Billy Hallowell
Articles by Billy Hallowell
Olympics outrage: Learn more about the controversies at the Paris 2024 games
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times. Published August 5, 2024
Four reasons Christians are terrified of Kamala Harris
While Vice President Kamala Harris is receiving a great deal of attention over her Baptist faith -- including her request for invocation -- others are lamenting what they call past "religious bigotry." Published July 30, 2024
Kamala Harris is no friend to Catholics
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times. Published July 29, 2024
Newsom’s assault on parental rights is a litmus test for every 2024 candidate
The parent-child dynamic is one of the most sacrosanct relationships in human existence, yet it's now one of the most targeted, vulnerable and susceptible associations. Published July 24, 2024
Who’s really responsible for attempt on Trump’s life?
Certainly, the shooter, whom the Secret Service killed, bears the sole responsibility for pulling the trigger in a sinister ploy to snuff out innocent lives. Nevertheless, the event forces us to ask some difficult, introspective questions about the rancor dominating our electoral discourse. Published July 16, 2024
Four steps to surviving the toxic 2024 election
How do we survive this seemingly never-ending campaign -- a political nightmare with the power to splinter our relationships? Published July 9, 2024
The reality critics of new Louisiana law are missing about the Ten Commandments
"Blatantly unconstitutional." That's how atheist and civil liberties organizations are describing a new Louisiana law mandating the presence of the Ten Commandments in all publicly funded classrooms. Published July 3, 2024
What the Robert Morris scandal could expose about contemporary Christianity
Churches should be the purest, safest, most sacrosanct spaces for adults and children alike, with the pastors of these institutions the most trusted, revered and upstanding of citizens. Published June 27, 2024
How to stop radical secularism from turning America into a dystopian nightmare
Global religious persecution, by all discernible accounts, is worsening. The latest example seems otherworldly: An Iraqi court is forcing a woman named Elvin Joseph to leave behind her Christian faith and convert to Islam. Published June 19, 2024
Higher Ground: A post-Roe wakeup call
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times. Published June 17, 2024
What the Biden, Trump convictions really say about Americans
"Guilty on all counts." This phrase has dominated headlines in recent weeks, sending shockwaves throughout every corridor of the political establishment. Published June 12, 2024
How do we react to Trump’s shock conviction? The Bible’s got an answer
And with the 2024 election upon us, most of us will be more tempted than normal to babble or tap our keyboards without thinking. Published June 9, 2024
Muslim mob’s violence against Christian over Quran claim must horrify us to action
Americans enjoy the boundless benefits of democracy and freedom, but millions around the world aren't so lucky, finding themselves trapped in dystopian nightmares devoid of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Published June 5, 2024
How the human eye converted an atheist doctor to Christianity
The story of Dr. Ming Wang is one of spiritual awakening, with Dr. Wang, a once-atheist Chinese immigrant, abandoning his no-belief to fully embrace Christianity. Published May 30, 2024
The real reason liberals are fuming over Harrison Butker’s commencement address
As the flames of cancel culture continue to rage, many of the people demanding hyper-diversity simply have no patience for it when it comes to ideas outside of their own progressive bubbles. Published May 22, 2024
Higher Ground: No room at Nashville ‘inn’ for pro-Israel Christian group
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from experienced journalists at The Washington Times. Published May 20, 2024
How a homeless man shouting profanity in church sparked a chain reaction of hope
"Let's do something different." That's what Pastor Ed Newton of Community Bible Church in San Antonio said from the pulpit one Sunday last month. The pastor immediately halted one of his sermons to offer an explicit example of what preachers and houses of worship are called to do: love the lost. Published May 15, 2024
The shocking ‘God’ moments that are shattering culture’s big lie
"We have never seen anything like this in our church." That's what Wayne Bray, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, said last year after 141 people were baptized in one day at his South Carolina house of worship. Published May 8, 2024
Did Congress ‘outlaw’ the New Testament?
Welcome to Higher Ground, the faith-centric newsletter focused on the intersection of culture and politics from the experienced journalists of The Washington Times. Published May 6, 2024
The Higher Ground Podcast: Bible bashing, Kanye West’s turn toward porn, anti-Israel protests
Hollywood actor's Bible-bashing, a tragic turn in the Kanye West saga, and the truth about campus agitators. That and more on today's Higher Ground. Published May 4, 2024