Archive for April 2024
WHAT ABOUT? How Can a Good God Allow Evil to Happen?
If God really exists, is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good, why is there evil in this world He created? It’s a critically important question on its own terms, but also because how a Christian answers it when challenged by a thoughtful non-Christian can be a major turning point in that person’s journey to knowing God. The…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ERIC SNEDDON is the new Scheduling/Operations Director for Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.). Prior to his move to the Brownley operation, Eric was Government Affairs Assistant for America’s Credit Unions. He earned his BA in Political Science and Government in 2019 from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). REGAN BRUNO makes…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: Fish Story, Part Two
Regular readers of HillFaith will recall this post from January 24, “A Fish Story That Points to God.” Based on an absolutely amazing video produced by the John 10:10 Project, the post told the story of how the five species of the Pacific Salmon have a driving urge to return to the place where they…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Build A Boat’ by Colton Dixon
LONG STORY SHORT: About That Myth of ‘Junk’ DNA
Making predictions can leave you looking like a total dummy. Trust me, I learned this lesson the hard way after predicting in print on the Friday before the 2012 presidential election that Mitt Romney would defeat then-President Barack Obama by three percentage points on the following Tuesday. That said, lots of people continue to make…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: Meditation, Psychics, Chakra, Etc. Etc. Didn’t ‘Fix’ Nicole. Jesus Did
Nicole went from having what seemed like a great life to one marked by inner turmoil, self-doubt and a restless search for something, anything to fill a void in her heart and give her a deep sense of inner peace. So for a long time, Nicole went from one false god to another. It started…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Bigger House Staff Salaries Mean Smaller Holiday Bonuses
Congressional aides working on the House side of Capitol Hill benefitted in 2023 from higher average salaries, but there was a slight catch in that good news, according to research by Legistorm. Holiday bonuses weren’t as generous in 2023 as they had been in previous years. “House staffers working for member offices received 11.9 percent…
Read MoreCONSIDER THIS: To Understand the Meaning of a Solar Eclipse
By Jay Richards The Sun and the Moon are not just the same shape, but the same apparent size in the sky. It’s this happy arrangement that produces total solar eclipses as seen from the earth’s surface. Americans got a chance to view such an eclipse on April 8 — an event we won’t see again…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: WILL MCPHERSON moves into the Chief of Staff slot for Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) after serving the Oklahoma Republican as State Policy Adviser, Field Director and District Director. Will earned his MPA in 2014 from the University of Oklahoma in Public Policy and his BA in Public Affairs from OU in 2012.…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: Most of Surveyed Aides Say Religion Plays Positive Role in American Life
Considering the accumulating survey data from Barna, Gallup and other pollsters showing a marked decline in recent years in the number of Americans who regularly attend church (i.e. at least twice a month), a recent finding on how congressional aides view the role of religion in American life may well come as a surprise. The…
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