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Mark A. Kellner

Mark A. Kellner was a Faith & Family reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Mark A. Kellner

Taylor Swift moves on the field after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Higher Ground: High schoolers study Bible’s links to Taylor Swift

Welcome to Higher Ground, the newsletter and website dedicated to helping families of faith navigate a chaotic world with rigorous reporting, commentary and analysis on national, global and cultural issues, with reporting from the experienced journalists of The Washington Times. Published February 12, 2024

A rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flag and a transgender pride flag flap in the breeze on a pole at Justin Flippen Park, near the Wilton Manors city hall, seen center, which sometimes flies a rainbow flag from its facade, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Wilton Manors, Fla. A bill moving forward in the Florida State House would ban the display of any flag deemed political in government buildings. The legislation is seen as another anti-LGBTQ+ bill in a state that has passed several under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Higher Ground: What is a woman?

Welcome to Higher Ground, the newsletter and website dedicated to helping families of faith navigate a chaotic world with rigorous reporting, commentary and analysis on national, global and cultural issues, with reporting from the experienced journalists of The Washington Times. Published February 5, 2024

Massimo Introvigne, managing director of the Center for Study of New Religions and a sociologist who studies new religious movements, supports religious liberty for adherents of minority faiths — and all people. (Mark A. Kellner/The Washington Times)

Religious minorities need protection, religion scholar Introvigne says

Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne did not plan on becoming a leading authority on religious freedom -- his academic specialty is the sociology of new religious movements. But the precarious status of religious minorities around the world has pushed him into the arena. Published January 30, 2024

A man walks with Israeli flag at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp after the March of the Living annual observance that was not held for two years due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Only eight survivors and some 2,500 young Jews and non-Jews are taking part in the annual march that is scaled down this year because of the war in neighboring Ukraine that is fighting Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Higher Ground: Holocaust survivor shares how he outlasted the Nazis

Welcome to Higher Ground, the newsletter and website dedicated to helping families of faith navigate a chaotic world with rigorous reporting, commentary and analysis on national, global and cultural issues, with reporting from the experienced journalists of The Washington Times. Published January 29, 2024

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Christian radio network drops preacher who said grandmother should attend transgender wedding

Alistair Begg, a popular evangelical Christian pastor whose "Truth for Life" sermons are broadcast on 1,800 radio stations across the U.S., lost roughly 10% of his outlets Wednesday over his advice that a Christian grandmother could attend the transgender wedding of a grandchild, which critics viewed as endorsing non-traditional marriage. Published January 26, 2024