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Billy Hallowell is a digital TV host and interviewer for Faithwire and CBN News and the co-host of CBN’s "Quick Start Podcast." Hallowell has written more than 14,000 stories on faith, culture and politics, has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, authors and influencers and is the author of four books, including "Playing with Fire: A Modern Investigation into Demons, Exorcism, and Ghosts," and "The Armageddon Code: One Journalist's Quest for End-Times Answers." He was formerly the director of content and communications at Pure Flix and the former faith and culture editor at TheBlaze.

Articles by Billy Hallowell

Attendees wave placards during a rally to protest the one-year anniversary of Colorado's abortion law, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, on April 4, 2023, outside the State Capitol in downtown Denver. After Colorado’s Democratic governor signed a bill Friday, April 14, outlawing what experts consider unproven treatments to “reverse” medical abortions, a federal judge temporarily halted enforcement following a lawsuit from a religious clinic. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

4 disturbing revelations from late-term abortion doctor’s interview

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade has come an increasing flow of disturbing pro-choice rhetoric, unsettling attacks on pregnancy centers -- and some macabre revelations.

May 25, 2023

Backlighting reveals text in the Codex Sassoon "hidden" under leather reinforcement strips. Researcher Nehemia Gordon found the text in 2019. (Photos courtesy Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research, used with permission)

Higher Ground: How a digital microscope found ‘hidden’ notes in 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible

A $700 digital microscope helped unlock "hidden" editorial notes in a 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible known as the "Codex Sassoon," a noted scholar said.

May 22, 2023

Did Facebook just censor Jesus? Bizarre ‘hate speech’ message sparks concern

Though some might disagree with the proclamation "Jesus died so you could live," there's certainly nothing about the wording that any rational person would call "hate speech."

May 18, 2023

Many people worship God and raise their hands. File photo credit: Jantanee Runpranomkorn via Shutterstock

Higher Ground: Inside Millennials’ biblical crisis

The millennial generation -- those born between 1981 and 1996 -- was the 'least closely connected to biblical Christianity before the pandemic, and that connection was made even weaker' by the end of the pandemic.

May 15, 2023

Many people worship God and raise their hands. File photo credit: Jantanee Runpranomkorn via Shutterstock

America’s worship of creation over Creator sending us over a cultural cliff

Admiring a piece of art or architecture generally leads to accolades for the painters, creatives or builders responsible, with praise for their passion, zest and inventiveness abounding.

May 10, 2023

Fox News host Shannon Bream talks to Higher Ground columnist Billy Hallowell about the role of faith in her life and her new book, "The Love Stories of the Bible Speak: Biblical Lessons on Romance, Friendship and Faith."

‘I Am a Sinner, Saved by His Grace’: Another Side to Fox News’ Shannon Bream

"Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream is known for thoughtfully tackling the political and cultural issues of the day. But she's also been a consistently faithful voice, sharing her Christian beliefs and the power she sees in Scripture.

May 9, 2023

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2022, on youth mental health care. Widespread loneliness in the U.S. is posing health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Murthy said in a new, 81-page report from his office. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

How abandoning God created dangerous ‘loneliness crisis’

After years of calling for -- and at moments demanding -- social isolation and distancing, the federal government is now sounding the alarm on a ubiquitous "loneliness crisis."

May 4, 2023

Patti LuPone accepts the award for best featured actress in a musical for &quot;Company&quot; at the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Dear Patti LuPone: The ‘Christian Right’ and the Taliban are far from the same

Some say "ignorance is bliss," but a recent on-air proclamation uttered during a meandering segment on "The View" reveals that oblivion can be truly heartbreaking, unlettered and damaging.

April 27, 2023

Tom Alexander holds a cross as he prays prior to rulings outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals and social service centers can’t sue for employment discrimination. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

New horror film exploring ‘roots of evil’ delivers terrifying message for America

Evil is real, yet the obsessively material nature of our contemporary culture has prevented far too many people from seeing beyond the trappings of our fleeting world.

April 19, 2023

Jennifer Garner appears at the Baby2Baby Gala in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 13, 2021. Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals is parading Garner through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Feb. 5th, before roasting her as the troupe's 2022 Woman of the Year. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jennifer Garner shows that sometimes Hollywood gets it right

Hollywood might seem like the last place on earth from which you would want to glean parenting advice, yet actress Jennifer Garner's recent social media mantra offers a viable -- and arguably essential -- childrearing blueprint.

April 12, 2023

Pope Francis, center, leaves after bestowing the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Higher Ground: If Jesus on the cross can forgive, so can we

Most Americans are likely to observe Easter. According to a Lifeway Research survey, 66% say they believe in the biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus as historical fact.

April 9, 2023

A mural depicting Jesus Christ on a wall close to the peace lines, in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) ** FILE **

Today’s sheltered youth likely don’t understand Jesus’ suffering, words of compassion

"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

April 4, 2023

The American flag is lowered to half-staff over the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mass shootings, moral chaos reveal spiritual crisis of epic proportions

Our culture has constructed a massive throne of lies atop a mound of false promises -- all fueled and propped up by malignant and pernicious fantasy masquerading as eternal truth.

March 28, 2023

A Nigerian soldier stands guard outside the central mosque in Jos, Nigeria, in January after violence resulted in the deaths of both Christians and Muslims. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom puts Nigeria in the company of China, Iran and other top violators of religious freedom. (File photo, Associated Press)

Americans must be diligent in defending religious freedoms or risk persecution

The stonings, torture and other murderous actions that people around the globe face at the hands of extremists and madmen might seem entirely foreign or implausible to most Americans.

March 22, 2023

Actor Rainn Wilson attends the premiere for "Blackbird" on day two of the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 6, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Actor Rainn Wilson says quiet part out loud, pushes back on Hollywood’s disdain of Christianity

Actor Rainn Wilson, who appeared in the TV series "The Office," unleashed a tweet on March 11 that quickly became front-page news in some sectors, as he acknowledged a bias in our entertainment spheres.

March 15, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Democratic NYC Mayor Eric Adams is correct: This is a country of faith

"It's unimaginable that we keep pretending that this is not a country of faith."

March 8, 2023

Students and others at Asbury University pray with arms extended during a continuous worship meeting that began Feb. 8 and is ongoing at the Christian school in Wilmore, Kentucky. The town of 6,000 has had its population swell with visitors seeking a spiritual experience there. (Photo by Josh Sadlon/Focus on the Family; used with permission.)

Prayer, revival and ‘Jesus Revolution’: Is our rotting culture on verge of something big?

"I've never seen anything like that. It looked more like 'The 700 Club' than it did ESPN for a bit there."

March 1, 2023

FILE- Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. It's a plan that impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Higher Ground: Supreme Court asked to protect workers’ right to day of worship

Gerald Groff wanted to deliver the mail for the U.S. Postal Service, but he also wanted to worship God on Sunday, which he honors as the Sabbath. When the postal agency demanded Mr. Groff work on that day, the letter carrier quit and sued.

February 27, 2023

Computer hacker (By JARIRIYAWAT / Shutterstock.com) ** FILE **

Four data points that should absolutely terrify parents

Culture's ever-complex dynamics have made parenting increasingly tricky. Gone are the days of full-on informational control, with moms and dads now competing against smartphones, tablets, computers and smartwatches for their kids' attention.

February 22, 2023

Kids and screen time. Photo credit: ozrimoz via Shutterstock

Parents, wake up: Your kids aren’t your friends, and neither are their screens

For most parents, life is a chaotic mishmash of work, play, kids' activities and other bits of pandemonium. It's an almost endless balancing act of bouncing among all of our essential responsibilities.

February 15, 2023