Brandon Showalter
Opinion writer and social commentator
Brandon M. Showalter is a journalist and podcaster with The Christian Post who has reported extensively on topics of theological interest in the Church; bioethics issues such as euthanasia, assisted suicide, artificial reproductive technology, and surrogacy; and the developments of the "gender identity" movement and transgender ideology.
He was first inspired to pursue a career in writing and journalism while mopping floors and scrubbing toilets as a church custodian in April 2015.
He earned a bachelor's degree in international studies and Spanish from Bridgewater College of Virginia in 2007, a Master of Arts in human rights from The Catholic University of America in 2022, and is a fellow of the John Jay Institute for Faith, Society, & Law. He is also a graduate (class of 2015) of a three-year, non-degree program at Bethel School of Ministry in Redding, California.
His favorite thing to do in life is to sing.
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New sexual abuse accounts included in lawsuit against Boy Scouts of America
A lawsuit containing new accounts from hundreds of former Boy Scouts who say they were sexually abused as scouts was filed Monday.
Pastor seeks $100M to build global media platform to navigate End Times
A nondenominational pastor is asking God for $100 million to build a media platform to help guide the public through the End Times until the second coming of Jesus.
Katy Perry, Capitol Records ordered to pay $2.78M to Christian rapper for copyright infringement
Pop artist Katy Perry is being ordered to pay nearly $3 million in damages after a jury found that her hit song "Dark Horse" illegally copied Christian rap artist Marcus Gray's 2009 song "Joyful Noise."
Parents of gender-confused kids demand investigation of gov't-funded study on puberty blockers
Parents whose children were harmed by the medicalization of gender, specifically puberty-blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones and surgical interventions, are asking the Surgeon General to increase public awareness of the danger of these irreversible medical practices.
3 things to know about the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
Yet another mass shooting has happened in the United States, this time at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California.
Gender experts warn parents of deception, surgical horrors awaiting kids seeking gender transition
Experts on gender dysphoria are accusing the Tavistock clinic, England's lone gender clinic, of using deceptive tactics to coerce children into taking hormones and puberty blockers that are irreversible.
Women who believe men cannot become women akin to KKK, gender studies professor says
A gender studies professor argued that women who believe men cannot become women are similar to the Ku Klux Klan.
Shroud of Turin: Carbon 14 dating used in 1988 faulty, some say; Museum of Bible to open exhibit
New research is being called for on what many believe is the actual cloth in which Jesus was buried, the shroud of Turin, as the Museum of the Bible prepares for an exhibition on the subject.
Berkeley city council scraps 'manhole' for 'maintenance hole,' gendered words in municipal code
The city of Berkeley is scrapping the word "man" from words like "manpower" and "manhole," eliminating "any gender preference language" within the municipal code.
North Korea more afraid of Christians than nuclear weapons, says formerly imprisoned pastor
A new short documentary film exposes the challenges North Korean Christians have endured in a nation where millions have never even heard the name of Jesus. Despite severely repressive conditions, pastors and scholars are envisioning a new future for the repressed nation.
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