Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.

His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.

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Aug 9, 2017
Nabeel Qureshi Hospitalized for Nearly 3 Weeks After Tube Got Lodged in His Throat
Cancer-stricken apologist and author Nabeel Qureshi has been hospitalized for the better part of the last three weeks after mesh tubing that was supposed to help him eat got dislodged and stuck in his throat.
Aug 9, 2017
Elevation Church Responds After Breastfeeding Mom Was Told to Leave Service
The multi-campus Elevation Church in North Carolina pastored by Steven Furtick has responded to a controversy that arose Sunday after a church member posted a comment on social media saying she was told to leave during service because she was breastfeeding her child in public.
Aug 9, 2017
Robert Jeffress: God Gave Trump Authority to Take Out North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un
One of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Dallas megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress, said God has given the president the power to take out evildoers like North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.
Aug 9, 2017
How Up to $100 Million of Historical Artifacts Was Smuggled From ISIS to Western Collectors
Two art traders involved in a trading network that sells millions of dollars worth or ancient art and artifacts stolen by the Islamic State have shared details behind how valued pieces of Iraqi and Syrian history went from the hands of cold-blooded terrorists to collectors in the West.
Aug 8, 2017
John Piper on Whether Christians Can Understand Grace If They Were Saved as a Child
In a blog post published Tuesday, influential theologian and author John Piper answered the question of whether a Christian can understand the "grace" behind God's salvation from their sins if they were saved at a very earlier age.
Aug 8, 2017
Evangelical Pastor Kidnapped by Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria, Denomination Says
A Nigerian evangelical denominational leader has been kidnapped and is now being held for ransom by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Nigerian media outlets are reporting.
Aug 8, 2017
Anne Graham Lotz Warns of God's Judgment After Great American Eclipse
In anticipation of the solar eclipse that will span the entire contiguous United States later this month, evangelist Anne Graham Lotz has warned that the Great American Eclipse might not be a cause for celebration.
Aug 8, 2017
Greg Laurie: Some 'Good People' Will Be Condemned to Hell While Some 'Bad People' Will Be in Heaven
Leading evangelist and megachurch Pastor Greg Laurie has warned his congregation that it's a biblical fact that more people are going to be damned to Hell than will receive salvation in Heaven, adding that some "good people" will be condemned while some "bad people" are saved. Greg Laurie: Some 'Good People' Will Be Condemned to Hell While Some 'Bad People' Will Be in Heaven
Aug 7, 2017
Calif. Private School Sued for Not Treating 8-Y-O Biological Boy Like a Girl
A private school in Orange County, California, is being sued by the parents of an 8-year-old biological boy who claim that the school violated a state discrimination law by refusing to change its policies so that their child could be treated like a girl.
Aug 7, 2017
Indian Pastors Attacked Outside of Church by Hindus With Metal Rods, Butcher Knife
Two Christian pastors in India, who are father and son, were attacked and beaten by hardline Hindu extremists wielding metal rods and a knife in what is believed to have been an "attempt at murder," a leading Christian persecution nonprofit has reported.