Archive for December 2020
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Moving Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Alex Bolton sets up shop as Chief of Staff for incoming Freshman Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY). Alex is moving over from being Field Finance Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). He is a 2013 graduate of Colorado State University with a BA in Political Science and Ethnic Studies. Bethany Berntson…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Is The Christmas Season Just A Pagan Holiday?
You may have heard that Christmas is little more than the early Christians’ co-opting a bunch of pagan holiday traditions and practices in order to not be left out of all the fun. It’s often presented as a snarky way of more generally discrediting Christianity. Shane Morris of the Colson Center takes the snark apart…
Read MoreHERE’S A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
No, you won’t see Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas.” Charlie Brown, bless his heart, is nowhere to be seen in it. And nobody stands up behind a podium and starts preaching. It’s “The Chosen” Christmas Special. This actually is something very special for Christmas. With an extraordinary lineup of group and individual artists, and a…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Humility Of The Birth Of Jesus Is The Key To Our Peace At Christmas And All Year Round
His coming had been predicted hundreds of years before by the prophet Isaiah in the description of the future birth of Israel’s Messiah in Bethlehem. Yet, at first glance, there seems nothing humble about it: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his…
Read MoreMeet The Platypus, God’s Ala Carte Creation For The Animal Kingdom
You probably don’t think much about the Platypus, surely one of the oddest creatures on Earth. But as ungainly and strange as the Platypus may look, it is in fact an incredibly remarkable mammal. Eric Lyons of the Apologetics Press takes us on a fascinating tour of the many unique features of the Platypus, noting…
Read MoreDid You Hear About This Crowd-Funded Series Miracle?
Here’s the official trailer for Season One. Season Two is coming. “The Chosen” is paving the way for a crowd-funded entertainment future. One of the geniuses behind it is Matthew Faraci of Inspire Buzz and a veteran of the Bush II administration at the Department of Labor where he labored (get it?!) to make unions…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Have You Ever Read Jesus For Yourself?
One thing that is true for most everybody who works on a congressional staff is that there is no end to things that must be read, or really should be read as soon as there is time, or that look like it might well be useful to read. Then there is Jesus. Or the books…
Read MoreHere’s Your Choice: Deterministic Scientific Materialism Or Free Will
Think about this question very carefully before jumping to your conclusion. Are we human beings products of: A. Billions of years of strictly material processes operating in predictable patterns that determine everything about us, including what we think, how we act and the desires in our hearts and minds? B. Or are we human beings…
Read MoreWORKING ON CAPITOL HILL: Traveling The Hard Road
Working on the Hill can often be a tough road to hoe. One day you can do something that makes you look like the smartest person in the room, but then the next day you goof something up because you were still riding yesterday’s high. Keys to making it: Remember where you came from. Ask…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Friday’s Poached Egg
Then Jesus said: “Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” — Matthew 20:26-28 Photo by Melanie Sosa on Unsplash.…
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