Samuel Smith
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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ISIS Beheads 4-Y-O Girl Then Forces Mother to Soak Hands in Daughter's Blood
Islamic State terrorists have beheaded a 4-year-old girl in the group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa and forced her mother to soak her hands in her daughter's blood, an Iranian news outlet has reported.
Pastor Gerald Sharon Resigns From Evangelical Church Over Biblical Position on Homosexuality
A former pastor at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church has been asked to resign as lead pastor of a church he's served for three years after he refused to agree to its biblical position on homosexuality, fearing it would alienate people in the LGBT community.
Washington Schools to Teach 5-Y-O Students 'Many Ways to Express Gender'
A social conservative advocacy group is warning that the Washington state public school system plans to begin teaching elementary school students the basic concepts of gender identity and gender expression.
Robert P. George on Orlando Massacre, Richard Dawkins' Kids and Religious Freedom
Princeton law professor and leading religious freedom advocate Robert George argued Tuesday that although religion is part of the inherent good of human beings, terrorist attacks like Sunday's massacre in Orlando show the need for limits on religious freedom.
Four House Democrats Continue 'Prayer Shaming' Protest After Orlando Shooting; Leader Nancy Pelosi Now Objects
Four Democratic Congress members honored the victims of Sunday's shooting massacre in Orlando by walking out during a moment of silence on the House chamber on Monday and one is now promising to boycott all moments of silence in the House chamber if gun control legislation is not prioritized.
Judge Dismisses Misdemeanor Charge Against Pro-Life Planned Parenthood Video Activist
A Texas judge has dropped a misdemeanor charge against pro-life activist David Daleiden, the man behind last year's series of undercover Planned Parenthood baby body parts videos, after he was indicted earlier this year by a Harris County grand jury.
T.D. Jakes: Americans Must Unite in Solidarity After Orlando Massacre Just Like 9/11
Influential megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes compared Sunday morning's gay nightclub massacre in Orlando to the killing of nine Christians last June at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, and asserted that the Orlando shooting should be identified as both a hate crime and act of terror.
Ben Carson: Jesus Christ Died for Gays, Lesbians Just Like He Died for Everyone Else
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reminded a gathering of prominent Christian conservatives Saturday night that Jesus Christ also died for the sins of gays and lesbians and stressed that more Christians need to "stand up for the word of God."
Atheists Aren't Silencing Christians, 'Biblically Illiterate' Believers Have, Apologist Argues
Christian apologist Jason Jimenez argued Saturday that the church in America is "biblically illiterate" and Christians only have themselves to blame for being silenced in the political arena.
Benham Brothers: God's Judgment on America Like in Psalm 106 Is Due to Abortion
Just as God punished Israel for sacrificing their sons and daughters to the demons in Psalm 106, Jason and David Benham argued Saturday that America is already being punished by God for allowing the rise of abortion to kill nearly 60 million innocent babies in the last 40-plus years.