
The Higher Ground Podcast
The Higher Ground Podcast is hosted by Washington Times and Higher Ground columnist Billy Hallowell. Focused on faith and culture, each week he'll bring you light amid the chaos.
Recent Stories
3 lessons from survivors as terror, disasters rock our souls
"A man took my son's life, but I have to forgive him." These words uttered by a grieving mother just days after a terrorist senselessly slaughtered her son last month left me speechless.
Pastor's criminal conviction for helping the poor raises major question
Christians are called to be the proverbial "hands and feet of Jesus," feeding, clothing and assisting the less fortunate. Yet legal stalemates between faith-filled ministries and local governments -- quagmires over zoning laws and other preclusions that thwart Christians' efforts to serve the poor and homeless -- are rampant roadblocks to such efforts.
Trump's political resurrection sends three warnings to Hollywood, media, progressives
If progressives have any hopes of picking up the pieces of their self-created, tattered political mess, they would be wise to heed three of the lessons of Mr. Trump's reemergence.
Nigeria has become a blazing hellscape for Christians
Nigeria has quickly become one of the most deadly nations for Christians who are routinely "terrorized with devastating impunity" by radical Muslims and their demoniacal ilk.
Did Trump just save free speech?
President-elect Donald Trump has obliterated the progressive megaplex. From the news media to Silicon Valley -- and even comedy -- Mr. Trump's re-ascension is igniting a new era of free speech and freedom that just months ago seemed incomprehensible.
Horror: What ex-Muslims in Iraq face after becoming Christians
Ex-Muslims in Iraq who convert to Christianity face consequences that could range from beatings to kidnappings -- or even death.