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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Documentary Highlights First-Hand Accounts of IRS Targeting Conservative, Christian Groups
A documentary set to be released in October aims to show the American public exactly how the IRS is unfairly treating certain groups by sharing first-hand experiences from those "oppressed" by the IRS.
Religious Freedom Can Unite Libertarians and Social Conservatives, Experts Agree at Values Voter Summit
With conservative Christians and Libertarians sharing common ideologies that stand against big government and federal overreaching, the two groups' need to put aside their few differences and unite in order to defeat Democratic agenda that "assaults" on American liberties, a panel of prominent social conservatives agreed Saturday.
Values Voters Want Ted Cruz, Ben Carson for President in 2016
The Family Research Council, a social conservative Christian activist group, announced Saturday that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has won the council's annual Values Voter Summit straw poll for the second consecutive year, while retired neurosurgeon and best-selling author Ben Carson finished second in the polling.
Ted Cruz Says His Father Abandoned Family When He Was 3-Years-Old, Returned After Accepting Christ
In a speech stressing the importance of protecting America's religious liberties and other inalienable rights that so-called "radical" Democratic policies are trying to limit, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reflected on his own family's path toward the Christian faith, which included his father abandoning him and his mother when he was three years old before returning to them after finding Jesus.
International Coalition of Muslim Scholars Refute ISIS' Religious Arguments in Open Letter to al-Baghdadi
A coalition of leading Sunni Muslim scholars from across the world took a stand against the jihad waged by Islamic State militants by issuing a letter denouncing the terrorist group's claim that their war is in the name of God.
Ted Cruz Apologizes for Saying His Critics Don't Care About Persecuted Christians Unless It Involves an 'Anti-Israel Narrative'
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued an apology for saying in a recent interview that critics of his pro-Israel comments at an ecumenical In Defense of Christians summit earlier this month only "care" about persecuted Christians when it comes with an "anti-Israel narrative."
Obama Officials Warn That Radicalized Americans Who Joined ISIS Have Returned to the Homeland
Senior Obama administration officials warn that "some" Americans who traveled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State and other al-Qaeda-linked terrorists organizations have already returned to the United States.
Osama Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Sentenced to Life in Prison by New York Judge
One of Osama Bin Laden's sons-in-law and trusted propaganda officials was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by a New York federal judge after being found guilty in March of conspiring to kill Americans and providing support to terrorists.
Survey Finds Americans Overlook Their Economic Condition to Support Their Political Party
Americans are likely to use politics to assess the nation's economic condition rather than their personal financial experience, according to a recent report from a liberal polling organization.
Turkish Government May Have Released ISIS Militants in Exchange for 49 Hostages Held by Islamic State
A journalist with close ties to the Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan claims that two "very important" imprisoned Islamic State members were freed by the Turkish government as part of the trade that caused ISIS, also known as ISIL, to release 49 hostages whom returned to Turkey on Saturday.