Archive for November 2023
HILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: TRAVIS ROWLAND takes over as Chief of Staff for Rep. Anna Luna (R-Fla.). Previously, Travis served as Legislative Director and Counsel for Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.). He is a 2019 University of Kentucky School of Law graduate and he earned his BA in History in 2016 from Kentucky Wesleyan University. In an…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: How Many Women Actually Went To Jesus’ Grave On Resurrection Morning?
When conversation turns to alleged contradictions in the Bible, sooner or later a skeptic will point to the “contradictory” claims in the four Gospels about how many women were at the grave of Jesus on Resurrection morning. Here are the allegedly contradictory passages — HillFaith relies upon the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible…
Read MoreFOUNDATIONS: Why Christians Should Support Limited Government
Progressives and other Leftists wasted no time in branding Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) a “Christian Nationalist” and accusing him of advocating for Christians to impose their religious faith on everybody else. Quite the opposite appears to be the case. I say that because knowing the most basic facts about Jesus Christ and…
Read MoreDoes ‘Servant-Leadership’ Always Mean Serving And Leading?
By Bret Bernhardt Our world greatly needs service and leadership. To meet this need, we require both servants and leaders. Or perhaps it is “servant-leaders” that we need, a phrase that has been popularized mostly in Christian thought in recent years? Are you, as someone working on the Hill who follows the admonitions and teachings…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: From Atheist Scientist To Scientist And Follower Of Jesus Christ (2)
If you’ve ever heard the phrase “Red Diaper Baby,” you will perhaps recognize the reference to somebody born in the 1940s or 1950s whose parents were members of the U.S. Communist Party in the pre-WWII era. Dr. Sy Garte was a Red Diaper Baby. As a result, he grew up in a home in which…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Even At My Worst’ by Blanca
CONSIDER THIS: How The Mouse Trap Points To Two Key Facts About Reality
Consider the simple mouse trap: It’s made up of five discrete parts, which together have one and only one function – to catch and kill unwary mice. A mere five parts to perform one job. Take away any one of the five parts and what’s left is a pile of useless wood and metal. Similarly,…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Are Claims About Miracles Really Just Hoaxes?
Mention in mixed Capitol Hill company — that is, a bipartisan group of men and women that includes Christians and non-Christians — something in the Bible that you consider to be a miracle and odds are that you will shortly thereafter be subjected to at least some degree of scorn, derision or belittlement. Maybe not…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: BROOKE AGHAKHAN moves into the Communications Advisor position for Rep. Scott Franklin (R-Fla.). Previously, Brooke worked at the Pinkston Group Inc. as a Staff Writer. She received her BA in Political Science and English Literature in 2019 from the University of California at Berkley. There is a new Legislative Assistant in the…
Read More(11/15) CONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Don’t Have Different Genealogies for Joseph
Among the most familiar claims of critics of the Bible’s credibility is the argument that the genealogies for Joseph, the husband of Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke are contradictory. Matthew describes Jacob as Joseph’s father, while Luke points to Heli. So how can anything the Bible…
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