Archive for September 2024
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Is IVF Ethical?
Bringing up the subject of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and then asking questions about the morality of the process is a good way to get yourself shunned from polite company these days. It’s even become a front-line issue in the 2024 presidential campaign. Just in case you aren’t entirely clear what constitutes IVF, here’s how…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ALEC ESCOBAR moves into the Press Secretary/Adviser position for the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), working for the NDC Chairman, Rep. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.). Alex is a 2021 University of Pennsylvania graduate with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. NICOLE MAKUR is the new Legislative Correspondent in the office of Sen. Dan…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: No, Jesus Did Not Make Himself ‘Untouchable’ for Women
There are skeptics who claim the resurrected Jesus was a misogynist because at John 20:17 He told Mary Magdalene not to touch him, but then allowed His male disciples to cling to His feet as He ascended into Heaven. Eric Lyons, author of “The Anvil Rings,” Volume 1, cites as an example of such skeptics…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS II: Is There Life After Death?
Dr. Jeffrey Long is a Kentucky-based radiation oncology physician who is the founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF), the world’s largest Near-Death Experiences (NDE) research center. He has studied more than 4,000 such cases and he is the co-author with Paul Perry of the New York Times best-seller, “Evidence of the After-Life.” So…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS: Are Miracles Really Possible?
Do miracles actually happen? Has modern science rendered impossible the intellectual proposition that there actually are miracles, that is, events that cannot happen, according to the Laws of Nature? The greatest “miracle” is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after His death on the Cross. He was dead for a couple of days and…
Read MoreTESTIMONIES: Yoshua Was Dead, But Then He Wasn’t!
Go without oxygen for eight minutes and your brain dies. That’s just a physical fact. Brains need oxygen, which means your heart must pump blood, which carries oxygen converted into a usable form for your brain. So how do you explain Yoshua Hankins? This young man collapsed at a school sports event and was unconscious…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘Somebody Prayed’ by Crowder
Lyrics: Every night there by your bedYou fold your hands and bow your headThrowing out another prayer in faithWhen you’re wondering if He’s hearing youLook at me, I’m living proofI’m only right where I am todayBecause somebody prayed So I hit my knees ’cause I’ve seen all heaven move(Don’t matter if you hit rock bottom)(My…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Can Humans Be Replaced by AI?
When entrepreneur and freedom of speech champion Elon Musk talks, people listen, so when he declared recently that the time is coming when Artificial Intelligence (AI) would far outpace human intelligence, his claim got noticed. Musk is far from alone in seeing into a future filled with AI domination of the daily reality that we…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: New Hires, Job Promotions, Open Positions, Great Opportunities
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: IZZY MOSER is the new Press Assistant in the office of Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.). This is Izzy’s first position on a congressional staff. She is a 2023 BBA graduate in Marketing from California State University, Fresno. Another newcomer to the Hill is MADDI HARDI, who is the new Communications Director for…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS: Here’s Three Big Reasons Christianity Enabled The Scientific Revolution
Take an introductory astronomy or physics class on a typical college or university campus these days and at some point there will be a great deal of attention paid to the Three Laws of Planetary Motion discovered by Johannes Kepler, one of the chief movers of the Scientific Revolution. What will almost certainly get little…
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