Archive for December 2023
Wondering How to Have a Happy New Year?
No matter what. Happy New Year! Previously on HillFaith: If You Are Struggling Through a Rough Christmas, Please Read This WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Christmas is a Pagan Holiday, so Christians Should Not Celebrate It. Really? CONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Accounts of an Angel Visiting Joseph and Mary Do Not Conflict
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Was the Star That Led the Magi to Baby Jesus a ‘Great Comet?’
People have been researching, arguing and speculating about what the three wise men — aka “the Magi” — saw that they thought was a star leading them to a particular location where they would find a newborn king. Eric Hedin, who earned a doctorate in experimental plasma physics from the University of Washington and did…
Read MoreIf You’re Struggling Through A Stressful Christmas, Please Read This
Paula Bolyard is PJ Media’s editor and a gifted writer who is blessed with a powerfully candid self-awareness and a courageous heart for sharing her faith. In the following column she wrote several years ago in the midst of an especially difficult Christmas season, Paula shares her heart about the real struggles we all face…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Mary, Did You Know?’ by Pentatonix
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Christmas Is A Pagan Holiday, So Christians Should Not Celebrate It! Really?
It’s not heard much these days, but there are still folks among us who describe themselves as followers of Jesus Christ but who contend that Christians should not celebrate Christmas because it is essentially a pagan festival. The Puritans of the Cromwell period in England are perhaps best known for this attitude. It’s true a…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: HAYLEY FERNANDES makes the big move from the California State Capital to Congress, taking over as Agriculture Legislative Assistant to Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.). Back in Sacramento, Hayley previously served as a Fellow on the California Senate Rules Committee. Hayley received her BS in Dairy Science from California Polytechnic State University in…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: No, Matthew and Luke Accounts of an Angel Visiting Joseph and Mary Do Not Conflict
It’s the Christmas season when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. That also means you may well hear or read biblical skeptics who claim the Gospels of Matthew and Luke contradict each other in their account(s) of Joseph and Mary being visited by an Angel concerning Jesus. In the…
Read MoreFOUNDATIONS: The Proper Role of Government in Education
The following article is from the editors of The Stream and was originally published as an installment in a series known as “Foundations,” which examines the most important fundamental issues facing America from a traditional Christian perspective. It is reprinted here on HillFaith by permission. Government is involved in higher education in many ways, from running…
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