Jantzen's excellent "God, Race, and History," plus a book called "Our Trespasses" written by little old me.

My report on today's worship service at the Pentagon: Hegseth's Pastor Tells Pentagon Leaders 'God Has Providentially Placed You' There 'For Such a Time As This' publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseths-p...

Um, has Secretary Rollins seen the cartoon she co-opting? If the Trump administration program is Elmer Fudd, then the wascawwy wabbit fraudsters won't be caught! This administration is so dumb with its memes.

A man who posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus & who regularly uses the Lord’s name in vain claimed the pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country “openly mocks Jesus.” wordandway.org/2026/10/20/a...

My thoughts on the upside-down rally in Kansas last night as Donald Trump attacked Rev. Adam Hamilton: wordandway.org/2026/10/20/a...

Profane man who hasn't attended Sunday worship in nearly 5 years attacks Rev. Adam Hamilton & claims to know more about Christianity. Trump says Hamilton uses church funds for "transgender activity," "openly mocks Jesus," "doesn't act like a pastor," & is "a pervert" & "strange."

Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas says a lot of dumb & inaccurate things, but this one's wild: Adam Hamilton's "the reason that the Methodist Church split." Hamilton actually tried to prevent a split (see: flatlandkc.org/news-issues/... & baptistnews.com/article/eigh...)

Great reporting here that makes the viral slap down even better. Not a random person but a Christian Nationalist activist. Guy thought he was going to get El-Sayed but instead got rhetorically demolished. Love to see it.

Truly excellent answer on Constitution, history, & faith:

Hegseth will be at the University of Tennessee tomorrow for the next stop in his "Send Me" tour, in which he conscripts Isaiah 6:8 as if the call of a prophet is instead just a military recruitment meme. This is the Bible verse he has most misused: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-co...

We don’t yet know the full extent of DHS’s spying on churches. Just this week, a document revealed another time when an undercover agent went inside an Episcopal Church in St. Paul. It’s highly possible that additional incidents at other churches occurred but have not been made public yet.

Trump vetoes Hegseth's plan to livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan. That's how extreme Hegseth is, with even Trump balking. But his bloodlust for public execution is popular with those in his denomination (which was started by Doug Wilson): publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/planned-pu...

Brooks Potteiger, the longtime pastor of Pete Hegseth (who has preached three times at the Pentagon worship services), offered his support for having an “execution sermon” delivered to the condemned man before soldiers open fire.

Hegseth's pastor (who has preached 3 times at the Pentagon) wants to preach an "execution sermon" as part of upcoming execution of Nidal Hasan: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/planned-pu...

Today’s issue of A Public Witness considers the claims that “the Bible says so” and the diverse Christian voices opposing the snuff film planned by the Crusader leading the Pentagon.

Ministry led by Speaker Johnson's wife raises questions about funding, ethics: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The Pentagon celebrates Columbus, but if he showed up today they would blow up his boats in the Caribbean.

Hamilton's right that Vance's attack was a problem. And all Christians should be appalled because, in the words of JFK, an act against one church is an act against all: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/an-act-aga...

Of course Hegseth wants a public execution. That's something people in his denomination (Doug Wilson's Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches) have been pushing for, as I wrote about last year: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/literally-...

New: Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned with a pastor in Ohio who has preached that Muslims are growing a “caliphate” in the U.S., & that the global “rebellion of Islam” is led “by the Devil himself.” The Pastor has also called modern Judaism "fake." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ramaswa...

The last public execution in America was in 1936. A young black man in Kentucky was hanged by a drunk executioner; a news story said "They Ate Hotdogs While a Man Died." Was such an embarrassment that the governor outlawed it 18 months later www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This week, city council meetings in Washington & Iowa opened with "Hail Satan" invocations from The Satanic Temple. Why did these prayers occur? Because Christian Nationalist council members decided to inject prayer into gov't meetings. That backfired! publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/christian-...

Like a Wile E. Coyote plan thwarted by the Road Runner, the first invocation under a new policy to start official city council meetings with a prayer came not from a Christian but from someone with The Satanic Temple.

1st US military execution since WWII by firing squad will be on Dec. 3. Not sure what it is about rightwing Christian politicians killing people during Advent, but some governors have done it as well (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/christmas-...).