Brandon Showalter
Opinion writer and social commentator
Brandon M. Showalter is a journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post who has reported extensively on topics of theological interest in the Church; bioethics issues such as euthanasia, assisted suicide, artificial reproductive technology, and surrogacy; and the developments of the "gender identity" movement and transgender ideology.
He was first inspired to pursue into a career in writing and journalism while mopping floors and scrubbing toilets as a church custodian in April 2015.
He earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia in 2007, a Master of Arts in human rights from The Catholic University of America in 2022, and is a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law. He is also a graduate (class of 2015) of a three-year, non-degree program at Bethel School of Ministry in Redding, California.
His favorite thing to do in life is to sing.
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Defeat the Mandates protesters: We're not 'anti-vaxxers,' this is about coercion
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital Sunday to protest what they consider extreme COVID-19 vaccine mandates, specifically objecting to government and employer mandates.
Parents petition Va. Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin to protect parental rights in response to COVID-19 vaccine mandates
A coalition of parents is urging Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin to keep his campaign promise to protect parental rights amid growing concern over vaccine policies, particularly as COVID-19 shots are now being advised for children.
Vasectomies as an 'act of love'? Scholar fears population control agenda at play
Amid heightened debates over abortion jurisprudence, an increase in men undergoing vasectomies is manifesting with the urological surgeries being promoted as “acts of love.” However, one scholar contends that promoting vasectomies in response to abortion restrictions reveals an ideological underbelly.
USA Swimming official resigns after 30 years, says trans policy is 'destroying' the sport
A veteran USA Swimming official of three decades has resigned in protest over the University of Pennsylvania’s allowance of Lia Thomas to compete on the university women’s swimming team after competing for three years on the men’s team.
'The Renewal' aims to restore America's covenant with God: 'The greatest harvest in the history of the world'
A major intercessory prayer event calling the United States back to its covenant relationship with God is slated for early January in Plant City, Florida.
TikTok is enticing kids into having trans surgeries, take cross-sex hormones: child advocates warn
Child advocates opposed to trans-ideology have warned about the risks of allowing children to use TikTok, particularly as evidence mounts that youth are being enticed to take experimental puberty blockers and undergo elective surgeries to remove essential body parts.
Jesus' birthplace closed to foreign Christians this Christmas due to omicron variant
Christian pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land, including sites in Jesus' birthplace of Bethlehem, will be inaccessible to foreign Christian travelers again this Christmas due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent surge in the omicron variant.
Evangelicals' views toward Israel shifting after Gaza conflict: survey
Evangelicals' views toward Israel are shifting slightly following the conflict that erupted in Gaza earlier this year, according to a newly released survey.
California university fires medical ethics director amid lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The University of California-Irvine has fired a professor of medical ethics who has been contending that the school's vaccine mandate is unconstitutional given the science of natural immunity.
Trump says Evangelicals 'love Israel more than Jews' in America, accused of antisemitism
Former President Donald Trump has been accused of authoring “antisemitic tropes” when he recently claimed that Evangelical Christians in the United States love Israel more than Jewish people in the United States.
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